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Cufiord's Cruising Tradition Refit Completed In Southampton by Alan Thorpe, international editor /J For the first time in almost a decade, Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2\QE2) — flag- ship of the British merchant flteet — visited the King George V drydock in S
n continues to deserve its ship of the British Merch; The A&P contract, tho approximately seven secured more than 1,00' Southampton yard for tine duration and was won against stiff competition froWi repair yards in Germany^Spain and elsewhere in the flag- e." be worth pounds, the A&P Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the world cruise, Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2 set sail on a world cruise voyage from New York City on January 4. This photograph was taken shortly after the ship's arrival at the New York Cruise Passenger Terminal on that morning. Passenger rates for the 103-day cruise, encompassing 37 ports of call including newly instituted stops in the United Arab Emirates and Oman, started at a whopping $28,120 per person, based on double occupan- cy. photo credit: Bridget Murphy Two years have pa^Eed since this ship's voyage to New York cost Cunard millions of pounds in com- pensation to passengers, after the ship sailed with plumbing problems and debris-stewn passage- ways before a rjfnt was finished. In this photo, workboat floats alongside QE2 as the ship prepares to receive pa^ngers in New York. photo credit: Bridget Murphy At one point, Queen Elizadtth claimed Carnival Destiny's current honors as the largest passenger stop in the world. The 83,673-gt, 1,031 x 118-ft. ocean liner is pictuiVl here plying the waters of New York Harbor. QE was equipped witnVs public rooms stretched out over 14 decks. The vessel, sunken in 19C2 in a suspectedly arsonous fire in Hong Kong, will reportedly be giv^a final resting place under a new container port slated for construction the colony. The ship was pur- chased by the father of future Hong l\ng leader Tung Chee-hwa from Cunard in 1970, for conversion into a fating university. 46 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News
