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Ultimate History of the World's Most Famous Ship

Filed under: Journeys, Water, Books

In November, the Cunard line's famed QE2 will make its final voyage to a new home at the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai World, which paid $100 million to acquire the ship for a floating hotel, retail and entertainment annex. Carol Thatcher has compiled a beautiful book about the legendary oceanliner's colorful history, QE2: Forty Years Famous.

The QE2 was launched by (and named for) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in September 1967, and since then she has undertaken 25 world cruises, crossed the Atlantic more than 800 times and carried more than 2.5 million passengers, establishing a reputation as the world's greatest and most luxurious liner - a grande dame pre-dating and outclassing the modern cruise ship era. See the gallery for more.

Cunard's Queens Will Rendezvous at Lady Liberty

Filed under: Journeys, Water


On January 13th, 2008 all three Cunard Line Queens, Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth 2, and Queen Victoria, will convene near the Statue of Liberty marking maritime history. This is the first time three Queen's have been in the same place at the same time, and this will be the only occasion for this rendezvous considering QE2's pending retirement in November 2008. These cruise liners are sure to create quite the stir in their joining wake. Celebrating with fireworks at 7:00pm, this momentous occasion will also mark Queen Victoria's maiden voyage. Think I can catch a ride, ladies?


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