1971 - The QE2 - Britain's Space-Age Ship - from "Look and Learn" #510

[Rob Lightbody]

1971 - The QE2 - Britain's Space-Age Ship - from "Look and Learn" #510

See attached, which is reposted with permission from this tweet - https://twitter.com/singleaspect/status/1651272907568431104

[Rob Lightbody]

I have some further pics to post from this.

"Full Steam Ahead"

Starting this week, the story of the Queens who ruled the seas

[Rob Lightbody]

The rest of the piece in the Look & Learn Magazine is attached.

Hope you've enjoyed reading it - I love the paintings of QE2, and the whole thing reminds me of the books I read as a child.

[Barumfox]

My older brother and I used to get this publication every week in the late 70's so after this article on the QE2. It merged at some point with another exciting magazine - Speed & Power. As I was interested in naval vessels first following annual visits to Plymouth Navy days I remember articles about the futuristic new Invincible class 'through deck cruisers' - to get round defence cuts on aircraft carriers -  and all metric Type 22 frigates - now all long gone.

As there were no new build passenger liners / cruise ships of over 30,000 gross tons completed in the 1970's I do not remember many articles during this period.

Happy memories of a good magazine - may still be a few in my parent's loft come to think of it!

Gary