How The $450M Queen Elizabeth Cruise Ship Was Built

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The Queen Elizabeth will be one of Britain’s greatest ships. The new pride of the Cunard Line is being built at a cost of £350 million. This documentary gives privileged access to the construction of an exciting new generation of ocean-going liners; a 92,000-tonne ship designed to double as a transatlantic express and a cruise ship. Our cameras were there at the laying of her keel; we follow the building of her superstructure, the installation of the massive engines, the fitting out of sumptuous staterooms, recruitment of exceptional staff - from the captain down. This is a story of great engineering endeavour, brought alive by unique archive film of the first Queen Elizabeth and the legendary Queen Mary. It will intrigue and fascinate those who love tales of the sea; of giant ships and of maritime engineering and of the human side of creating and manning one of the world’s greatest ships.
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@kelcritcarroll Жыл бұрын

Im amazed this ship was built to totality in such a short time…hats off to all the planners, engineers, builders,artists and all the staff for an excellent job!

@hlatunkyi4127 5 жыл бұрын

I must say this documentary says a lot of this Great ship. My wife and I were on board sailing around Australia from Melbourne, Adelaide, Tasmania and back to Melbourne. It was a magnificent Ship and a privileged and it was an honor to sail on. I would have loved to be on the bridge sailing on her as it is so advanced with technology and was not in my days of sailing going up for my Master's licence in 1973 we were just coming into more technology. Most advance ship I sailed on was bridge control and unmanned engine room. Since CUNARD has started this run Melbourne back to Melbourne the bookings on board to sail on her has been high. Being named after the Great Queen the ship lives up to her name.

@pj8143 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve recently been on this ship. It so beautiful 😍 on the inside & the crew give excellent friendly service.

@uateme 4 жыл бұрын

ok i will bord

@uateme 4 жыл бұрын

add a public reply

@Kilo-ht9oq 3 жыл бұрын

@ PETA WELLCOME ON-BOAD AGAIN

@HesJustSteven 3 жыл бұрын

That’s that White Star Service

@lucasdobson9278 3 жыл бұрын

Hate to ask but how much was it would be fun i love going on boats

@nx9100 6 жыл бұрын

This documentary seems to forget that Cunard had ships BEFORE the original Queens. They never mention the older Lusitania and Mauritania. And when talking about Southampton, It again doesn't go back farther then the late 40's. That's the same dock the Titanic left from. Nice bit of history, I would think was worth pointing out.

@miracabral 5 жыл бұрын

And the Aquitania, survived 2 World Wars.

@garethcheney2331 4 жыл бұрын

I think they know that they were talking about its sister

@runawaysmudger7181 4 жыл бұрын

I think they know but they're irrelevant to this story

@mohammednadeemanwar2213 4 жыл бұрын

Olympia, Britannia and of course Titanic.

@craftyajay9495 4 жыл бұрын

Oops, typo . . . MAURETANIA.

@amsmith123 6 жыл бұрын

Great documentary, brought back happy memories of my time working on QE2 in the 80's.

@tammymize 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds amazing!

@detcordxxxi 5 жыл бұрын

"I name this ship, Queen Elizabeth...again..." HRM Queen Elizabeth

@benjaminshamel9383 4 жыл бұрын

LOL I would've DIED if she did that....

@eileencoffey6657 Жыл бұрын

You probably want to edit Jimmy Saville out of this at 37:37. Great interiors, the outside, it looks like a hotel.

@mustangmike4078 3 жыл бұрын

6 months from the laying of the keel to a floating hull?! Wow, amazing feat of construction.

@infidelgastro 6 жыл бұрын

She is an engineering marvel, of that there can be no doubt but these modern cruise line liners aren't nearly as beautiful as their past predecessors.

@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices 3 жыл бұрын

The modern Cunard Queens and the Disney Cruise ships are really the only ships that can compete with the old ocean liners. Well at least they look better than the floating hotel blocks that we have today.

@nielskjr5432 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree! 👏

@user-ru2yk3wq5z 6 жыл бұрын

Good luck with everything that comes your way and safe travels

@karthiga22 3 жыл бұрын

Idk why I have been watching so many of these documentaries late at night

@afleitikh3 6 жыл бұрын

great video!

@organbuilder272 5 жыл бұрын

I can suggest the THE CARNIVALGUY said it well. When you look at the truely Great Liners pre-1940 and there floating skyscrapers on their side the only work is Ugly. The Great Liners had a curve to the deck, a graceful forward deck before the structure rose to moderate heights. The fantail was a gentle ending to the superstructure and then the graceful reverse curve of the stern down to the water line. Long, sleek, a wonderful, awe inspiring sight. Yes, the staff of the modern cruise ship comes mostly from little places that can hire the workers at the lowest cost. Ugly though the exterior of this may be - they certainly got the art-deco right. It is beautiful. The design of the ship - Pack them in - all you can get in one cruise.

@humanbraininrobotbod 4 жыл бұрын

At 30:12, it would have been amazing if her majesty would have said, "I name this ship 'Shippy McShipface..." She's the Queen, they would have had to go with it!

@tylerkochman1007 4 жыл бұрын

They wouldn't have to. She named Queen Elizabeth 2 "Queen Elizabeth II", they simply issued a press release insisting that the name would be Queen Elizabeth 2

@Trapster99 4 жыл бұрын

To go along with Boatie McBoatface?

@harleyokeefe5193 3 жыл бұрын

Paul T. And I’m pretty sure there is a research sub called subby mcsubface

@CityCrawler 4 жыл бұрын

At 20:32 The hard working Filipinos who served hundreds of Cruise Liners around the Globe.. God Bless You!

@nielskjr5432 3 жыл бұрын

It's really bad for the Filipinos this corona situation. They don't get much help from the government.

@MaxtothePower 3 жыл бұрын

Let me get this straight: when a ship is an ocean liner, people call it a cruise ship. But when a ship is in fact a cruise ship, they call it a liner.

@austindreyer2930 3 жыл бұрын

Queen Mary 2 is the only Liner that exists.

@stiglilleaas5685 2 жыл бұрын

@@austindreyer2930 It is so annoying when they do, she was even referred upon as "A SUPER LINER" Don't they have no respect and pride in their work as commenters on doucs like this... :/

@MrSHAUN9965 4 жыл бұрын

wow that picture of the queen fantastic!! The only thing that spoils this is jimmy fkn saville

@malcolmcampbell1968 4 жыл бұрын

Not like the Royal's didn't know what he was at! They protected him because he knew everything that they were at which was basically the same shit he was in to...

@Tatyana_2373 3 жыл бұрын

Really nice thank you

@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices 5 жыл бұрын

12:43-The OG Queen Mary, and QM2. What a sight to behold!

@HorseCrazieGirl15 4 жыл бұрын

The True Cunard ships, imo

@LynxStarAuto 4 жыл бұрын

That fire was sabotage!

@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices 3 жыл бұрын

@@LynxStarAuto Why would it be?

@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices 3 жыл бұрын

@@LynxStarAuto Was there any motive on why?

@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices 3 жыл бұрын

@@HorseCrazieGirl15 These ships and the Lusitania Class ships are in my opinion the best looking Cunard ships.

@JoshP037 4 жыл бұрын

9:09 That scared me! I though the Queen was sitting right behind her lol.

@SWSimpson 4 жыл бұрын

A young Princess Elizabeth also sailed on the Queen Mary, which is now docked in Long Beach, CA

@matthewrichards8497 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. I have a new appreciation for the ship. Still wonder if they could have had a more original exterior, but a beautiful ship and a lot of heart creating her.

@leegilley221 Жыл бұрын

The exterior is classic , historical Cunard line .

@carlosmcollignon8672 2 жыл бұрын

I have a polarized view, on the outside the QE looks like a hotel upon a hull however her art deco interior is amazing.

@mtwg9307 4 жыл бұрын

It is really a floating masterpiece on the ocean.

@mrkongsimr 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Mr Carson from Downtown Abbey , is it ??

@peggyt1243 6 жыл бұрын

By the way, Samuel Cunard was Canadian. He was born in Halifax.

@dancushing7129 6 жыл бұрын

Of which Canada, was part of the BRITISH Empire

@peggyt1243 6 жыл бұрын

+ Dan Cusing .... Canada is still part of the Commonwealth but Canadians are not British. Even in the 1800s Canada was very independeant.

@kristov29 6 жыл бұрын

Cunard died in 1865, which was two years prior to the Constitution Act officially proclaiming the Canadian Confederation (July 1, 1867), initially with four provinces: Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. At the time of his death, Cunard would have been a British subject.

@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices 5 жыл бұрын

OOOOO!

@uateme 4 жыл бұрын

im that

@yanshuoli69 3 жыл бұрын

love the ending

@blakemilliken4230 6 жыл бұрын

The queen Mary 2 had more explanation of the mechanical side of the ship

@RebSike 6 жыл бұрын

Blake Milliken bc qm2 is an ocean liner, actuallly interesting, unique. qe is just a vista class cruise ship, nothing new or innovative mechanically, just cunard paintjob and fittings

@michaelrmurphy2734 Жыл бұрын

I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia which was the hometown of Samuel Cunard. Later Sir Samuel Cunard. The first Queens were before my time but they were here many times during World War 2. My Dad worked them. And after the war in passenger service. The second Queen Elizabeth (QE2) was here several times. In gray after the Falklands Islands war even. And my sister is named (you guessed it) Mary Elizabeth!

@tafiqulchowdhury4094 Жыл бұрын

Excellent

@jr-pl9kj 3 жыл бұрын

2:00 looks like the grand staircase of the titanic

@mrkongsimr 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful , a little bit brown . I can't wait to sail on her ..

@dustyrusty7956 6 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful ship. The marquetry is absolutely stunning, and the portrait of the Queen is historical. Well done, Cunard.

@johnfalstaff2270 6 жыл бұрын

Nothing beautiful is in the silhouette of floating hotel rather than passenger ocean liner.

@jomarpanado5367 4 жыл бұрын

it is not a liner.it is a cruise ship..✌️✌️😃😃

@xjAlbert 6 жыл бұрын

"Britain's Greatest Ships: Queen Elizabeth" narrated by Jim Carter, who portrayed Mr. Carson on "Downton Abbey".

@nickdawn3985 5 жыл бұрын

I knew I recognized the voice!

@the8419 4 жыл бұрын

I recognized right away!

@libbycampbell2557 4 жыл бұрын

I thought so! I recognized his voice right away!!

@reserva120 4 жыл бұрын

Britain's Greatest Ships.. Built designed an engineered in Italy..." British cheapness at its finest " Chef has Only two days prepare his cooking staff "... so stupid.

@colinamwilliamson 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see a cameo appearance of Jimmy Saville 37.5 minutes in. 😱

@MOV1983 2 жыл бұрын

Downton Abbey fans, did any of you recognize the voice of the narrator? Jim Carter, better known as Mr. Carson, the character he plays in the popular TV drama. An unmistakable voice.

@jameswill4065 3 жыл бұрын

3:07 for a second I thought he said deliver the s**t lol.

@SeaTravelr123 11 ай бұрын

I had the honor of working on Queen Victoria. It was lovely seeing some of the people I worked with on her, here in this video. She looks a fine ship. I can’t wait to sail in her. I got a bit of PTSD when I heard my cruise director’s voice. I was always a bit too “exuberant” for him. 😂😂

@braaapindustries9190 5 жыл бұрын

I like Cunard the most out of all company's as there ships remind u of the old great liners very elegant not a lot of slides and rainbow colours

@fabiosunspot1112 3 жыл бұрын

I've been aboard the Queen's ship, have had quite an interesting life 🤣

@rockablity_hound1716 10 ай бұрын

She's not a Liner, she's a cruise ship.

@LittleSparrow. 3 жыл бұрын

9:09 she's so pretty!

@texasboy5680 5 жыл бұрын

Always wondered why they broke tradition and called her Queen Elizabeth instead of QE3..

@jakefarronmerlin7963 4 жыл бұрын

because shes not from britain innit?!

@FreedomLovingLoyalistOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

um the qe2 was never originally going to be called the qe2 just the qe but thanks to our smart queen they called her qe2

@harleyokeefe5193 3 жыл бұрын

Jake Farron Merlin the ship is a British ship owned and funded by a British company so you are wrong

@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices 3 жыл бұрын

The QE is a tribute to the 1940s RMS Queen Elizabeth.

@mrbeep8096 3 жыл бұрын

@@harleyokeefe5193 She is owned by a british company who is owned by an american company. But she was built in a different nation. So tell where is the Britishnes at? Yes Cunard did pay for it but that is about it.

@DieMouseundLego 4 жыл бұрын

hope it is a clean ship

@RobertKnight001 4 жыл бұрын

Captain Wells needs a smaller shirt. That blanket is like 3x sizes largen then what he needs.

@TheCarnivalguy 5 жыл бұрын

I am an ocean liner enthusiast from the Golden Age of transatlantic travel. I prefer the great liners built from 1890-1940, whether British, German, French, or Italian. These boxy structures have no appeal to me whatsoever. From the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to the incomparable Normandie, and all those that came in between, they are the true ocean liners. But that's just my opinion. Cheers.

@rickfeng4466 5 жыл бұрын

Do u like QM2? that's the only new built

@cyberp0et 5 жыл бұрын

You should go check out the old Queen Mary in Long Beach, California.

@TheKarstrasse 3 жыл бұрын

All is good, but the captain doesn't have a beard :(

@NoahLeMar 3 жыл бұрын

they changed the captain before its first voyage anyways

@patrickmollohan3082 3 жыл бұрын

Why the hell would you want a bearded Captain?? Didnt White Star Lines invoke that strategy, unsuccessfully I might add, back in 1912??

@TheKarstrasse 3 жыл бұрын

@@patrickmollohan3082 that's the joke 🤦🏻‍♂️

@MF11283 4 жыл бұрын

I have this on the tv at work, chick is talking about drawing the queen I happened to look at the tv and did a double take cause I thought her painting was a person

@ericleonardnauschutz4746 6 жыл бұрын

A BEAUTIFUL SHIP.

@jonathanpardoe8722 6 жыл бұрын

Sir, you have shit in your eye ! QE2 is a beautiful ship, qe is a hideous corruption of the worst juvenile ship design student that has ever turned on a pc screen .

@user-jk1rg1lv1n 9 ай бұрын

بی نظیر فول لاکچری ولارژ درودبرشما

@zakirhossain652 4 жыл бұрын

Good

@peterjonas1545 4 жыл бұрын

I know it is strictly business, but if everyone from the ship operating company, to the captain and designers etc. were so insistent on the nationalistic aspect of this vessel, they really should have had it built in Britain. Ordering it from Italy and parading it as a British creation, with all the usual pomp and circumstance, is somewhat disingenuous if it isn't actually 'made in UK'.

@aeroAdvocate 4 жыл бұрын

Check the list of British Shipbuilders. Most are defunct or can't build ships of this size anymore. Looking at the list I even think there are none left at this point.

@jlamm2223443 4 жыл бұрын

And the Queen Mary II was built in France, but at least it looked like a great ship.

@popeyepanther4519 4 жыл бұрын

@@jlamm2223443 The bow of the Queen Mary 2 is amazing. It's unique in it's shape for being built in the 2000's. Truly great craftsmanship by Chantier De'l Atlantique.

@Trapster99 4 жыл бұрын

I think the Italians did a great job in building that British Ship.

@walkernick86 4 жыл бұрын

We it is a british ship. It it registered in Britian. And they never claim that it was buit in Britian. It is indeed a shame that it was not build in the UK, but we just don't have those kinds of ship yards anymonre. You will find that most cruise companies have there ships built in other countries now. Sad, but thats the way it is.

@sealover5861 6 жыл бұрын

6 Cunard "Queens" have been built. Only one - The QE (1940) - is gone. I just wonder which one of them will survive longest. The QM (1936) has been a floating hotel in Long Beach for 50 years now, without drydocking. The bottom of the ship needs extensive repair. Will it be done? After years of decay the QE2 (1969) is actually undergoing work to become a centerpiece of a new $ 3 billion luxury marina in Dubai. Will it be successful? All the active ships, QM2 (2004), QV (2007) and QE (2010) will most likely be scrapped after 20 - 30 years. The QM2 is the only of these 3 which will have some historical value, but she would be too expensive to maintain after her retirement anyway.

@THypher1 6 жыл бұрын

QM2 is designed for a 40 year active service life. If I'm going to be fussy too, QV (2007) and QE (2010) are not and never will be true "Queens" since they are not ocean liners - however much Carnival UK (Cunard's parent company) and the Cunard brand wanted us to think that until recently. Unfortunately many people have been duped by this incorrect marketing and it saddens me that many people don't do further research on the matter (unlike you for example - as we have spoken on my Dad's KZfaq videos).

@sealover5861 6 жыл бұрын

THypher1 QM2 did her maidentrip in January 2004 - 14 years are already gone. I've watching documentries about the construction of the QM2, she's technically spoken a true ocean liner, also built in the same shipyard as the legendary liners SS Normandie and SS France. And I bet that the foredeck design is partially borrowed from them. The QV and the new QE are nothing more than enlarged Vista-class cruise ships with reinforced bows. The QE is even more "boxy" than the QV. So even if they have the traditional color scheme they aren't real ocean liners. And the new ship Cunard is going to build will probably be even worse. There's a well known true story from January 2008 when QE2 and QV did a Transatlantic crossing together and a storm hit them. The journey was still pretty smooth onboard QE2 but almost a chaos onboard QE, even if the QV is slightly longer and wider than QE2. So even if these new ships sail on the oceans sometimes, they are still better in calmer waters. But l have to admire Cunard/Carnival for keeping up the ocean liner tradition, wthout the QM2 it would've been gone.

@tonylarussa4046 3 жыл бұрын

The got rid of the QE2's lifeboats. What a travesty!!

@RNS681 3 жыл бұрын

What about the Qe2?

@greenseaships 5 жыл бұрын

Of COURSE it is possible to build one of these monoliths in 15 months. They're all made from pre-fab blocks put together like legos. These ships are the Liberty Ships of the cruise industry. Quickly produced. Quickly forgotten.

@runawaysmudger7181 4 жыл бұрын

I mean...Old liners also took only around a year and a half to build

@namelesswarrior4760 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty ordinary!

@miracabral 5 жыл бұрын

13:57 QE2

@brimstone5931 3 жыл бұрын

Great vidio, but the picture of Jimmie Savile at 37:36 is a bit inappropriate! 😶

@meerkatandpug 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing achievement. That portrait of the Queen was the best I've seen. I'm quite scared of very large ships, I remember being on the deck of QE2 and looking down from a great height. No doubt some inept Captain will run this beauty into rocks or an iceberg.

@user-jk1rg1lv1n 9 ай бұрын

درودبرشما دوستان خوب متشکرم ازلطف شما

@cmplx6114 4 жыл бұрын

I wish cunard rebuilt the aquitania and muertania and lusitania

@hawkeye-vv4kb 4 жыл бұрын

Great design, lovely interior. However, I find the colour , dark brown, a bit too heavy on the eyes and would have preferred a lighter shade or even a pastel colour.

@Trapster99 4 жыл бұрын

It's brown in that central stairway. It gets more blue as you move out from the center of the ship.

@HappyfoxBiz 6 жыл бұрын

you certainly must be exact with the teabags... can't disappoint the English and you certainly cannot have them go to waste on the ship... the costs can be substantial

@Staniele 2 жыл бұрын

i live near molfacone AKA MS queen elizabeth'sbirth place!

@edmundcasey7765 3 ай бұрын

CUNARD GOING TO BUILD ANOTHER OCEAN LINER?? LIKE THE QM2

@kevinpeng4059 3 жыл бұрын

This doc tells you details down to the amount of teabags theyll use but people in the comments are complaining they left out stuff a simple google search would tell you. Sheesh. No satisfying some people, i guess.

@CesareVesdani 4 жыл бұрын

Which is the largest cruise ship?

@sarcasmpersonified9435 3 жыл бұрын

Symphony of the Seas (2018), GT 230,000

@raphealfrancis8228 6 жыл бұрын

$.25. 350. BH

@ericceulemans7851 3 жыл бұрын

Most beautyfull ship ever build

@patrickfivefive3747 3 жыл бұрын

50 Different Nationalities You can't get more British than that. And only £118,000 for the Privilege! 😂😂😂

@pitttower6053 5 жыл бұрын

Should all the crew members who directly gives their best service to the passengers speak english with RP accent?

@vivi1649 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, but this is a cruise ship, not an ocean liner. Queen Mary 2 is the only real ocean liner left in the world right now.

@jimmuleta2985 3 жыл бұрын

Karen Evans What’s the difference? Are you saying a cruise ship can’t cruise in some oceans. I suppose Captain Cook’s Endeavour was an ocean liner! What a load of rubbish.

@sarcasmpersonified9435 3 жыл бұрын

@@jimmuleta2985 There are differences. An ocean liner is built to transport people to their destination on a sheduled transoceanic route 12 months a year, almost regardless of the weather. A cruise ship is usually the destination herself, she _can_ cross oceans, but usually needs to avoid rough seas. It's about their construction. Just as an example, RMS Queen Mary 2 (Which is an ocean liner) has approx. 3 feet deeper draught than Symphony of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the World. This is just one of many details that differ an ocan liner from a cruise ship. An other is different bow design. An ocean liner's bow is more streamlined and built to go through the waves, and it doesn't "bump" against them like cruise ships seem to do. The new QE is just an extended Carnival Vista class cruise ship with a reinforced bow. This still doesn't make her a real ocean liner. You should know what you're talking about before calling other comments rubbish!

@RonnieRealLife 4 жыл бұрын

Forgive me for saying but big British ships didn't really have much luck in the past. They even made a movie about it. I wonder what Leonardo DiCaprio would think

@runawaysmudger7181 4 жыл бұрын

The Olympic, the Mauretania, the Aquitania, the Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth, etc, etc. These "Big British Liners" would say otherwise

@ahrontanalas4152 3 жыл бұрын

is queen elizabeth an ocean liner because if you look at the design she doesn't even look like an ocean liner as same as the QM2 they're look like cruise ships tbh they does

@tqsuited Жыл бұрын

I love these Cunard ships as they still hold prestige and remnants of past ocean liner history, unlike the ugly cookie-cutter monstrosities of the "oasis of the seas" type cruise ships.

@fade2gray 3 жыл бұрын

I think that’s an ocean liner rather than a cruise ship on the thumbnail.

@mattdaddy_888 3 жыл бұрын

You should have painted the queen as a lizard and see her reaction lol

@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices 3 жыл бұрын

"Bigger and faster than her predecessor" Um...The R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth was 1,030 feet. QE3 is only 964 feet, and can only reach a speed of 23 knots, five knots less than her _namesake._

@kurtbjorn 6 жыл бұрын

Poor doc in this sense... how about less glass sculpture, art, pretty paintings and parquet panels... more Azipod thrusters, engines, safety systems, the tech that makes the ship move? Please? Plenty of art docs on YT. Not so many on ship building.

@nickdawn3985 6 жыл бұрын

I've actually seem a lot more docs on how ships are put together than on how the interior is finished. Great doc.

@user-iw2uw5ve7l 11 ай бұрын

It’s not about the boat it’s a lot more about how the titanic was sinking in 1912

@johnmeijer2282 2 жыл бұрын

wat een schip is dit mooi hoor

@PortsladeBySea 3 жыл бұрын

Sad that this “British” ship was not built in a British ship yard, helping British jobs and the British economy 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@ColGuidotti 3 жыл бұрын

Who's the narrator? It sounds like Jim carter?

@harrycoates3763 4 жыл бұрын

Celebrities were invited along, up pops Jimmy Saville... this didn't age very well!!

@Trapster99 4 жыл бұрын

Subtle British humor, eh?

@chasriner 6 жыл бұрын

I miss QE2.

@sealover5861 6 жыл бұрын

News 2017: After years of decay the QE2 is actually undergoing work to become a centerpiece of a new luxury marina in Port Rashid, Dubai. This about 3 billion dollar project will take several years. The details of the refit of the QE2 is kept secret from the public but photos show that something is going on now.

@fancybulldogs1053 6 жыл бұрын

sealover I just went on google earth, from street view, she being blocked by advertisements

@jonathanpardoe8722 6 жыл бұрын

QE2 will return and she will be preserved for profitable nostalgic cruises long after the hideous monster qm2 is gone . and the thing is already 15 years old so pehaps another 15 years if the thing is lucky. .

@zacharylegaspi7594 6 жыл бұрын

Is it the balconies that you hate? She is one of the most beautiful ships I have ever seen.

@mohammednadeemanwar2213 4 жыл бұрын

@@mburnhors why didn't the British buy her, and Dock her in Liverpool or Southampton! Bunch of Muslims are apparently the ones with the money. and she's almost completed as hotel ship. Not rotting like America's SS United States, she lost her sister ship SS America Star, to a storm whilst being towed, and she got beached Canary Islands, where she rotted and nothing exists of her.

@user-iw2uw5ve7l 11 ай бұрын

Better not even not cut corners because I know

@bmused55 4 жыл бұрын

Heh, that word "Southampton" on the stern lasted all of 5 minutes. It now sports the name of some other port name, in a country where the labour laws are more relaxed.

@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices 4 жыл бұрын

Now the port on her Stern is Hamilton, Bermuda.

@uniteddrones7626 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder how much coal New York has sitting

@austrorus 6 жыл бұрын

i am just waiting for the first NORO Virus... a good PR film for Cunard. lets see if there are other episodes how she is really run. waste management, what is she running with? diesel? heavy,stinking, polluting fuel oil. how does the crew live? like rabbits in a cage? what are their salaries, working conditions... ( i am a Chef. was also working on ships....)

@Nanomangd007 5 жыл бұрын

That's my biggest concern with these ships, the working conditions for the crew.

@drazenpoznic6827 4 жыл бұрын

@@Nanomangd007 don't worry, conditions are dreadful.

@paulsuprono7225 4 жыл бұрын

What happened to the Queen that was retired ?

@connorsganga8843 4 жыл бұрын

The QE2 was bought by a company in the United Arab Emirates, and turned into a permanently docked hotel in Dubai, similar to the Queen Mary.

@philippemace6552 4 жыл бұрын

Bonsoir j'aimerais que les vidéos soit en français

@yamahaguy1732 6 жыл бұрын

So what happened to QE2

@sealover5861 6 жыл бұрын

After she was retired from service in 2008 she was sold to Dubai to become a floating hotel. Several plans have failed and she was just sitting there. Wikipedia tells a lot but not the latest. Since 2016 she's actually undergoing work to become a floating 100 suite and 300 room hotel. www.thesun.co.uk/travel/5531873/britains-old-queen-elizabeth-ii-ship-to-become-a-floating-hotel-and-museum-in-dubai/

@skendermakota2381 4 жыл бұрын

Dis is da Queeen-a da Elizabet-a del Fincantieri, cazzo!

@jimmuleta2985 3 жыл бұрын

skender makota You’re a moron.

@dinodesantis2976 3 жыл бұрын

Is that Carson narrating?

@onngroovecdboomboxtransfor2723 4 жыл бұрын

omgd grandma is gonna get a cruise next princess markles cruise each cruise gets made every 10 years on youtube.

@budinsc1 6 жыл бұрын

Shouldnt it be QE3??

@CMan-vc5dh 6 жыл бұрын

It doesn't need a number after it's name, since it's the only Queen Elizabeth in the fleet right now. On the books, it's Queen Elizabeth (III) and also Q7.

@sealover5861 6 жыл бұрын

+C. Man What do you mean by "Q7"?

@CMan-vc5dh 6 жыл бұрын

Q3 was designed to replace the Mary and Elizabeth, but never built, the new ship to be designed instead for visiting smaller ports and to go through the Panama Canal was the Q4, which became the QE2. Q7 is the seventh Queen.

@sealover5861 6 жыл бұрын

+C. Man Oh, thanks! I have a great passion for the history of ocean liners but I've definitely missed that "Q3". I really need to look it up now.

@THypher1 6 жыл бұрын

Cunard "Queens" since QE2 (being Q4) have not used the "Q" designation prior to naming as there has been no need to do so. The names of QM2 and subsequent were decided years in advance. The only names the QM2 and subsequent "Queens" have had while being built are their keel names/numbers - QM2's being G32 (which is the name of the nightclub onboard).

@daanstal5893 5 жыл бұрын

i hate the sturn of the ship

@EnglishLawyer 5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately it had to be that way to provide bouyancy for all those cabins aft. If it had been a canoe stern which does look much better, the arse would have sunk down

@user-zy7xy8sf9o 4 жыл бұрын

you mean *stern*

@dwightlooi 4 жыл бұрын

How is it "Britain's" Largest Liner when it is built in Italy? FREE TRADE = DEMISE.

@Fluvzi 4 жыл бұрын

Good point

@harleyokeefe5193 3 жыл бұрын

Dwight Looi it’s irrelevant where it’s built, because the actual build team is primarily British and its funded and owned by Cunard (a British company)

@harleyokeefe5193 3 жыл бұрын

Nick Peters it’s not a cruise ship dumbass it only does crossings across the Atlantic it doesn’t cruise

@harleyokeefe5193 3 жыл бұрын

Nick Peters I admit my bad on this, I thought the video was referring to the QE 2 the ocean liner not the QE cruise ship, that’s my bad and I apologise for the misunderstanding and the insult.

@nikolaospeterson2495 2 жыл бұрын

I am happy about this new ship and she is beautiful, but just one thing. As I had personal affairs for two years starting with this COVID pandemic and my living situation, and most of all the secrecy of this project how does one solicit workers as there must be some avenue potential workers can learn and possibly join, I could have during the planning stage to skip the diesel engines, as she is a diesel ELECTRIC, thus have electric propulsion motors, getting the power not from doesel-electric, but as batteries have really advanced and China already has a total electric cargo ship that has probably the world's largest battery a single lithium-ion battery that is as big as a large mansion! The point here to supply with lithium ion batteries (as batteries begein to improve even further, to supply the current (presumably 600 VDC to the two or four electric propulsion motors, thus being the world's first electric cruise ship. Well never mind I shall work on getting a new ship building firm to build small to medium size (to start with) ships -- ELECTRIC cruise ships. Too bad that this third QEeen Elizabeth is not that fully electric ship!