The National | UK groups hopeful of buying QE2 from Dubai World The National DUBAI // Campaigners working to return the once-glorious QE2 ocean liner to the UK from its berth in Dubai are hopeful the vessel will be sold to them. Current owner Dubai World is reportedly “considering their ... Mr Chillingworth was a chief engineer with the ship's former operator, Cunard, and oversaw its planned conversion to a 400-room floating hotel to be moored off The Palm Jumeirah, Dubai before the project was shelved during the financial crisis in 2009. He said the current value had been estimated at £3 ... |
Monday, June 8, 2015
UK groups hopeful of buying QE2 from Dubai World - The National
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Council leader calls on Scottish Government to help rescue QE2 from Dubai ... - Scotland Now
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Scotland Now | Council leader calls on Scottish Government to help rescue QE2 from Dubai ... Scotland Now Inverclyde Councillor Stephen McCabe has written to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon asking for support in their bid to bring the iconic ship back to the river where she was constructed before her launch in 1967. Images of the much-loved Cunard liner have ... |
Campaign launched to buy 'rusting' QE2 from Dubai yard and bring her home to ... - Scottish Daily Record
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Scottish Daily Record | Campaign launched to buy 'rusting' QE2 from Dubai yard and bring her home to ... Scottish Daily Record Inverclyde Councillor Stephen McCabe has written to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon asking for support in their bid to bring the iconic ship back to the river where she was constructed before her launch in 1967. Images of the much-loved Cunard liner have ... |
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Provost says Inverclyde is 'right place' for QE2 - Greenock Telegraph
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Provost says Inverclyde is 'right place' for QE2 Greenock Telegraph The QE2 bid has made a big splash this week, with Inverclyde Council chiefs backing a move to bring the ocean liner to the area as a tourist attraction. But now Clydebank has made noises about launching its own claim on the iconic vessel. However local campaigners are ... Councillor McCabe has also instructed senior officials to touch base with the Dubai authorities to find out if the ship is for sale. In the Clydebank camp, local MSP Gil Paterson made a case for his town, stating that as the QE2 was built in the John ... |
Thursday, June 4, 2015
'Herculean' effort to save the QE2 from a sorry end in Dubai - Express.co.uk
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Express.co.uk | 'Herculean' effort to save the QE2 from a sorry end in Dubai Express.co.uk AMBITIOUS plans to bring the Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean liner home to Scotland have been unveiled. ... It is feared the ship may be scrapped if no one comes forward to buy her. The QE2 was built by John Brown on the Clyde and fitted out in Greenock. |
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
How Cunard earned its place in British maritime history: Incredible images ... - Daily Mail
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How Cunard earned its place in British maritime history: Incredible images ... Daily Mail These incredible images document life on board Cunard's world-famous ships as the cruise liner celebrates 175 years of sailing the seas. Since the maiden ..... Pursuit cruise. QE2 became the world's largest hospital ship during the Falklands Conflict in 1982. |
Monday, May 25, 2015
Cunard's 175th birthday blowout: a 3-ship 'river dance' in Liverpool - Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles Times | Cunard's 175th birthday blowout: a 3-ship 'river dance' in Liverpool Los Angeles Times In 1840, the first Cunard ship, the Britannia, set sail from England to America -- a route the cruise line continues to this day. Hundreds of thousands are expected to watch the ships sail in formation to the city where Cunard made its headquarters from 1916 to ... |
Tens of thousands gather for meeting of the 'Cunard Queens' in Liverpool - India Gazette
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India Gazette | Tens of thousands gather for meeting of the 'Cunard Queens' in Liverpool India Gazette LIVERPOOL, UK - An estimated crowd of 20,000 people turned out to watch the arrival of the Cunard cruise ship Queen Mary 2 in Liverpool despite gloomy weather Sunday. The crowds gathered at Liverpool's Pier Head, where the huge ocean liner docked at ... |
More than 20000 gather in Liverpool for Cunard's 175th anniversary celebrations - Big News Network.com
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Big News Network.com | More than 20000 gather in Liverpool for Cunard's 175th anniversary celebrations Big News Network.com LIVERPOOL, UK - An estimated crowd of 20,000 people turned out to watch the arrival of the Cunard cruise ship Queen Mary 2 in Liverpool despite gloomy weather Sunday. The crowds gathered at Liverpool's Pier Head, where the huge ocean liner ... The Lord Mayor of Liverpool Erica Kemp CBE stepped off at 10.25am and was greeted by crowds eager to get the best shot of the ship, the most famous in the world after her predecessor QE2. Cunard was founded in 1839 by Samuel Cunard who was awarded the first ... |
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Cunard Pays Tribute to War Service - The Maritime Executive
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Cunard Pays Tribute to War Service The Maritime Executive It is remarkable to think that one ship, Arabia, would carry all the horses that charged with the Light Bridge but it is astonishing to think that Arabia carried horses over, 7,500 horses – 203 at a time, on voyages at a very slow speed of four knots. Cunarders would .... On the journey southwards from Freetown, the only port of call, every one of the liner's portholes was covered with black plastic to provide a total blackout: from being the ocean's brightest star, QE2 – for her own safety – became the darkest. On the last leg of ... |
'The state of the once glorious QE2 is a tragedy. I intend to bring her home ... - Express.co.uk
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Express.co.uk | 'The state of the once glorious QE2 is a tragedy. I intend to bring her home ... Express.co.uk No other ship comes close. She is up there with HMS Victory and the Cutty Sark as a piece of the nation's maritime history.” Nevertheless, when it reached the end of its oceangoing life the liner was sold by Cunard for £50.5million to a Dubai business ... |
QE2 cruise ship "left to rot" after being sold to Dubai - AOL Travel UK
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AOL Travel UK | QE2 cruise ship "left to rot" after being sold to Dubai AOL Travel UK A campaign group has claimed that iconic ocean liner the QE2 has been "left to rot" in Dubai after she left the UK in 2008 for her new home at the UAE state's Port Rashid. Campaigner Stephen Robinson fears she will end up being scrapped and highlighted ... |
New images purportedly show QE2 during Dubai layup - Arabian Supply Chain
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Arabian Supply Chain | New images purportedly show QE2 during Dubai layup Arabian Supply Chain New images have been published of the former Cunard Line flagship Queen Elizabeth II (QE2), which is currently in cold layup at Drydocks World in Dubai awaiting an uncertain fate. The images, published by the Middle East cruise website Cruise Arabia ... |
Saturday, May 23, 2015
New pictures published of QE2 cruise ship 'rotting' in Dubai - Sierra Leone Times
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Sierra Leone Times | New pictures published of QE2 cruise ship 'rotting' in Dubai Sierra Leone Times DUBAI, UAE New images have been published claiming to show the former Cunard ocean liner Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) in cold layup in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The images reportedly taken this summer in Dubai while the ship was docked at ... |
New images published of Cunard liner QE2 in cold layup in Dubai - Big News Network.com
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Big News Network.com | New images published of Cunard liner QE2 in cold layup in Dubai Big News Network.com DUBAI, UAE New images have been published claiming to show the former Cunard ocean liner Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) in cold layup in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The images reportedly taken this summer in Dubai while the ship was docked at ... |
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