Some of The QE2 Anniversaries!

[Louis De Sousa]

8th January 1971: QE2 rescued survivors from the burning French liner 'Antilles' off the Island of Mustique

Rosie, it was 1972 not 1971

Louis

[garyhorseman]

i was a waiter the time we went to russia i remember it well i had a watch of and was waiting to go ashore when the tender was told to return the russian officials were told to leave the ship it was uncertain what would happen as if i remember right the british navy escorted us part of the way captain arnott did get a standing ovactio when he went to his table that night

[Louis De Sousa]

22nd January 1993: Maiden call at Port Stanley, the Falkland Islands.

I was not onboard during this call,i was working on another ship that visited Port Stanley too.I was there on 16-17 January just a few days before the QE2.

Louis

[Louis De Sousa]

22nd January 1993: Maiden call at Port Stanley, the Falkland Islands.

Louis

[Twynkle]

  25th January 2010

H A P P Y  F I R S T   B I R T H D A Y    T O    T H E    Q E 2  S T O R Y  F O R U M

                           CONGRATULATIONS  AND  THANK  YOU  TO   ROB   AND  QE2

                                                   

[Michael Gallagher]

24 February 2008 - exactly 30 years after her Maiden call - QE2 made her Final Call at Sydney!

[Twynkle]

  5th April 2008: Final transit of Panama Canal, Central America.

 

  Thanks to Magic Tyger.

[Lynda Bradford]

  5th April 2008: Final transit of Panama Canal, Central America.

Twynkle Thanks for the link to the Panama Canal Final Transit. I always regretted not doing the Panama transit on the QE2 and now I see what I missed.  

[Rob Lightbody]

I've now completed adding the events from this topic to the 2 topics created for Timelines (events and maiden/final calls), I am also creating this - http://timeglider.com/app/viewer.php?uid=line_c7e17b99041ca5aa04221f37eb6bddb4

I'm going to pull out relevant information from this topic and add it to either new topics, or existing topics where appropriate.

The timelines are going to link, where appropriate, to the relevant topics on the forum.

As I mention on the timeline topics, thanks to EVERYONE who originally contributed to this topic, and thought of it in the first place, because its made the timeline work possible.

[Twynkle]

  8th April 2007: Final call to Capetown, South Africa
  https://www.flickr.com/photos/worlddiscoverer/3314013514/
 
  8th April 2008: Final call to Montego Bay, Jamaica

[Twynkle]

  10th April 2008: Final call Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

  http://www.expertcruiser.com/blog/port-everglades-welcomes-a-pair-of-queens/
  This shows QE2 being admired by everyone on qV!   (click on the small image!)

  QE2's Final Voyage From Port Everglades
  http://cbs4.com/slideshows/Queen.Elizabeth.2.20.696969.html

[Twynkle]

    8th April 2003: Final call to St Helena, Atlantic Ocean
    http://www.cruiseports.co.uk/cchel.html
 
   12th April 2007: Final call to Walvis Bay, Namibia

[highlander0108]

    8th April 2003: Final call to St Helena, Atlantic Ocean
    http://www.cruiseports.co.uk/cchel.html
 
   12th April 2008: Final call to Walvis Bay, Namibia

Rosie,  here is where she was April 12, 2008.    Manhattan.  She came out of the fog as she approached the pier, a magnificant sight!

[Twynkle]

Oh Ken - Thank You!
Great shot, btw.
I did nearly post that 12th April 2008 was QE2's penultimate departure from New York
and Eastbound crossing - then thought it was unnecessary!
Then got stuck into finding decent pics from Walvis bay - preferably of fuel barge!

Heading off to change the year on the post.
Rosie

[QE2lover]

26th November 1968: Departs Greenock, Scotland, for her first sea trials.

My exact full birthday :-)  what a coincidence