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Post by Kereru on Feb 5, 2008 16:20:20 GMT 12
I am a bit of a softy for the big ocean liners and wonder sometimes how so much steel, aluminium, plastic and wood just glides through the water. Yet another Cunard liner is to visit us here for the first time named the Queen Victoria on 15 February. It has a web cam and is in Honolulu at the moment. queenvictoria.cunard.co.uk/the-ship/bridge-web-cam-2.htmlLots of other details are on the web site. queenvictoria.cunard.co.uk/QE2 is on its final world cruise and arrives in Auckland for the last time on 21 February. Cheers, Colin
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Post by grazy on Feb 6, 2008 19:56:32 GMT 12
I doubt it will visit Lyttelton well not this cruise season anyway. QE2 yes we have had that one visit us.
Graham
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 8, 2008 10:57:27 GMT 12
What's to happen to the QE2 when it retires? Will it become a floating museum/casino like the Queen Mary? Also does the original Queen Elizabeth still survive anywhere? I know like Mary it was a troopship in WWII for a bit. Did it survive the war?
I heard that when the Queen Mary was to be commissioned the owner told King George V they planned to name it after the greatest queen that ever lived, meaning Victoria. The King said Öh good, my wife will be pleased you're naming it the Queen Mary" and the name had to stick with that so as not to insult him! ;D
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Post by FlyNavy on Feb 8, 2008 11:05:02 GMT 12
[glow=red,2,300] Final years of Queen Elizabeth I[/glow] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_ElizabethThe wreck of the Seawise University, the former Queen Elizabeth. In 1968, the Queen Elizabeth was sold to a group of Philadelphia businessmen who intended to operate the ship as a hotel and tourist attraction in Port Everglades, Florida, similar to the use of RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. Losing money and forced to close after being declared a fire hazard, the ship was sold in 1970 to Hong Kong tycoon C.Y. Tung. Tung, head of the Orient Overseas Line, intended to convert the vessel into a university for the World Campus Afloat program (later reformed and renamed as Semester at Sea). Following the tradition of the Orient Overseas Line, the ship was renamed Seawise University, as a play on Tung's initials. During the conversion however the vessel was gutted by a fire that broke out at several different places onboard, believed to have been caused by arson. The ship capsized in shallow water in Hong Kong harbor on 9 January 1972. The wreckage was dismantled for scrap in 1974-1975, before the project could ever be truly realised. Portions of the hull that were not salvaged were left at the bottom of the bay and later incorporated into landfill for the new Hong Kong International Airport. The wreck was featured in the 1974 James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun, as a covert headquarters for MI6.
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Post by yak2 on Feb 8, 2008 11:14:08 GMT 12
Think the original QE was burnt out in Hong Kong harbour. Went over the QM in Long Beach a few years ago. Magnificent ship and has been partially restored to its configuration as a troop ship. BTW.Still have a beer mug souvenired by my father from QE during WW2....must be worth heaps!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 8, 2008 11:53:10 GMT 12
That's very sad about the QE1. Recently I saw a news item about a new huge cruise ship university and I though it was a new, novel idea to study at sea without all the distractions. It seems it's a re-invented old idea.
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Post by Kereru on Feb 11, 2008 15:46:28 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 11, 2008 15:49:00 GMT 12
On that note, what happened to HMS Brittania, the former Royal Yacht?
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Post by flyjoe180 on Feb 11, 2008 17:17:01 GMT 12
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Post by Peter Lewis on Feb 11, 2008 17:28:29 GMT 12
She is now permanently moored as an exhibition ship at Ocean Terminal, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Post by stu on Feb 12, 2008 8:12:00 GMT 12
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Post by John L on Feb 12, 2008 16:36:10 GMT 12
Interesting - Ive had the sound of that sketch for several years. A younger Brian Daws and John Clarke........
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 13, 2008 12:54:48 GMT 12
That clip is great, John Clarke is a genius.
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Post by mumbles on Feb 13, 2008 21:56:08 GMT 12
Anyone know where I can get a schedule for when she is due in port? Might me a good time to be out near the heads
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Post by Kereru on Feb 14, 2008 7:15:01 GMT 12
Anyone know where I can get a schedule for when she is due in port? Might me a good time to be out near the heads www.poal.co.nz/cruises/cruise.asp5:30 and 17:00. The 5:30 is passenger disembark time so it will come in an hour or so before that. The 17:00 looks good for some evening photos of it going out from the city side. I am thinking of Savage memorial area. TV 1 Breakfast program will have a Cruise Ship segment tomorrow morning. Cheers, Colin
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Post by Kereru on Feb 14, 2008 11:08:52 GMT 12
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Post by Kereru on Feb 16, 2008 11:58:14 GMT 12
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Post by flyjoe180 on Feb 16, 2008 12:02:01 GMT 12
Crikey that is ENORMOUS! Nice photos Colin, I think you captured the size of the ship well, that is for sure.
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Post by corsair67 on Feb 16, 2008 14:09:25 GMT 12
Lovely photos, Colin. In that second to last one she looks like she's about to roll over.
I hope it's carbon neutral. ;D
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Post by mumbles on Feb 18, 2008 23:04:34 GMT 12
Being busy getting ready for the Round the Bays run, I missed the ship arriving in Wellington, but got some pictures of her tied up at Aotea Quay. The stadium and tugboat make for useful size comparisons. In the flesh she is quite impressive. We headed out to Point Dorset at the harbour entrance to watch her leave, along with a fair crowd scattered along various bits of shoreline. Petone and the Western Hutt Valley Hills in the background. Bit windy by the time the evening rolled around ;D She was escorted out by the Police Launch 'Lady Elizabeth III'. And by the pilot boat And arguably by the interislander 'Arahura', which traversed the shipping channel much faster than the Queen Victoria, almost like she was determined not to be left out Last seen as a silhouette on the horizon, heading for Melbourne While we were waiting for the Queen to appear, I was watching a kite surfer off Seatoun. It was fairly blustery down there, as evidenced by the fact that in this picture he is a good 10 feet above the water, hence making this thread aviation related .
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