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Download or read book The QE2 written by William H., Jr. Miller and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with more than 150 black-and-white and 27 color images, this chronicle by an expert maritime historian offers a rare and captivating blend of personal anecdotes, archival material, and impeccable scholarship.
Download or read book The QE2 Story written by Chris Frame and published by Story (History Press). This book was released on 2009 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been no more beloved liner than the Queen Elizabeth 2. The last liner to be built on British soil, she was constructed by John Brown & Co., Clydebank (Scotland) and her keel was laid on July 5, 1965, marking the start of her illustrious career. Her maiden voyage left Southampton on May 2, 1969, bound for New York, and she has remained in service for the past 40 years. She had a spell as a military ship from 1982, when she was requisitioned to serve as a troop carrier during the Falklands War, and during her military career QE2 successfully sailed more than 14,900 miles. Post-war, she has had many refits, including a headline-grabbing total refurbishment in 1994 to turn her into a 21st-century luxury liner. In November 2008, QE2 retired to a new life in Dubai World, where she began her conversion to a floating hotel, and the last chapter of her exceptional life in service will close.
Book Synopsis Around the World on the QE2: Volume 2, New York to Australia by : George and Barbara Perkins
Download or read book Around the World on the QE2: Volume 2, New York to Australia written by George and Barbara Perkins and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-16 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cruising on the QE2 from New York to Fort Lauderdale, Barbados, Salvador da Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, the Falklands, Cape Horn, Punta Arenas, the Straight of Magellan, Valparaiso, Easter Island, Pitcairn Island. Tahiti, Moorea, Tonga, New Zealand, and Australia
Book Synopsis Queen Mary 2 by : John Maxtone-Graham
Download or read book Queen Mary 2 written by John Maxtone-Graham and published by Bulfinch Press. This book was released on 2004-04-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents the creation, from keel laying to christening, of one of the most ambitious passenger vessels of all time, Cunard Line's new flagship, the Queen Mary 2. The story of the Queen Mary 2 is told by noted maritime historian John Maxtone-Graham, whose engaging text takes us through the building of the ship and details its world-class amenities.
Book Synopsis Murder, She Wrote: Murder on the QE2 by : Jessica Fletcher
Download or read book Murder, She Wrote: Murder on the QE2 written by Jessica Fletcher and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 1997-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling mystery writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher is invited to travel to London on the grand dame of ocean liners, the Queen Elizabeth II, as one of seven guest lecturers. The night they set sail, a fellow speaker is found brutally murdered. Now Jessica has just four days at sea to find the killer...before she finds more of her colleagues, or even herself, dead in the water!
Download or read book QE2 written by Carol Thatcher and published by Simon & Schuster (UK). This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surely the most famous ship in the world, Cunard's QE2 has captured the headlines for 40 years as she plies her glamorous trade around the globe. The book takes a warts and all look at this fabulous ship. Starting with her revolutionary design and the arguments surrounding her construction and moving on to her time in service with sometimes troubled voyages undergoing engine failure, stowaways, storms, collisions and wartime derring-do.
Download or read book Qe2 written by Chris Frame and published by History Press. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty years ago, the last British-built transatlantic liner was launched. Christened by HM The Queen on September 20, 1967, the 963-feet-long vessel was named Queen Elizabeth 2. By the end of that same day, she was already known by her famous nickname: QE2. Fast, smart and sleek, QE2 sailed more than 5.6 million miles and carried more than 2.5 million passengers during a magnificent 39 1/2 year career. Put simply, she carried more people further than any ship before her and remains the longest-serving express liner in history. Through words penned by passionate QE2 travelers and with tribute stories from captains, crew, and guests, a wide selection of carefully selected photographs bring this wonderful ship to life.
Book Synopsis Around the World on the QE2, Vol 1: China to England by : George and Barbara Perkins
Download or read book Around the World on the QE2, Vol 1: China to England written by George and Barbara Perkins and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-16 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the first half of a journey around the world on on the QE2, the last of the great ocean liners. Much faster than other cruise ships because she had been build originally for fast travel between London and New York, she was converted to a cruise ship when airlines took over that traffic. By the time the authors took their cruises aboard the ship she still retained her speed and luxury but was nearing the end of her useful life.
Book Synopsis RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 by : Janette McCutcheon
Download or read book RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 written by Janette McCutcheon and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2008-10-15 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The illustrated history of the most famous ocean liner afloat today.
Book Synopsis Queen Elizabeth 2 by : Sheriar Press
Download or read book Queen Elizabeth 2 written by Sheriar Press and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal account by Beatrice Dumont Muller of her unique stay on the Queen Elizabeth 2. She was a passenger for many years.
Download or read book Qe2 written by Philip S. Dawson and published by . This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three leading ship historians join forces to write the definitive history of Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2, the world's most famous ocean liner. Beginning with an overview of the social and cultural context from which the liner emerged, the design process is followed from the earliest proposals for Q3 to the detailed design of Q4. The story continues with the John Brown shipyard successfully tendering for the construction and recounts the many challenges which beset the famous shipbuilder in the periods before, during and after QE2 was being built. Thereafter, the ship's sea trials, troubled inauguration and successful maiden voyage are described, partly through first hand accounts. The long career and the many subsequent changes carried out to the ship are then illustrated against the cultural and economic backgrounds of rapidly changing societies in Britain and the USA. QE2 has stood the test of time remarkably well -- but, since the 1980s, the liner has gradually been rebuilt from a futuristic Modernist icon into a 'retro' ship, based upon nostalgia for a lost 'golden age' of inter-war liner travel and the reasons for these changes are also explained. Bringing the story right up-to-date, the book concludes with an account of the final voyage to Dubai.
Book Synopsis The New Cunard Queens by : Nils Schwerdtner
Download or read book The New Cunard Queens written by Nils Schwerdtner and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With a fascinating mixture of maritime history and contemporary analysis, the author describes the history of the Cunard Line, before saying farewell to the QE2, which will retire to Dubai as a floating hotel in November 2009."--Global Books in Print.
Book Synopsis QE2 - Queen Elizabeth 2 by : Stephen Payne
Download or read book QE2 - Queen Elizabeth 2 written by Stephen Payne and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queen Elizabeth 2 is probably the most famous liner in the world and was one of the last great transatlantic liners. QE2 - as she is more commonly known - was a global ambassador for both Cunard and Britain. She sailed nearly 6 million miles and carried 2½ million passengers in style, comfort and luxury. QE2 was launched in 1967 and made her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York on 2 May 1969. During almost 40 years of service QE2 undertook regular world cruises and latterly operated mainly as a cruise ship, sailing out of Southampton. At 70,327 tons and 963ft long with a top speed of 32 1/2 kts, she is also one of the fastest and grandest passenger vessels ever built. In 2008 QE2 was sold by Cunard to Istithmar (the investment arm of Dubai World) for conversion to a floating hotel. However, the fulfilment of this plan and indeed the future of the liner is now uncertain owing to the world economic situation.
Download or read book Queen Mary 2 written by Philip Plisson and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2004-11-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "giant of the seas, " the transatlantic liner Queen Mary 2 is longer than the Eiffel Tower is high and can carry more passengers than any ship in history (up to 3,090, in addition to 1,253 crew members). This book provides an in-depth look at the ship, with photos illustrating the laborious construction process.
Book Synopsis QE2: A Photographic Journey by : Chris Frame
Download or read book QE2: A Photographic Journey written by Chris Frame and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since her maiden voyage in 1969 the QE2 has delighted the thousands of guests who have been lucky enough to spend time aboard this world-famous ship and fascinated many more. She is the most famous ocean liner of our time and has achieved iconic status worldwide. Now, after four decades in the limelight, QE2 will be retiring in November 2008 to begin a new life as a hotel in Dubai. QE2: A Photographic Journey marks the end of an era by taking the reader on a voyage of appreciation of the most loved ocean liner in the world. Readers can stroll the decks, visit the various bars and lounges, take high tea in the Queen's Room and retire to their cabin without leaving their armchair! Each public room is detailed with colour photographs and historical commentary, including quirky and amusing anecdotes and snippets of information about the ship and some of the many characters who have sailed aboard her. Written by two enthusiastic fans and frequent QE2 travellers, this book is beautifully illustrated with over two hundred colour photographs, and complemented by new information from Commodore R.W. Warwick, former master of QE2 and the son of the first captain. This affectionate record provides the most fitting of souvenirs as the QE2 sails into history.
Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1969-09-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Download or read book Sabotage written by Brian Izzard and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 9 January 1972, the mighty Queen Elizabeth, then the largest liner in the world, caught fire in Hong Kong harbor. Watched by millions around the world, she burned live on television, including on Britains childrens program Blue Peter.
