QE2 launch

[Rob Lightbody]

Happy Anniversary to QE2!

Here here!

[Twynkle]

Thank you, Rob!

Don't you still feel just so sad - it seems almost unbearable at times, still.
This really does go to show what a remarkable ship QE2 has been...

In some ways, it's good that she is so far away now - otherwise, if she was being pulled apart on these shores in the same way - I'd have been well locked-up by now; the result of enraged madness!
I wonder too, about what's happened to the two lovely Cunard Benches...

No other ship....
R.

[Thomas Hypher]

Belated happy anniversary to such a special ship. She doesn't look 52 years old, still living up to James Gardener's desire to make her look like a big, sleek yacht.

[Lynda Bradford]

My friend sent me this Memories of Scotland newspaper article, remembering QE2's launch.

[Lynda Bradford]

Happy Birthday QE2

I can hardly believe today is 54 year since the launch of QE2


On the day the excitement was rising in Clydebank in anticipation for the launch of the ship and the bookies were doing a good trade in accepting bets for the name of the ship.  The pubs were preparing a dram or two to toast the new ship and had plenty of beer to quench the thirst of the workers. 

The Glasgow Herald front page story announced the Government had approved a government loan to Cunard for £6.4 million for the completion of the ship. There was also fears that high winds could lead to the postponement of the launch.

A special 12 page feature was included in the newspaper to celebrate

The ship waited patiently to be released from the building stocks that held her securely and to slip into the water, her first step to becoming an ocean going liner. 

I am proud of my Dad who had worked in John Brown's shipyard from 1926 to 1970 and at the time of the launch of QE2 he was Electrical Plant Manager.  he had a prominent place in the line up when the Queen visited. He is the man with the grey hair with his back to the crowd and you can just make out the line of the bowler hat on his head. 

[June Ingram]

Happy Birthday and Name Day to our beloved QE2 !

Thank you, Lynda, for bringing forward this topic and for the photos and telling us about your Dad !

What a special day it must have been to be there in person and to have been a part of QE2 coming into being !

A toast !

[Lynda Bradford]

Following on from the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II it was brilliant to see this article in the Sunday Post about the launch of QE2 in 1967

https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/september-20-1967-the-queen-launches-the-qe2-ocean-liner/

[Lynda Bradford]

Remembering QEII and QE2 with photos from the day the ship was launched at Clydebank in 1967:

Some photos are my own photos and others credited to Michael Gallagher Collection.

[Lynda Bradford]

Fifty-six years since QE2's launch - join me in wishing her a Happy Birthday.

Lots of memories on this topic starting with Michael Gallagher's initial post about the launch.

Happy Birthday QE2

[June Ingram]

My sincere apologies in being so late to respond, but indeed, Happy Birthday to our QE2 !