D922 - Kameen, T. (Technical Director for Cunard, QE2) - 1896-1978
Records relating to the building of the QE2, from tender to delivery, with a large number of records about its turbine problems just before the hand-over date. Newspaper excerpts and ephemera relating to the QE2 delays and launch. Photographs of the construction of the QE2 and slides that were us...
| Archive level description: | Sub-fonds |
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| Physical Description: | 4 boxes and 2 boxes of glass slides. |
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| Summary: | Records relating to the building of the QE2, from tender to delivery, with a large number of records about its turbine problems just before the hand-over date. Newspaper excerpts and ephemera relating to the QE2 delays and launch. Photographs of the construction of the QE2 and slides that were used for engineering lectures, showing ship machinery and construction. Includes printed material used by engineering staff, ship specifications and other related items.
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| Date: | 1896-1978 |
| Reference Number: | D922 |
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| Custodial History: | Donated to the University by T. Kameen, December 2003. |
| Separated Material: | <ul> <li> <p>The following published items have been catalogued separately as part of the Library's printed book catalogue:</p> <ul> <li>The ninth Thomas Lowe Gray Lecture. The main and auxiliary machinery of the 'Queen Mary' (1937) SPEC 2015.P1.04</li> |
| Biographical/Administrative Information: | Mr. Kameen began his service with Cunard serving on-board Cunard Liners. In 1936 he served on the Queen Mary and during the war he worked for 3 years for the Ministry of Transport in New York, organising the passenger liner sailings. He later became head of the Engineering Department and worked in the Liverpool and Southampton offices. He often gave lectures to other heads of departments on subjects such as, the Queen Mary, the QE2 and other Cunard liners. Cunard's QE2 design team was headed by Chief Naval Architect Dan Wallace (1916-1979) and Technical Director Tom Kameen (1916-2014).
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