This is the ship that the Benleys sail on to reach America when war is declared in 1939. They take their granddaughter, Thomasina Edwina Ware, with them to Pittsburgh. It is also the ship that Dora, Edward, and Churchill sail on in May of 1940 when they accompany the British fleet to America. By then it is called the Gray Ghost. People think the QM2 is impressive. But this seems to be the really historic ship that was launched in 1936. Would you believe that Bob Hope would be accompanying the Benleys on that last 1939 sailing to NYC right before the war?