The "Queen Mary" Comes Home -- The "Queen Mary" coming alongside her berth after arriving at Southampton. Britain's most famous liner, the 80,000 ton "Queen Mary" returned to Southampton on her first home-coming since she sailed under secret orders a few days before war was declared - just six years ago. The "Queen Mary" had completed 520,000 miles during her war service and had carried over 600,000 Allied fighting men across the Atlantic. The liner will carry American troops on her return voyage to New York. August 11, 1945.