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The haunted Decks of the Queen Mary

Named after Britain's actual Queen Mary, The queen Mary was completed in the 1930's and embarked on it's inaugural Voyage on May 27th, 1936 from Southampton, England, the boat served as the new benchmark for luxury containing two cocktail bars two swimming pools, five dining areas and lounges, a grand ballroom and much more. However, all that luxury would soon go to waste during World War 2, when the ship was re purposed as a transportation vessel for troops and prisoners of war and was appropriately painted. In fact, the ship was so much faster than enemy u-boats that had earned the nickname the Gray Ghost.
The ship was estimated to have carried over 800,000 servicemen throughout the war. In 1947, the ship returned to the Queen Mary status and in 1965,it was sold to the city of Long Beach in California where it is now docked permanently.

Let's explore some of the paranormal active areas of the ship. There are quite a few documented deaths that occurred on the Queen Mary and numerous more reported ones. In 1936, Sir Edgar Britten, the first captain of the Queen Mary, died of a stroke in his cabin. In 1949, senior second officer William Stark accidentally drank laundry detergent stored in the gin bottle, thereby poisoning himself to death.
However, the most unfortunate death all occurred at one time as it was mentioned before, the Queen Mary served as a transportation vessel during WW2. On October 2nd, 1942, the Queen Mary was being escorted from New York to Glasgow by another much smaller vessel called HMS Curacoa, the Curacoa was zigzagging in front of the Queen Mary to confuse potential u-boats and German bombers. However, the Queen Mary traveling at 28.5 knots, unexpectedly caught up to Caracoa and consequently collided with the ship, splitting the HMS Curacoa in half. Some members of the Curacoa were killed instantly on impact while others were thrown into the freezing water, watching as the men who remained on board sank, trapped within the remains of the vessel and for those left in the water that didn't die from hypothermia, it is said that the current of the Queen Mary carry the myth chopping them up in the propeller. Due to war protocol, the captain of the Queen Mary, Cyril Illingworth, was not able to stop to rescue the passengers and they pushed forward reporting the incident to nearby British destroyers but by the time that British arrived about two hours later, it was too late. Many had already died from hypothermia and of the 430 crew members on board the HMS Curacoa, only 99 survived.
It is said that you can hear the screams of the Curacoa passengers in the boiler room of the Queen Mary and some claimed at the bow of the ship is a hot spot due to the fact that it's where the Queen Mary made contact with the Curacoa.

Other alleged deaths include two women who drowned in the first class swimming pool. One apparition appears in 1930's clothing and the other in 1960's, there is also reports of a little boy who fell overboard near the pool who now haunts the passageway. A little girl named Jackie also is reported to haunt the swimming pool areas. According to the ships current captain, during WW2, a cook died in horrific fashion. Apparently, he was shoved into an oven by Australian soldiers and consequently burned to death. Many say his screams can still be heard.
In 1966, an 18 year old crewman was crushed by door number 13, an automatically closing door during a water-type drill, his ghost is sometimes seen wearing white coveralls.

Other hot spots on the ship include the engine room, the safe room, the storage, the wheelhouse, the propeller box and finally the isolation ward, where the sick people who were diagnosed with a contagious disease,were kept away from the other passengers and in some cases, the isolation ward served as a make shift prison.
The must haunted cabin on the Queen Mary , Cabin B340. The cabin has reports of voices, bed's shaking, water running and lights being turn on by itself. In fact, Cabin B340 has gotten so many reports of complaints of activity that it was actually shut down and ripped apart about 25 or 26 years ago. Since then, nobody's been allowed to sleep inside.

The Queen Mary is an 80 year old ship with plenty of rich yet tragic history.
Are there actually ghosts that inhabit the halls and decks of the former warship or is that merely part of the narrative?

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