In which year did the liner Queen Mary gain the blue riband on her maiden voyage?
RMS Queen Mary compared to the ultramodern French liner. "Queen Mary" proved to be the more popular vessel than her larger rival, in terms of passengers carried. In August 1936, "Queen Mary" captured the Blue Riband from "Normandie", with average speeds of westbound and eastbound. "Normandie" was refitted with a new set of propellers in 1937 and reclaimed the honour, but in 1938 "Queen Mary" took back the Blue Riband in both directions with average speeds of westbound and eastbound, records which stood until lost to "United States" in 1952. Among facilities available on board "Queen Mary", the liner featured two indoor swimming
Blue Riband to retain her former speed when she was reconstructed. However, the United States government was impressed by the large numbers of troops carried by the Queens during the war, and ordered a superliner that was as much a troop carrier as an express liner. On her maiden voyage in 1952, the "United States" upped the Blue Riband to . In 1958, the transatlantic airlines put jet transports into service and the days of the record breakers were numbered. "Liberte" retired in 1961, along with "Queen Mary" in 1967, and "United States" in 1969. With the success of "United States" in