Vintage RMS Queen Elizabeth Cruise Line Deck Chair

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Vintage RMS Queen Elizabeth Cruise Line Deck Chair. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS First Class.
For sale is this amazing piece of cruise line history. It is vintage c. 1960s deck chair from the English RMS Queen Elizabeth. This chair is in fair to good condition and works great. Sturdy, solid and not wobbly. One small crack on underside noted but not visible when sitting up correctly. Crack is surface and does not go through wood. Weathered patina untouched. This was a chair for 1st class passengers only (see photo). Brass hardware (see photos).
About the RMS Queen Elizabeth:
The RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line (after its merger with the White Star Line). Along with her sister ship Queen Mary, she provided luxury liner and immigrant service between Southampton, England (UK), and New York, New York (US), via Cherbourg, France on Continental Europe. She was also contracted for over 20 years to carry the Royal Mail, thus enabling her to carry the prestigious Royal Mail Ship (RMS) designation, as the second half of the two ships' weekly express service.
While being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, she was known as Hull 552[2] but when launched, on 27 September 1938, she was named in honour of Queen Elizabeth, who was then Queen Consort to King George VI and in 1952 became the Queen Mother. With a design that improved upon that of Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth was a slightly larger ship, the largest passenger liner ever built at that time and for 56 years thereafter. She also has the distinction of being the largest-ever riveted ship by gross tonnage. She first entered service in February 1940 as a troopship in World War II, and it was not until October 1946 that she served in her intended role as an ocean liner.
With the decline in the popularity of the transatlantic route, both ships were replaced by the smaller, more economical Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1969. Queen Mary was retired from service on 9 December 1967, and was sold to the city of Long Beach, California, US. Queen Elizabeth was sold to a succession of buyers, most of whom had adventurous and unsuccessful plans for her. Finally she was sold to a Hong Kong businessman, Tung Chao Yung, who intended to convert her into a floating university cruise ship. In 1972, while undergoing refurbishment in Hong Kong harbour, she caught fire under mysterious circumstances and was capsized by the water used to fight the fire. In 1973, her wreck was deemed an obstruction, and she was partially scrapped where she lay.
https://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/story/4531670/the-woodies-ensure-deck-chairs-are-fit-for-the-queen-photos/
Talk about historical interest. Put this on your own vessel.....or in your yard around the pool......with a 'reserved' sign on it. As much as I have been able to determine from old photos of the 'Queen', this is one of the old deck chairs used on the 1st Class deck. It's in good shape overall, has adjustable back positions and appears to be made of some type of teak. The metal '1st Class Only' and 'Queen Elizabeth' plates are each 2-3/8" x 1/2", probably brass with raised letters on a black background with brass edging.