Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Dubai to open famed liner QE2 for New Year's bash - Boston.com

Read More

Dubai to open famed liner QE2 for New Year's bash
Boston.com
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—More than three years since it arrived in its final port of Dubai, the storied cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 will soon be welcoming guests once again -- at least for a night and only a select few. An Emirati event planning ...

and more »

Dubai to open famed liner QE2 for New Year's bash - eTaiwan News

Read More

Dubai to open famed liner QE2 for New Year's bash
eTaiwan News
AP More than three years since it arrived in its final port of Dubai, the storied cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 will soon be welcoming guests once again _ at least for a night and only a select few. An Emirati event planning company said Wednesday ...

and more »

Dubai to open famed liner QE2 for New Year's bash - San Francisco Chronicle

Read More

Dubai to open famed liner QE2 for New Year's bash
San Francisco Chronicle
More than three years since it arrived in its final port of Dubai, the storied cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 will soon be welcoming guests once again — at least for a night and only a select few. An Emirati event planning company said Wednesday it's ...

and more »

Dubai to open famed liner QE2 for New Year's bash - Sacramento Bee

Read More

Dubai to open famed liner QE2 for New Year's bash
Sacramento Bee
AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- More than three years since it arrived in its final port of Dubai, the storied cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 will soon be welcoming guests once again - at least for a night and only a select few. ...

and more »

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Cunard's QM2 is back from dry-dock refit and looking pretty as a picture - Mirror.co.uk (blog)

Read More

Mirror.co.uk (blog)

Cunard's QM2 is back from dry-dock refit and looking pretty as a picture
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
As Carol Thatcher relates in the encyclopaedic QE2: Forty years Famous, when Prince Andrew boarded the ship before it sailed from Southampton on December 17 he found workmen everywhere and vast areas of the ship still looking like a construction site. ...

and more »

QE2 Southampton

Read More

A video of Cunard's legendary QE2 leaving Southampton on 27 October 2008 on its penultimate voyage.

youtube.com

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Woman dies after fall from former British cruise ship - Straits Times

Read More

Straits Times

Woman dies after fall from former British cruise ship
Straits Times
The Queen Mary 2 sails near the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor to meet the QE2 in this Oct 16, 2008 file photo in New York. A 26-year-old woman died after falling 75 feet from the retired British cruise liner the 'Queen Mary' into frigid waters ...

and more »

Saturday, November 26, 2011

'Suffolk Strangler's' ex-wife hooked on details of his life - Sunday Sun

Read More

'Suffolk Strangler's' ex-wife hooked on details of his life
Sunday Sun
He was later linked to the case of the missing, presumed murdered, estate agent Suzy Lamplugh, who he knew when they worked on the QE2 cruise ship. Detectives later said it was “not a strong line of inquiry”. And Diane said she will never forget what ...

and more »

IT'S TORTURE BUT I HAVE TO KNOW WHY MY EX KILLED - Sunday Sun

Read More

IT'S TORTURE BUT I HAVE TO KNOW WHY MY EX KILLED
Sunday Sun
He was later linked to the case of the missing, presumed murdered, estate agent Suzy Lamplugh, who he knew when they worked on the QE2 cruise ship. Detectives later said it was “not a strong line of inquiry”. And Diane said she will never forget what ...

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Captain Ian McNaught elected Deputy Master of the Corporation of Trinity House - Daily Echo

Read More

Captain Ian McNaught elected Deputy Master of the Corporation of Trinity House
Daily Echo
He has been an employee of Cunard, owner of some of the most famous cruise liners in the world, since 1987 when he joined QE2 as a second officer. Captain McNaught rapidly rose through the ranks and was master of cruise ship Sea Goddess 1, ...

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Farewell to the QE2

Read More

News report that aired in May 2008 at Fresno FOX affiliate KMPH about the third-to-last Transatlantic crossing of the Queen Elizabeth 2. The ship ...

youtube.com

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Disney land and sea - Chattanooga Times Free Press

Read More

Disney land and sea
Chattanooga Times Free Press
My family recently took a four-night cruise on Disney Cruise Line's new Disney Dream ocean liner, and we felt a little star-struck, like the Beverly Hillbillies thrust aboard the QE2. The shine of the new, 14-deck Dream coupled with ...

Monday, November 14, 2011

Will Rod Stewart sail on a Titanic anniversary cruise? - USA Today

Read More

Will Rod Stewart sail on a Titanic anniversary cruise?
USA Today
Among the roster of lecturers on the Southampton cruise is Cunard's Commodore Ronald Warwick, longtime captain of the QE2. On the New York cruise Captain William "Bill" Wright, Royal Caribbean International's senior vice president of Marine Operations, ...

and more »

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Motherwell family's gratitude to the late Sir Jimmy Saville - Wishaw Press

Read More

Motherwell family's gratitude to the late Sir Jimmy Saville
Wishaw Press
And, in 1999, Sir Jimmy's timely intervention saved the life of Chris McCarron (38), while aboard a cruise liner. Chris – who has learning difficulties – and his parents had been enjoying a dream holiday on the QE2, sailing around the Scottish coast, ...