Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth were the largest and fastest troopships involved in the war, often carrying as many as 15,000 men in a single voyage, and often travelling out of convoy and without escort.
Nakon što se ratnoj službi pridružio i Queen Elizabeth, bila su to dva najveća i najbrža broda za trupe uključena u rat, često prevozeći do 15 000 ljudi na pojedinom putovanju, i također često ploveći izvan konvoja i bez pratnje.