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| Picture No | 10904152 |
| Date | 26th September 1934 |
| Description | Launch of R.M.S. 'Queen Mary', Clydebank |
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'Up to the launch the ships name was a closely guarded secret. Job No. 534' was named 'Queen Mary'. Until the moment when Queen Mary gave her own name to the vessel she was launching. Photograph showing, Queen Mary and King George V in a glass covered royal box on the lauching platform. Queen Mary over a microphone revealing the name of the long-kepted secret pronouncing the words: "I am happy to name this ship 'Queen Mary.' I wish 'Good Luck' to all who sail in her."
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| Source | Double page in Weekly Illustrated Special 'Queen Mary Number' 23 May 1936 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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