1. The first known synagogue was a ‘Jewish sanctuary’ dedicated aboard the Polish-owned Gydnia-America line'sKosciuszkoin 1934 (according toThe New York Times, 23 February 1934, p.35). The first multipurpose prayer room was provided on the French linerNormandiein 1935. The latter facility was supplanted by the creation of a separate synagogue a year later in time forNormandie's1936 Season. (Source: Donald H. Harrison,San Diego's Jewish Press-Heritage, 24 December 1999, ‘The Queen Mary permanently docked in Long Beach, once had a synagogue and a kosher kitchen. What has happened to the relics of Jewish trans-Atlantic crossings?’.)
2. The synagogue was designed by Cecil Jacob Epril who had previously completed the Cambridge, and Lane and Edgware synagogues in North London (see Harrison, note 1).
3. The National Archives, BT 100/625–631, ‘Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists III (1936–1938), ‘Queen Mary’.
4. See note 2.
5. Harrison (see note 1).