QE2 Cutaway
There is no more famous ship in recent history than Queen Elizabeth 2. The flagship of the Cunard Line for most of her life, this legendary vessel wandered the world’s oceans for almost forty years. The QE2 Story offers a concise history of this, the greatest ocean liner of our time, from her construction, early […]
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Queen Elizabeth 2 in Southampton (Sept 1982) fresh from her post-Falklands refit and sporting her new grey hull and "Cunard Red" funnel.
QE2 in Southampton, October 1982, just after the Falklands War, sporting her new grey livery and red funnel
Queen Elizabeth 2 in Southampton (Sept 1982) fresh from her post-Falklands refit and sporting her new grey hull.
Sept 13, 2022 - Details about the items placed on Queen Elizabeth's coffin -- the Royal Standard (flag), The Sovereign's Orb, Sceptre and Imperial State Crown.
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QE2 - Queen Elizabeth 2 is Gunard lines old Lady Fro Wikepedia Queen Elizabeth 2, often referred to simply as QE2, is an ocean liner built for the Cunard Line which was operated by Cunard as both a transatlantic liner and a cruise ship from 1969 to 2008. She was designed for the transatlantic service from her home port of Southampton, UK, to New York, and was named after the earlier Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth. She served as the flagship of the line from 1969 until succeeded by RMS Queen Mary 2 in 2004. Designed in Cunard's then headquarters and regional offices in Liverpool and Southampton respectively, and built in Clydebank, Scotland, she was considered to be the last of the great transatlantic ocean liners until the construction of the Queen Mary 2 was announced. Before she was refitted with a diesel power plant in 1986/87, QE2 was also the last oil-fired passenger steamship to cross the Atlantic in scheduled liner service. During almost forty years of service, the QE2 undertook regular world cruises and latterly operated predominantly as a cruise ship, sailing out of Southampton, England. QE2 had no running mate and never ran a year-round weekly transatlantic express service to New York. QE2 did, however, continue the Cunard tradition of regular scheduled transatlantic crossings every year of her service life. QE2 was never designated RMS, or Royal Mail Ship.[2] QE2 retired from active Cunard service on 27 November 2008. She was acquired by Istithmar, the private equity arm of Dubai World, which planned to begin conversion of the vessel to a 500-room floating hotel moored at the Palm Jumeirah, Dubai.[3][4] In July 2012, Istithmar announced that conversion would take about 18 months.[5] On 23 December 2012, it was reported that QE2 had been sold for scrapping in China for £20 million.[6] However, Cunard dismissed the reports as "pure speculation".[7]
The Queen Elizabeth 2 ship was the small passenger cruiser that gained both fame and infamy during her 40 years as the Cunard flagship. But after being replaced by the Queen Mary 2 in 2008, where has she gone?
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What is it about one ship that can inspire such a sense of deep, seemingly illogical devotion? In the case of QE2, trying to analyse that rationally makes about as much sense as trying to stuff a cloud into a suitcase. I have no copper bottomed, rational explanation for my continuing enchantment with what is,…
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Radar data of asteroid 1998 QE2 obtained on May 29, 2013, when the asteroid was about 3.75 million miles (6 million kilometers) from Earth. 1998 QE2 measures...
The QE 2 in all her glory. I had hoped to get a shot of her entering the Tyne, but this was not to be. This was taken from South Shields on a rather grey and wet day, and to be honest is not too bad. The ship returned to Tyneside the following November (2008) for a short visit, however I wasn't able to get there to get any other shots. The two canoeists in the bottom right of the shot give some idea of the sheer size of the ship.
QE2 at Sea tackling swells, 7th January 2008
