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Photographer’s Note

A short series of pictures in tribute to Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), which after almost 40 years service at sea has been recently retired to become a luxury hotel in Dubai.

All pictures were taken on slide film and have been converted to digital using Photoshop and NeatImage. The pictures were taken at a time I was working as an Internal Auditor for the company that then owned Cunard Line. I used to visit the company's ships, including QE2, on business from time to time.

This last picture shows her in dry-dock in Southampton (her home port) after her return from the Falklands' conflict where she served as a hospital ship along with her long term 'rival', the P & O cruise liner 'Canberra'.

Wikipedea has an interesting article on the history of the ship, which was built for the Cunard Line at the John Brown Shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland. The article can be accessed here.

mikolaj_kawa, jlbrthnn, Budapestman, dareco, Charo, gunbud has marked this note useful

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mikolaj_kawa (29933) 2008-11-19 0:46

Hello Stephen! Famous and legendary ship! Wonderful scene. Wonderful POV. Very good picture. Well done!

jlbrthnn (37749) 2008-11-19 1:10

Bonjour Stephen,
La vue est impressionnante et précise grâce à la présence humaine, les dimensions de ce mastodonte. Ce navire a donc connu la gloire pendant la guerre des Malouines, appellation française. Un bon travail utile. Bravo.
Bonne journée
Cordialement
Joël

Budapestman (41686) 2008-11-19 1:20

Hi Stephen,
Very effective and imposing photo from this huge ship. Peoples looking around have the sizes sensed in the bottom of the dock well. Superb photo! Have a nice day!
George

Nicou (44641) 2008-11-19 1:38

Hello,

Un bâteau à quai avec un bien joli nom, très impressionnatn , cela doit faire drôle de voir des immense bâyteaux hor de l'eau, très original, sueprbe.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

dareco (17104) 2008-11-19 6:37

Well I have learnt something from this series, very interesting :) This picture really shows the age of the boat, a good close up, nice detail and color. TFS

Fis2 (45687) 2008-11-19 10:05

Witaj Stephen!
Very interesting scene. Good frame and composition. The persons add savor of photo. Very impressive QE2. Well done.
Regards
Krzysztof

Charo (31665) 2008-11-19 14:15

Bonsoir Stephen,
Je vois que, dans ces dernières captures vous avez changé les églises et les châteaux de «l'architecture» de la navigation.
Merveilleuse histoire de compléter l'image de ce célèbre navire. Un grand navire par rapport à la population que j'ai été presque passe inaperçue en raison de sa petite taille.
Amitiés,
Charo

batalay (20858) 2008-11-19 22:25

Hello Stephen,

Aside from the informative and very interesting note, the photograph itself is remarkable, specially when the Liliputians at the lower right come into focus. The scale of the ship is extraordinary — so its fate will be a hotel Much like Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. Your personal connection to the site is most interesting.

Warm regards,

Bulent

gunbud (27789) 2008-11-20 16:49

Hi Stephen,
Wonderful view of the immense hull of this giant ocean linner.
Striking details and sharpness.
The shipyard workers give this one nice scale.
Regards, Tom