RMS Queen Mary capsized in WWII

In December 1942 RMS Queen Mary was broadsided by a Rogue Wave. Apparintly if she had rolled a couple more inches she would have flipped over entierly. What would have happend?

IIRC, she had over 5,000 troops on board at the tiem, so theres that loss of life to start with. Whatever offensive of campaign they were later used in will probably be delayed or cancelled alltogether.

Beleif in Rogue Waves outside of the so-callled ramblings of drunken Captians unwilling to admit their own mistakes might rise as a result, if it can be proven to outside observers that it was in fact a Rogue wave that capsized her.

Commercialy, Cunard has just lost what became IOTL one of their biggest moneymakers and the cornerstone of their fleet till almost 1970. It denpends on whether they will have any funds availible post war to build a (most likey smaller, the age of the usperliner is over by this point) replacement.

They might end up buying something from another company, or getting the Bremen instead of France.

The Queen Elizabeth is going to have to take up alot of slack postwar till a running mate is built/made availible, that much is for sure.
 
The Wiki artical tells us there were not just over 5,000 troops on board there were 16,082 GIs on board. My Father travelled to Canada as part of the Empire Training Scheme for RAF pilots in 1944 on the QM. There were 10,000 on board for the westbound journey.
 
Beleif in Rogue Waves outside of the so-callled ramblings of drunken Captians unwilling to admit their own mistakes might rise as a result, if it can be proven to outside observers that it was in fact a Rogue wave that capsized her.
IIRC in 2004 they found that quite litrally there are hundred's of rogue waves each day.
 
The Wiki artical tells us there were not just over 5,000 troops on board there were 16,082 GIs on board. My Father travelled to Canada as part of the Empire Training Scheme for RAF pilots in 1944 on the QM. There were 10,000 on board for the westbound journey.
It was just a rough guess, as I could not remeber the exact numbers:eek:

There was the one time she embarked an entire US Army Division, and when they were leaving New York and passing over the site of the Holland Tunnel, all the troops on board were ordered to stand still so she wouldnt list to either side as she passed over the tunnel.
IIRC in 2004 they found that quite litrally there are hundred's of rogue waves each day.
Yes, but in the time period we are speaking of, rogue waves were usualy thought of as a myth.
 
It was just a rough guess, as I could not remeber the exact numbers:eek:

There was the one time she embarked an entire US Army Division, and when they were leaving New York and passing over the site of the Holland Tunnel, all the troops on board were ordered to stand still so she wouldnt list to either side as she passed over the tunnel.

Yes, but in the time period we are speaking of, rogue waves were usualy thought of as a myth.
I belave that that was about 1944 that incrdent happened.
 
There'd no doubt be massive conspiracy theories as to the exact nature of the sinking - it would be the second time a high-profile Cunarder was lost in wartime with massive loss of life (after Lusitania in WWI), and no doubt her loss would immediately be blamed on U-boats - probably officially, if rogue waves were considered a myth at the time.

It could have an effect on the conduct of the Battle of the Atlantic, but the most immediate effect would be on morale in Britain. The Queen Mary was one of the liners named to Churchill as having a detrimental effect on public opinion were they to be sunk.

Post-war? Cunard either use a German ship as a replacement (like with the Berengaria after WWI), or order a replacement immediately (which seems far more likely, since Cunard bought several smaller ships at the same time) and keep the Aquitania and Mauretania (II) running for a few more years. Maybe one of those two would be tied up at Long Beach today in her stead...
 
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