Author : William H., Jr. Miller
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 35,88 MB
Release : 2013-02-04
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0486137953
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.
Author : John Maxtone-Graham
Publisher : Bulfinch Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 14,12 MB
Release : 2004-04-28
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0821228846
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.
Author : Chris Frame
Publisher : Story (History Press)
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 25,30 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780752450940
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.
Author : George and Barbara Perkins
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 21,68 MB
Release : 2012-06-16
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1300017287
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
Author : Carol Thatcher
Publisher : Simon & Schuster (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 MB
Release : 2007
Category :
ISBN : 9781847370334
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.
Author : Sheriar Press
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 28,3 MB
Release : 2011-08-31
Category :
ISBN : 9780913078631
Personal account by Beatrice Dumont Muller of her unique stay on the Queen Elizabeth 2. She was a passenger for many years.
Author : George and Barbara Perkins
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 33,25 MB
Release : 2012-06-16
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1300016701
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.
Author : Jessica Fletcher
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,83 MB
Release : 1997-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0451192915
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!
Author : Chris Frame
Publisher : History Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,2 MB
Release : 2017-08-14
Category :
ISBN : 9780750970280
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.
Author : Chris Frame
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 47,49 MB
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0750968214
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.
