Bon Voyage, Queen Elizabeth 2

Bon Voyage, Queen Elizabeth 2

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Bushmaster

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27,452 posts

294 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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The QE2 is about to leave on her final voyage, at the end of which she will be turned into some Arabian hotel thing in Dubai.

Sad end.





Waynester

6,462 posts

265 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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All things must come to end..sadly.
At least she isn't being scrapped

How old is she?

Semi hemi

1,801 posts

213 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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Waynester said:
All things must come to end..sadly.
At least she isn't being scrapped

How old is she?
Must be about 40/45yrs old.. I am sure I was a just a bairn when she was launched

Waynester

6,462 posts

265 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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Semi hemi said:
Waynester said:
All things must come to end..sadly.
At least she isn't being scrapped

How old is she?
Must be about 40/45yrs old.. I am sure I was a just a bairn when she was launched
She was launched in '67, so before i was born. I still always associate her as one of the biggest ships in the world, but i guess she isn't anymore.
Some cruise liners look a lot bigger!

My abiding memory would be during the Falklands conflict. Wasn't she used as a troop transport/hospital ship or something...?


Bushmaster

Original Poster:

27,452 posts

294 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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Cruise ships are just massive floating hotels full of old people.

The QE2 is a proper liner.


spitfire-ian

3,975 posts

243 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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Waynester said:
She was launched in '67, so before i was born. I still always associate her as one of the biggest ships in the world, but i guess she isn't anymore.
She's still the fastest isn't she?

Balmoral Green

42,340 posts

263 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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She cost £30 million when new, you couldn't buy a small yacht to park up at the cheap end in Antibes with that now smile

H2DaE

1,338 posts

221 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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Balmoral Green said:
She cost £30 million when new, you couldn't buy a small yacht to park up at the cheap end in Antibes with that now smile
Yes but £30 million was a lot more back then...

FourWheelDrift

90,937 posts

299 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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spitfire-ian said:
Waynester said:
She was launched in '67, so before i was born. I still always associate her as one of the biggest ships in the world, but i guess she isn't anymore.
She's still the fastest isn't she?
In service it was. The SS United States if they ever get round to refitting it would take that back, with over twice the power (230,000shp) could do up to 38 knots.

Queen Mary 2 is the only other liner still operating as a liner and not a cruise ship (with the scrapping of the Norway, ex-France at Alang last year), more power than QE2 but less speed. All the others are cruise ships of which even the big Carnival Line ships like Freedom of the Seas despite being 150,000tns only have between 17-20,000shp and struggle to reach 21knts.

C8PPO

20,171 posts

218 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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I remember as a kid being taken on a small boat for a tour around Portsmouth (I think) harbour when the QE2 was moored there. We sailed right under the bow and I remember being incredulous at both how big it was, and how far out it stuck. Immense ship.

XB70

2,491 posts

211 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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Why did the United States have such as a massive amount of horsepower?

whitechief

4,431 posts

210 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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Great ship. I see they managed to run her aground in the Solent this morning, Muppets rolleyes

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/3437990/QE2-runs...

FourWheelDrift

90,937 posts

299 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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XB70 said:
Why did the United States have such as a massive amount of horsepower?
To be the fastest and win the Blue Riband.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_United_States

248,000shp according to that.

Balmoral Green

42,340 posts

263 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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H2DaE said:
Balmoral Green said:
She cost £30 million when new, you couldn't buy a small yacht to park up at the cheap end in Antibes with that now smile
Yes but £30 million was a lot more back then...
£385 million allowing for inflation.

ninja-lewis

4,915 posts

205 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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FourWheelDrift said:
spitfire-ian said:
Waynester said:
She was launched in '67, so before i was born. I still always associate her as one of the biggest ships in the world, but i guess she isn't anymore.
She's still the fastest isn't she?
In service it was. The SS United States if they ever get round to refitting it would take that back, with over twice the power (230,000shp) could do up to 38 knots.

Queen Mary 2 is the only other liner still operating as a liner and not a cruise ship (with the scrapping of the Norway, ex-France at Alang last year), more power than QE2 but less speed. All the others are cruise ships of which even the big Carnival Line ships like Freedom of the Seas despite being 150,000tns only have between 17-20,000shp and struggle to reach 21knts.
QE2 managed about 20knts in reverse during trials - faster than most cruise ships can go forwards!

thinfourth2

32,414 posts

219 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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ninja-lewis said:
FourWheelDrift said:
spitfire-ian said:
Waynester said:
She was launched in '67, so before i was born. I still always associate her as one of the biggest ships in the world, but i guess she isn't anymore.
She's still the fastest isn't she?
In service it was. The SS United States if they ever get round to refitting it would take that back, with over twice the power (230,000shp) could do up to 38 knots.

Queen Mary 2 is the only other liner still operating as a liner and not a cruise ship (with the scrapping of the Norway, ex-France at Alang last year), more power than QE2 but less speed. All the others are cruise ships of which even the big Carnival Line ships like Freedom of the Seas despite being 150,000tns only have between 17-20,000shp and struggle to reach 21knts.
QE2 managed about 20knts in reverse during trials - faster than most cruise ships can go forwards!
Yes 20knts astern and according to the vib guys from Lloyds you could see a peak with each blade falling off the grim wheels

T5SOR

2,017 posts

240 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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I parked 100m from the docks today (leisure world) and didn't see the QE2 frown Lots of traffic around there though!

Slacey

1,113 posts

229 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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I was in Southampton today for a survey so drove down to the docks for a look. Got a peek from the car but the traffic was horrendous so didn't get as far as parking up. In a hotel in Portsmouth now and it's live on the local BBC.