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Me and QE2
I guess you'd call me a ship spotter, but I'm only really interested
in one ship...
QE2 "A Taste of the Mediterranean" - E813 - August 12th - 22nd 2008
I will be on board for cruise E813 with my Mother for 10 nights as we
travel Gibraltar, Lisbon, Barcelona, Cannes and Sardinia. This will be just
a couple 3 or so months before the QE2's permanent retirement to Dubai. I
will be taking extensive photographs and putting them up here. If
you are also travelling on this cruise, please get in touch! There
is a 'roll call' for it on Cruise Critic here
http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=715867
QE2 "Festive Getaway" - E723 - December 14th, 15th & 16th 2007
September 18th & 20th 2007 - QE2's 40th Tour of Britain
I visited QE2 in Queensferry on the 18th, and then had one of the
most incredible days of my life accompanying her down the Firth of Clyde
on her 40th Birthday. Click here for a
page with photos and videos of this momentous occasion.
2003 and 2005 - QE2 off South Queensferry
In 2003 and
2005
I visited the QE2 as she lay off South Queensferry in Scotland to take some
photos.
 1994 on the Clyde for her 25th Birthday
I was one of thousands to witness the QE2 return to her
birthplace 25 years since entering service.
April 1987 - QE2's Trials with new engines.
In April 1987 I was aboard as the QE2 left the German shipyard for her
trials with her brand new diesel-electric powerplant.
You can read about my experience here. I've
also produced a detailed page about this refit.
Early 1980s - Dad in the Caribbean with QE2
I found these on old negatives at Mum's house in 2008.
Click to enlarge. More about Dad's close relationship with QE2
below.
My Dad - David Lightbody - And QE2
My Dad got me fascinated with the great ocean liners. The pictures below
shows him shaking hands with Queen Elizabeth II as part of his job as Manager of
Engineering Development for John Browns in Clydebank, who built the QE2.
The other photo is of my Dad on one of his many "troubleshooting"
trips to the QE2 steam turbine powerplant up until it was replaced in 1986.
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