The Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth used a standard cruise speed of 26
to 28 knots during their cruise and could be very dangerous to their
own escorts,the 2 october 1942, HMS Queen Mary (81000 GRT) cut in half the light cruiser HMS Curacoa (5320 GRT) wich sank in few minutes.
Some U boats had the chance to see the silouettes of these ponderous
liners in their scope, but they never could fire a torpedo against these targets running easily arond 30 knots.
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