QE2 Farewell Visit

September 18, 2008 by admin 

Cunard has today announced that Queen Elizabeth 2 will be bid farewell by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh in her homeport of Southampton on 11th November 2008.

The visit in November will see the last day that QE2 will be in the UK before departing on her final voyage to Dubai where she will begin her new life as a floating hotel.

She entered service for Cunard back in September 1967 when she was launched by Her Majesty The Queen. She has operated for the cruise line for more than 40 years with 35 of those years as the flagship of the fleet. During her 40 years she has traveled nearly 5.9 million miles, completed 25 world cruises, crossed the Atlantic 804 times and carried 2.5 millions passengers.

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