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QE2 runs aground on final voyage

The Queen Elizabeth II oceanliner from the UK is about to be put into retirement. But on its last voyage it ran into some trouble off the coast of Southhampton, becoming trapped on a sandbank. The boat is set to become a floating hotel in Dubai."It was hardly the most regal...

created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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craigwright76

QE2 to lose funnel!

Is nothing sacred in Dubai!From: 7days.aeThe Dubai-bound QE2 will undergo a dramatic make-over when it gets here - including having its iconic red funnel sliced off, according to the liner’s crew. It has been...

created by craigwright76 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Stu_Jo

3 Historic Cruise Ships Reunite in NYC

Three historic Cunard liners -- the Queen Victoria, Queen Mary 2, and Queen Elizabeth 2 -- rendezvoused off downtown Manhattan last night, and thousands of intrepid New Yorkers braved freezing rain to come out...

created by Brian A Kennedy | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Bruce Bradshaw

Queen Mary 2 makes a mammoth stop in San Francisco

Forget football--how many times do you get to see a ship the size of a skyscraper try to maneuver a bay with only seventy feet of wiggle room? Once a Super Bowl Sunday, it seems..."SAN FRANCISCO — The mammoth...

created by Kaitlin | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Actual News Geezer

Vomiting virus sweeps through QE2

Ah the ruined expectations of some 300 passengers who boarded "the most famous" of all cruise ships for a "return to the golden era of travel," as the chichi advertisements declare. "More than 300 people are...

created by Actual News Geezer | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Queen Arrives in Red Hook

"Cunard's Queen Mary 2 arrived at the new $56 million Brooklyn Cruise Terminal this morning but heavy fog blocked views of the Manhattan skyline, the Statue of Liberty and even Governors Island on the other side of Buttermilk Channel."