Cruise ships of the 1930s

Three ships carry the 1930s in this directory, and one of them carries the whole decade. Queen Mary, launched in 1934 for Cunard's Southampton–New York service, was Britain's first 1,000-foot liner, a Depression-era project rescued by government finance, a record-breaking greyhound, a wartime troopship, and since 1967 a preserved hotel and museum at Long Beach, California. She is the last surviving great liner of the 1930s, and at 80,774 gross tons she dwarfs her decade-mates here. The others show the decade's range: Sea Cloud of 1931, built as a private sailing yacht and still active under sail as a cruise ship, and Moonta of 1931, preserved after a career that began in Australian coastal service. Speed, sail and coastal work — the 1930s, in three hulls.

1931

Moonta

Moonta

no current operator · Preserved

Sea Cloud

Sea Cloud

2,523 GT · Sea Cloud Cruises · Active

1934

Queen Mary

Queen Mary

80,774 GT · no current operator · Preserved

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary https://www.britannica.com/topic/Queen-Mary-ship