Bon Voyage, Queen Elizabeth 2
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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 launchedAt least she isn't being scrapped
How old is she?
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...?
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?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.
Great ship. I see they managed to run her aground in the Solent this morning, Muppets 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/3437990/QE2-runs...

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