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9th October 08, 04:51 AM
#1
Farewell to the QE2
The last ship I watched being launched was the Queen Elizabeth II.
Hard to believe that was more than forty years ago, September 1967, and already she is about to be retired from cruising, and destined to depart on a one way voyage to Dubai where she will become a static floating hotel in just six weeks time.
For those of us in Scotland the last opportunity to see her has been her round Britain voyage which concludes back at Southampton early tomorrow morning. In Scotland she visited Greenock in the Firth of Clyde (for Glasgow) and South Queensferry in the Firth of Forth (for Edinburgh).
However as I now live very near the English border it was easier to take Ann to see her at the English Port of Tyne which serves the city of Newcastle.
Your roving photographer in Cunningham kilt, aboard the Spirit of the Tyne passing alongside the QE2.
The vehicle carrier Thames Highway passes QE2 at the start of a three day voyage to St. Petersburg. Thames Highway was built in Poland in 2005 and has a capacity to carry 2,000 cars.
A view from astern.
Concluding this series of photos with the sun setting over the QE2.
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9th October 08, 05:37 AM
#2
Great pictures. Thank you for sharing.
Your pics made me do a bit of looking around and that is a pretty massive ship.
I have always tempered my killing with respect for the game pursued. I see the animal not only as a target but as a living creature with more freedom than I will ever have. I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature's ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. - Fred Bear
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9th October 08, 09:46 AM
#3
She's beautiful, Alex. Thanks for the fab pictures.
"Touch not the cat bot a glove."
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9th October 08, 09:55 AM
#4
Thank you Alex! It is a shame that the 'grand lady' will be retiring.
"A veteran, whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve, is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life." That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." anon
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9th October 08, 11:05 AM
#5
Great Pictures! Thanks for sharing such an historic occasion!
HERMAN, COL ARMY of the United States
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9th October 08, 11:36 AM
#6
Great pictures Alex! 
I wonder how many kilted stories she would tell if she could! 
Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)
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9th October 08, 12:12 PM
#7
There are worse fates for such a fine vessel than to start a new life as a grand hotel. I wonder if her builders knew she would still have life in her 40 years after she left port.
Nice pictures Alex.
Cheers
Jamie
-See it there, a white plume
Over the battle - A diamond in the ash
Of the ultimate combustion-My panache
Edmond Rostand
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9th October 08, 12:15 PM
#8
What a wonderful ship. Looks like you had a good day. Thanks for posting the pictures.
Best Regards John
“... I can't think of an instrument less suited to 'Silent Night' than bagpipes... I mean, there's no question of silence in the night anymore once that GHB kicks in, is there? ..." ... Klondike Waldo
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9th October 08, 01:53 PM
#9
Hi Alex that brings back memories. I saw her sail into Southampton water on her first and maiden voyage what a grand sight it was too. She had all the fire tugs around her spraying jets into the air and thousands lined the shores. Makes Me feel so old.
Alex
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9th October 08, 05:33 PM
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