Sail Away
By EURSOC Three
It is a sad fate for a grand old lady. The world's most famous ocean
liner, the Queen Elizabeth 2, will end her life in Dubai, in the Middle
East.
This will be her final resting place. Sleep well, queen of the seas.
The QE2 was built at the John Brown Shipyard in Clydebank, in Scotland,
between 1964 to 1967. She will retire in November next year to become a
floating hotel at an artificial island, with the name of 'The Palm,
Jumeirha'.
She was christened, by the Queen, with great ceremony, at a time, when
Britannia might not rule the waves.
The QE2 has served queen and country to help recapture the Falkland
Islands in 1982. She zig-zagged across the South Atlantic.
This passenger ship has clocked six million nautical miles. More than
any other of her sisters in modern times.
This correspondent has sailed on the QE2 twice in his life. And he will
never forget the experience.
Farewell. |
