QE2 Chief Engineers On this topic board, you can click on the Chief Engineer's name to go to his profile. As this is a work in progress not all the profiles are complete Steam EnginesDon Wilson1969 to 1972 retired
Jack Marland 1969 to 1980 retired medical
Died: 27 September 2017William Farmer1977 to 1979 retired -
Died: 2001John Grant1978 to 1984 retired medical
Ron Bateson1980 to 1984 retired.
Died: July 2013 Alistair Harman1984 to 1985 went to Cunard Countess medically retired 1986
Robin Rodger1984 3 weeks filled in due to manning requirements.
B Gregory 1984 to 1986 went to Cunard Countess
John Tomlins1984 - 3 weeks Filled in due to manning requirements
Tom Goode 1984 3 weeks - Filled in due to manning requirements.
Died: circa 1989?John Chillingworth 1984 to 1987 Appointed as QE2 Chief Engineer at the age of 31
Stan Childs (to be confirmed)1970's or 1980's)
Diesel Electric EnginesSteven Hare 1986 to 2002
Simon Gillan1987 to 2002 went to QM2 (medical retirement)
John Chillingworth 1988 to 1989 Chief Engineer of QE2 (Diesel Electric Engines)
Gareth Hambin 1994 to 1998
Brian Wattling 2000 to 2002 when he joined the site team for the construction of QM2.
John Hanvey 2001? to 2008
William R Robinson 2001 to 2007
Note: He was due to take charge of the Queen Victoria but this was delayed as the initial design of the ship could not accommodating the Queen Room, so it was re-designated as the P&O ship Arcadia. He continued as Chief Engineer of QE2 until 2007 when he joined Queen Victoria. A Lee 2002 to 2004 (dates to be confirmed) retired
Paul J Yeoman2007 to 2008 now covering the Cunard and P&O fleet
Thank-you to John Lester for suggesting that we set up a board for Chief Engineers' profiles, as had previously been done for the Captains.
Thanks also to Chief Engineers who provided information and forum members who constructed the list of Chief Engineers that has given me a starting point for building the profiles.
The Captain may be at the helm of a ship but the ship goes nowhere without it's the very skilled engineers, led by their Chief
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