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On 4 September 2005, Queen Elizabeth 2 became the longest serving Cunarder, passing the 36 years 4 months and 2 days record of service of Scythia, who sailed from 1921 to 1957.
Launched in 1967 (see this short BBC video) at John Brown & Company (Wikipedia) she sailed for Cunard since 1969 - only interrupted by her service as a troopship during the Falkland Island war in 1982.
QE2 has undergone many refits transforming her from the very modern ship she was in 1969 (see here - QE2 space age ocean liner) to a ship closer resembling the cliché many passengers expect. Amongst these refits the most extensive was carried out between October 1987 and May 1987 Lloyd Werft when her steam power plant was replaced with a diesel electric setup. For more information on this refit visit the webpage of Rob Lightbody. The history of Queen Elizabeth 2 is summarised at www.greatoceanliners.net.

A plethora of information is available on the fanpages of Samuel Warwick, Chris' Cunard Page on QE2, at this webpage of the University of Glasgow or at the Visual Arts Data Service. Postcards and photos of QE2 are found at www.simplonpc.co.uk, on the webpage of Pam Massey, Onno Heesbeen's webpage or this travelogue of a Sotonian Shipnut. For a review of QE2 go to www.cruisepage.com. An excellent documentary about the building of QE2 is found at www.stv.tv - click on 'Contract 736 - documentary about the launch of the QE2'. There is also a nice video of QE2's crew available at YouTube.
The material used for the here presented clips was recorded during an Atlantic crossing aboard QE2 and a visit to Istanbul. For various reasons only a limited number of rather short clips can be presented.
In 2008 QE2 will leave the Cunard fleet to become a floating hotel and 'retail and entertainment destination' in Dubai. For more information read this Cunard press release.

CLICK on a thumbnail or use the links in the captions to select a DivX® video


DivX® video-clip QE2 arrives in Istanbul May 1997 duration: 58′′ : 5.7 MB::11.5 MB:	DivX® video-clip QE2 leaves Istanbul May 1997 duration: 41′′ : 5.7 MB::11.5 MB:	DivX® video-clip Arriving in New York aboard QE2 duration: 1′56′′ :10.5 MB::21.3 MB:	DivX® video-clip Queens Room aboard QE2 duration: 20′′ :2.5 MB::4.5 MB:
DivX® video-clip The bridge of QE2 duration: 30′′ :3.3 MB::6 MB:	DivX® video-clip On Deck aboard QE2 duration: 54′′ :5.5 MB::8.6 MB:	DivX® video-clip On Deck aboard QE2 duration: 1′03′′ :6.1 MB::11.8 MB:	DivX® video-clip Chart Room aboard QE2 duration: 30′′ :3.2 MB::5.6 MB:
DivX® video-clip Queens Grill aboard QE2 duration: 16′′ :1.9 MB::3.4 MB:	DivX® video-clip ex Caronia Restaurant now Mauretania Rest. aboard QE2 duration: 18′′ :2.2 MB::3.9 MB:	DivX® video-clip ex Mauretania Rest. now Caronia Rest. aboard QE2 duration: 29′′ :3.1 MB::6 MB:
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