<P> When she sailed on her maiden voyage from Southampton on 27 May 1936 , she was commanded by Sir Edgar T. Britten , who had been the master designate for Cunard White Star whilst the ship was under construction at the John Brown shipyard . Queen Mary measured 80,774 gross register tons ( GRT ) . Her rival Normandie , which originally grossed 79,280 tonnes , had been modified the preceding winter to increase her size to 83,243 GRT ( an enclosed tourist lounge was built on the aft boat deck on the area where the game court was ) , and therefore kept the title of the world 's largest ocean liner . Queen Mary sailed at high speeds for most of her maiden voyage to New York , until heavy fog forced a reduction of speed on the final day of the crossing , arriving in New York Harbor on 1 June . </P>
<P> When she sailed on her maiden voyage from Southampton on 27 May 1936 , she was commanded by Sir Edgar T. Britten , who had been the master designate for Cunard White Star whilst the ship was under construction at the John Brown shipyard . Queen Mary measured 80,774 gross register tons ( GRT ) . Her rival Normandie , which originally grossed 79,280 tonnes , had been modified the preceding winter to increase her size to 83,243 GRT ( an enclosed tourist lounge was built on the aft boat deck on the area where the game court was ) , and therefore kept the title of the world 's largest ocean liner . Queen Mary sailed at high speeds for most of her maiden voyage to New York , until heavy fog forced a reduction of speed on the final day of the crossing , arriving in New York Harbor on 1 June . </P>
who was the captain of the queen mary
who was the captain of the queen mary
Sir Edgar T. Britten
Sir Edgar T. Britten