Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Ocean Liner Paintings – An Interview With Wayne Mazzotta - Maritime Matters

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Ocean Liner Paintings – An Interview With Wayne Mazzotta
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I have also recently completed a painting of the QE2, which was a wonderful transatlantic liner. I never appreciated her from the start but after several cruises and six crossings I've grown to admire her for many reasons. For one, there was nothing ...

Dubai to Open Famed Liner QE2 for New Year's Bash - ABC News

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Dubai to Open Famed Liner QE2 for New Year's Bash
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Dubai's state-run Istithmar World bought the QE2 from the Cunard cruise line for $100 million in 2007. It originally planned to turn the luxury liner into a floating hotel docked alongside one of the city-state's manmade palm-shaped islands. ...

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Dubai to open famed liner QE2 for New Year's bash - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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Dubai to open famed liner QE2 for New Year's bash
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Dubai's state-run Istithmar World bought the QE2 from the Cunard cruise line for $100 million in 2007. It originally planned to turn the luxury liner into a floating hotel docked alongside one of the city-state's manmade palm-shaped islands. ...

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QE2 to throw down the gangplank for first time in three years as Dubai hosts ... - Daily Mail

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QE2 to throw down the gangplank for first time in three years as Dubai hosts ...
Daily Mail
She entertained thousands of guests while travelling the oceans as one of the world's most famous cruise ships. Now the QE2 is set to welcome visitors again as the liner throws down the gangplank for the first time in three years. ...

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

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

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Dubai to open famed liner QE2 for New Year's bash
CBS News
Dubai's state-run Istithmar World bought the QE2 from the Cunard cruise line for $100 million in 2007. It originally planned to turn the luxury liner into a floating hotel docked alongside one of the city-state's manmade palm-shaped islands. ...

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

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Dubai to open famed liner QE2 for New Year's bash
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... the storied cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 will soon be welcoming well-heeled guests once again -- at least for a night. The event marks the first time the ship's government owners are throwing down the gangplank for a large group of visitors since ...

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Famed Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship to host New Year's Eve party in Dubai - Newser

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Famed Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship to host New Year's Eve party in Dubai
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Dubai's state-run Istithmar World bought the QE2 from the Cunard cruise line for $100 million in 2007. It originally planned to turn the luxury liner into a floating hotel docked alongside one of the city-state's manmade palm-shaped islands. ...

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Dubai to open famed liner QE2 for New Year's bash - The Associated Press

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Dubai to open famed liner QE2 for New Year's bash
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Dubai's state-run Istithmar World bought the QE2 from the Cunard cruise line for $100 million in 2007. It originally planned to turn the luxury liner into a floating hotel docked alongside one of the city-state's manmade palm-shaped islands. ...

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

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

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

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

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

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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 ...

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

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

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Saturday, December 10, 2011

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

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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. ...

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QE2 Southampton

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

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

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

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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 ...

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