Hoping to continue financing Queen Elizabeth 2, which was under construction at Brown's shipyard, Cunard mortgaged the majority of the fleet. Due to a combination of age, lack of public interest, inefficiency in a new market, and the damaging after-effects of the national seamen's strike, Cunard announced that both Queens would be retired from service and sold off. Many offers for Queen Mary were submitted, and the bid of $3.45m/£1.2m from Long Beach, California surpassed the Japanese scrap merchants. Queen Mary was featured in the film Assault on a Queen (1966) starring Frank Sinatra. That August, Queen Mary made her fastest eastbound passage since August 1938, crossing in 4 days, 10 hours and 6 minutes at an average speed of 29.46 knots (54.56 km/h).
Hoping to continue financing Queen Elizabeth 2 which was under construction at Brown's shipyard Cunard mortgaged the majority of the fleet Due to a combination of age lack of public interest inefficiency in a new market and the damaging after-effects of the national seamen's strike Cunard announced that both Queens would be retired from service and sold off Many offers for Queen Mary were submitted and the bid of $345m/£12m from Long Beach California surpassed the Japanese scrap merchants Queen Mary was featured in the film Assault on a Queen (1966) starring Frank Sinatra That August Queen Mary made her fastest eastbound passage since August 1938 crossing in 4 days 10 hours and 6 minutes at an average speed of 2946 knots (5456 km/h)