The Queen Mary Is Also Held Up -- A bow view of the Queen Mary in dry dock at Southampton. Whilst her sister-ship the Queen Elizabeth is prevented from sailing by the strike dispute at Southampton, the R.M.S. Queen Mary is also held up. She should have taken over the Elizabeth's berth on Saturday. Meanwhile, she is being kept in the King George V Grading Dock, where for over a week more than 800 workmen have been engaged on preparing her for a resumption of her dollar-earning transatlantic voyages. November 22, 1948. (Photo by Fox).