Princess Royal views continuing restoration work on Clyde steamer
Launched in 1933, the TS Queen Mary was named after Anne’s great-grandmother.
The Princess Royal has visited Glasgow to see the ongoing restoration of a historic Clyde steamer whose passengers once included royalty, a famous general and a US first lady.
Anne was making her fourth visit to the TS Queen Mary, which is berthed at Glasgow Science Centre in Govan.
She met supporters, volunteers and funders involved in a project to restore the vessel once known as “Britain’s finest pleasure steamer”.
Launched in 1933, the Queen Mary was built in Dumbarton by William Denny And Brothers Ltd, with an initial capacity of 2,086 passengers.
She was named after Anne’s great-grandmother.
At the height of her success, the steamer carried 13,000 passengers each week.
Anne’s grandparents, King George V and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and the then-Princess Elizabeth, as well as Princess Margaret and Lord Mountbatten of Burma, sailed on the vessel.
