The incident has been subject to much speculation since. Some historians credit Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat with talking Gaddafi down from carrying out his threat. With less than a foot to spare as it passes through the canal locks, it is the biggest ship ever to pass through the famous canal. They are joined volunteers belonging to the Cunard crew. In anticipation of service, much of the liner is reinforced with steel plating, while two helicopter pads are installed.
It arrives back in Southampton June 11, on the whole unscathed. The move is attributed to incoming regulations, including the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, which would necessitate large and expensive levels of retrofitting to the vessel. A farewell voyage is pencilled in for the following year, with the QE2 leaving Southampton docks for the final time on November 11, , bound for the Gulf.
The launch puts to bed years of rumours in which the QE2 was supposedly bound for a Chinese scrapyard. Cunard also launches the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship — the youngest vessel in its fleet — on a night Mediterranean voyage, starting from Southampton, UK.
Guests and former QE2 captains enjoy historical talks, gatherings of past passengers, and even QE2-inspired menus and quizzes. She was being washed down, and workers were seen going aboard. August brought the surprising news that her lifeboat davits had all been cut off.
We disagreed with this move, even if, as suspected, it is to improve the space on boat deck. The boats can be seen above, as can the "naked" boat deck. Rob Lightbody wrote a feature for Maritime Matters about this, published in January It also became apparent that the aft swimming pool had been removed or covered over.
QE2 as seen on Google Maps satellite view. Throughout we saw that work was clearly ongoing, and there was reason to be optimistic. This optimism continued in early with the launch of the hotel's website. March and as we'd long expected would happen, QE2 was moved to Dry Dock for her "ship to static hotel" work.
This included closing off all underwater openings, and removing her propellers. It was now possible to visit the ship, and to stay aboard, although the experience was very, very different to when she was at sea and many areas weren't yet open.
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