QUEEN ELIZABETH in Lisbon 2011-12-24

Cruise ship QUEEN ELIZABETH leaving Lisbon on 24 December 2011 while on a Christmas and New Year cruise.

Her new port of registry in Hamilton, Bermuda can be seen at the stern.

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Photographing QE2 last Cunard crew

The QE2 has just docked alongside Alcântara cruise terminal in Lisbon for the last time on 13 November 2008 and the crew is being assembled at the ships bow for an oficial portrait.

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QUEEN and PRINCE

Cunard's QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 saluting Prince Henry, the famous Portuguese Prince Navigator who masterminded the first globalization of modern times back in the 15th century.

Photograph taken in Lisbon on 22 July 2008.

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QE2 in Lisbon 29 October 2008

Looking forward and taking care of the stern: the QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 in Lisbon 29 October 2008.
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QE2 gangways

Gangways in position.
The QE2 was berthed again in Lisbon's Alcântara cruise terminal, 2nd September 2007...
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QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 in 1975

QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 arriving Lisbon on 3 June 1975 while doing a cruise from Southampton. She was moving closer to the Rocha Cruise Ship Terminal.

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QE2 LEAVING LISBON 21 April 2006

Three photos of QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 leaving Lisbon on 21 April 2006 taken from the Pilot Boat.
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QM2 in Lisbon 2009-07-15: the departure

With the QE2 in her exile in Dubai (should I say retirement?), the Cunard presence in Lisbon lives on with their two new QUEENS and the QUEEN MARY 2 has just paid another call in the Tagus on 15 July 2009: another opportunity to see the more beautiful passenger ship of the 21st century and a proud successor to the previous three QUEENS...
I did photograph the QM2 early in the morning on her arrival and at about 7.00PM when she left the Tagus bar again cruising into the Eastern Atlantic.More QM2 photos arriving Lisbon at the same day here.
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QE2 in Lisbon in 2001

The QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 leaving Lisbon on a cruise in 2001, when she was still the Cunard flagship and the true queen of the passenger ship's fleet...
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QUEEN MARY 2 off Carcavelos beach 2009-05-23

QUEEN MARY 2 underway in the Tagus bar south channel on her departure from Lisbon on 23 May 2009 passing off Carcavelos beach.
Copyright photographs by Luís Miguel Correia - 2009

QUEEN MARY 2 in Lisbon

The Cunard flagship QUEEN MARY 2 paid another visit to Lisbon, on 23 May 2009.
The adjoining two images show the ship at sea after her 5.05 PM departure from the Alcântara Cruise Terminal and the 48-minute cruise down the river Tagus back to the Eastern Atlantic.
Copyright photographs by Luís Miguel Correia - 2009

QE2 docking in Lisbon

The QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 docking in the Alcântara Cruise Terminal, Lisbon, early in the morning in the late 1980s.
Veteran 1922-built tug PIONEIRO can be seen at the stern...
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QUEEN VICTORIA in Lisbon 2009-05-09

Cunard's QUEEN VICTORIA arriving Lisbon early in the morning of 2009-05-09 for the Company first visit to Lisbon since the farewell of QE2 in November 2008.
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QE2 in Funchal 30-12-2006

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QE2 mast

The iconic QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 signals mast photographed in Funchal, Madeira Island during QE2 final overnight call on 30 December 2006.
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QE2 still in steam

The QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 on her 1984 world cruise departing Lisbon still in steam on 6 April 2004.
The funnel is still the original as well as the cranes at the bow.
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QE2 Final Profits

"Lower fuel costs, stronger than expected yields on close-in bookings and a gain of $31m on the sale of Cunard’s QE2 helped push Carnival Corp. & plc past Wall Street expectations and its year-ago earnings by posting a fourth quarter profit of 47 cents per share."

So the QE2 made lots of money to the very end of her sailing days as stated above. (extract from CarnivalCorporation 4Q 2008 results...
Photograph of the QE2 leaving Lisbon on 29 October 2008. Copyright Luís Miguel Correia

QE2 DUBAI REFIT

Some 200 hotel rooms, 110 luxury apartments, a 500-seat West End theatre, a 5,000sq mtr spa, fiv e restaurants and a maritime heritage trail are just some of the refurbishment plans for QE2 in her new life as a floating iconic destination on the Dubai waterfront unveiled by Manfred Ursprunger, ceo of new owner QE2 Enterprises, Nakheel Hotels at today’s opening session of the Seatrade Middle East Cruise Conference.
‘QE2’s arrival in Dubai is not the end for the most famous liner in the world but a new beginning,’ remarked Ursprunger. Currently berthed in Port Rashid where she arrived on November 26, QE2 will eventually be moved to the nearby Drydocks World repair yard to undergo an extensive refurbishment estimated to take two to three years, Ursprunger revealed.
All public areas will be rebuilt as will all cabins and suites. The makeover will take the philosophy of the original design combined with modern standards, said Ursprunger. This will result in 200 hotel rooms of 50sq mtr plus 110 apartments ranging from 80 to 250sq mtr. The engine room will be stripped out and a 500-seat theatre created staging West End shows and film premieres. Leisure facilities will also include a 5,000sq mtr indoor/outdoor health and wellness centre. Celebrity chef Michel Roux will mastermind the menus of the five restaurants on board and others shoreside. The bridge, captain’s cabin and Princess Grill will be kept as is, forming part of a heritage trail that visitors can follow. ‘I am sorry to be vague about the completion date but this is a complicated project which also needs major complementary land-based infrastructure alongside where the liner will be finally accommodated, none of which is built today,' Ursprunger said.
The QE2 Precinct, as the Nakheel executive referred to it, will be the flagship attraction at Palm Jumeriah and will comprise the ship itself moored at a berth accessible via a 40ft gangway, ‘giving visitors the feel of entering an ocean-going passenger liner’. Shoreside facilities will include luxury restaurants, retail outlets, a cultural and heritage centre, a maritime museum with large display of Cunard memorabilia taken from on board, an art gallery and amphitheatre for outdoor concerts.
Ursprunger told Seatrade Insider he was unable to disclose more information about plans on the hotel and leisure side as ‘this is a ship we are using and we first need to see if our visions can actually be realised’. Repair yard engineers are now conducting structural surveys. ‘It is difficult to accurately predict the cost of the project until substantial assessment has taken place. What we are going to do will ensure the ship is functional for another 50 years and will involve replacing all plumbing, accommodation, wiring, etc.,’ Ursprunger added.
The funnel will be removed from the ship and restored to become the central display of a new maritime museum located at the QE2 Precinct. An exact replica will be built to go on the liner. A luxury apartment will be created inside the replica making the funnel the most famous address in the Middle East, said Ursprunger. ‘They say a soul of a ship is represented by the people who sail in her. We hope under her new look QE2 will continue to provide experiences for many more years to come,’ he concluded.(Published by Seatrade on 15 December 2008)

QE2 in Lisbon 2008-08-29

Another couple of details of the QE2 exterior taken on 29 August 2008. We must thank SVITZER in Lisbon for making available a tug...
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QE2 in Lisbon 2008-08-29

Close up views of the RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 taken in Lisbon on 29 August 2008. The QE2 was very popular in Lisbon and it is hard to realize she is no longer going to visit our port in the future...
Copyright photographs by Luís Miguel Correia - 2008