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Sunday, July 11th, 2010PATHE NEWSREEL OF QE 2 ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK ON MAIDEN VOYAGE
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, often referred to simply as the ‘QE2′, is a former Cunard ocean liner, now owned by Nakheel (a division of Dubai World). She was designed to primarily run a transatlantic service from Southampton, England, to New York, USA, and was [...]
HISTORY OF THE CUNARD LINE
Friday, May 28th, 2010Social History: History of The Cunard Line
Cunard Line was the only company to continue regular transatlantic ocean crossings by liners after the 1970s. The French Line, Italian Line, the United States Line had gone out of business. Swedish America Line, Holland America Line along with Home Lines continued but only operating cruise ships. Liner service [...]
QE2 – CUNARD LINE’S QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 – NEW WEBSITE DEVOTED TO THE LINER’S HISTORY
Thursday, May 6th, 2010HISTORY OF THE QE2 – Cruise and Social History.
The Queen Elizabeth 2, or QE2 as she is commonly known was the flagship of the Cunard Line for nearly 40 years. QE2 made her maiden voyage in 1969 and was one of the last great Transatlantic liners. At 70,327 tons and 963 feet long with a [...]
Belfast Celebrates The RMS Titanic – The 98th Anniversary of the Sinking – April 15th…
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010Excellent photos of the TITANIC from this youtube video.
The City of Belfast once again is commemorating and celebrating the world’s most famous ocean liner, the RMS Titanic. The 98th Anniversary of the Sinking – April 15th…
Be sure to visit this excellent website – THE ENCYCLOPEDIA TITANIC – one of the best websites dedicated [...]
Is the former Cunard Line QE 2 up for sale again?
Friday, February 12th, 2010Is the former Cunard Line Queen Elizabeth II (known as the QE 2) up for sale again?
The QE2. Will she end up as a hotel or sent to India to be scrapped? As Dubai goes broke – we look at more steamship history.
When Cunard began operating the Queen Mary 2, the venerable Queen Elizabeth [...]
RMS QUEEN MARY AND THE BLUE RIBBON
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Cunard Line History: RMS QUEEN MARY AND THE BLUE RIBBON
RMS QUEEN MARY – Edges Up in Race For Blue Ribbon, POV plane Queen Mary sailing on ocean. We see inside the bridge, operating signal to engine room, officers at map table, tugboats pushing it into dock and MS ship’s commander. A glimpse of [...]
Titanic History – TITANIC the movie vs. TITANIC the sinking.
Monday, February 8th, 2010TITANIC THE MOVIE vs RMS TITANIC THE SINKING. Titanic ( released – 1997) – Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Bill Paxton, Billy Zane based a screenplay by director James Cameron, whose fictional love story is intertwined with a chronicle of the April 1912 Titanic sinking.
CLICK HERE to check out this excellent website to view [...]
RMS QUEEN MARY – GREAT VIDEO PREVIEW
Saturday, December 12th, 2009VIDEO PREVIEW OF THE GREAT LINER SERIES
Producer/writer Des Cox has searched the world for over ten years to find the rare archive film necessary to make this most brilliant production.
COME TRAVEL ABOARD CUNARD LINE’S RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH IN 1947
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Cruising The Past and Cruise History aboard the RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH: Enjoy 8MM travel footage from the fabulous website shipgeek.com as viewed on YOUTUBE. Deck scenes aboard CUNARD LINE’S RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH in 1947, accompanied by Ray Noble and his Orchestra! Home movies of another era. When “Getting There Was Half The [...]
Dubai may sell QE2 to tackle debt crisis The high-profile “trophy asset” of Dubai’s boom years may have to be sold to pay off the emirate’s mounting debts.
Friday, November 27th, 2009Is QE2 doomed to the scrap heap in India? Bring out the worry beads!
Cruise Ship History: Dubai may sell former Cunard Line QE2 to tackle debt crisis – The high-profile “trophy asset” of Dubai’s boom years may have to be sold to pay off the emirate’s mounting debts. The QE2 competes with the RMS Titanic [...]
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