QUEEN de saída a 29-10-2008

O QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 largando do cais de Alcântara a 29-10-2008, acompanhado por um bando de gaivotas e iluminado pela bela luz da tarde lisboeta
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QE2 final cruises

Passengers of the QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 enjoying the late October afternoon sun in Lisbon yesterday, 29 October 2008 when the famous QE2 paid her pre final call to Lisbon on her way to the Mediterranean on the last cruise from Southampton. The next departure from QE2 home port will have no return.
She will be missed in the Tagus and the rumours about what the new Dubai owners plan to do once she is delivered are disturbing.
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PUSHING THE QE2

The Lisbon-based Svitzer tugs SVITZER LEIXÕES and SVITZER LISBOA pushing / towing the Cunard old lady on her pre-last call to Lisbon. The QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 is the last great passenger liner still in effective need of real tugs while berthing or undocking from Lisbon. Photo taken on 29-10-2008 on QE2 pre-final departure from Lisbon. She is on her final Mediterranean cruise.
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Penúltima escala do QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 em Lisboa

Entrou hoje, 29 de Outubro de 2008, a barra do Tejo pela penúltima vez o paquete britânico QUEEN ELIZABETH 2.
O navio chegou era ainda madrugada, 5h36 e atracou à estação marítima de Alcântara pelas 6h00, estando prevista a largada para as 16h00.
O QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 saiu de Southampton a 27-10 no último cruzeiro ao Mediterrâneo, sendo Lisboa o primeiro porto de escala da viagem que terá a duração de 2 semanas.
O QE2 esteve no Tejo pela primeira vez na viagem pré-inaugural a 28 de Abril de 1969. Fará a última escala a 13 de Novembro próximo, na viagem de entrega a caminho do Dubai onde vai ser transformado numa plataforma hoteleira flutuante constando que as alterações serão mais que muitas não havendo o cuidado de preservar o navio como grande paquete.
Fotografia do QE2 em Lisboa a 3 de Junho de 1975, numa das minhas imagens mais antigas do navio, então com a chaminé branca original.
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QE2 in Lisbon 29 August 2008

The veteran classic liner QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 alongside the Alcântara Cruise ship terminal on 29 August 2008. There are only another two Lisbon calls to go before the final departure of the beautiful Cunarder in November for Dubai.
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The most beautiful shop on the high seas

The BOOKSHOP on board the classic RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH 2, my favorite shop on the high seas since I first purchased books there in 1989.
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LMC Books on the QE2

When I first saw the QE2 in Lisbon on 28 April 1969 I hardly knew that one day I would do a book on her with Bill Miller.
Photos: LMC books on display at the QE2 bookshop and LMC signing books on board on a photo taken by Raquel Sabino Pereira, whose photographic skills are second to none.
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Looking into the QE2

The beautiful Cunarder RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 visited Lisbon again on 14 August 2008, so now we have only three more calls including the farewell on 13 November 2008.
She will return to Lisbon on 29 August, 29 October and 13 November, closing a special relationship between the QE2 and Lisbon started on 28 April 1969 on her maiden call while on the shake down cruise prior to the maiden transatlantic voyage to NY...
At the time she looked a very attractive girl with her original slim white funnel. Now it is almost over and I can't find Sam to to ask
"Play it again, Sam, play it again..."
Photos of QE2 departure from Lisbon at 5 PM on 14 August 2008

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The Queen on board the QE2

Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II photographed on board the QE2 on 2nd June with the present and former captains of the famous Cunard ship

H. M. Queen Elizabeth II paid a farewell visit to the famous passenger line and cruise ship QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 at Southampton on 2nd June. For a full report check our special blog RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 by clicking here...
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QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 leaving Lisbon 2008-06-23

The QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 sailing from Lisbon at about 4.00 PM on 23 June 2008. The old lady still looks good despite 39 years of crossings and cruising...
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QE2 no Tejo a 23-06-2008

O QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 passou mais uma vez por Lisboa a 23 de Junho, dando-nos a oportunidade de fazer mais algumas fotografias. O QUEEN estará em Lisboa mais 6 vezes este ano.

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QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 em Lisboa

O paquete inglês QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 chegou esta madrugada a Lisboa vindo de Las Palmas, em mais um cruzeiro da sua última temporada.

O navio está atracado em Alcântara e larga pelas 16h00 para Southampton. O QE2 já se encontra vendido para servir como atracção turística no Dubai, onde vai ser entregue em Novembro. Até lá passa por Lisboa mais seis vezes, a 4 e 22 de Julho, 14 e 29 de Agosto, 29 de Outubro e 13 de Novembro, sendo a última escala já parte do cruzeiro de entrega rumo ao Dubai.

Entretanto, amanhã 24 de Junho, estará em Lisboa o QUEEN MARY 2.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 despediu-se da Madeira e Canárias

O paquete inglês QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 despediu-se dos portos do Funchal, Tenerife e Las Palmas, respectivamente nos dias 19, 20 e 21 de Junho, no decorrer do último cruzeiro às Ilhas Atlânticas, que amanhã inclui uma escala em Lisboa.
Imagem da última largada do Funchal do QE2, enviada por Luís Filipe Jardim.
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Countdown for QE2

Now that the great Lady is on her final countdown relative to Cunard service, the QE2 calls in Lisbon are even more special moments. Here she is on her first call at Lisbon in 2008, on 30th April, fresh from her final refit... For those really keen on the RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH 2, we suggest a visit to our QE2 blog by clicking here.
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CUNARD FESTIVAL in Southampton

On 22nd April 2008 the three Cunard QUEENS in active service met at Southampton for the first time.
While the QE2 was doing her final refit prior to delivery to Dubai in November, the QM2 was sailing for New York while the newest fleet member QUEEN VICTORIA was about to sail on a cruise.
In the end it was the perfect setting for a public relations action...
And the ships are really beautiful in traditional Cunard livery...
There will be three QUEENS again in 2010 when the new QUEEN ELIZABETH enters service...
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SEMPRE A ODE MARÍTIMA

E os navios vistos de perto, mesmo que se não vá embarcar neles,

Vistos de baixo, dos botes, muralhas altas de chapas,
Vistos dentro, através das câmaras, das salas, das despensas,

Olhando de perto os mastros, afilando-se lá pró alto,
Roçando pelas cordas, descendo as escadas incómodas,
Cheirando a untada mistura metálica e marítima de tudo aquilo -
Os navios vistos de perto são outra coisa e a mesma coisa,
Dão a mesma saudade e a mesma ânsia doutra maneira.

Álvaro de Campos (Fernando Pessoa)

E o QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 fotografado no Tejo, a 21 de Abril de 2006, imponente no seu costado de gigante, com o MARVILA ao longe com rumo à Trafaria. Fotografia e edição de texto de Luís Miguel Correia

ANDREAS BUSECKE Shipping Photos

The passenger ships NORWAY and QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 at the Bremerhaven Lloyd Werft yard on 24 November 2001. More of those wonderful photos by this talented German shipping photographer here...
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QE2 in Lisbon Docks

The RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 at her berth in Lisbon Docks - Alcântara Cruise Terminal, seen from the Ancient Art Museum Gardens. A sight not to be repeated many times for this old lady of the North Atlantic has got her retirement scheduled for November 2008, with a farewell call in Lisbon on her way to Dubai.

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LISBON QUEEN

Not the QUEEN OF LISBON, but an amazing QUEEN IN LISBON.
The R.M.S. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 has called in Lisbon countless times since 28th April 1969 when I first saw her alongside the Rocha cruise terminal dressed with flags and the original white funnel, while on her shakedown cruise.
Beautiful QE2. Photos taken in Lisbon on her last call on 2nd September 2007.
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MOVING QUEEN : The QE2 in the Tagus 2007-09-02

The QE2 leaving Lisbon on the afternoon of 2nd September 2007 on yet another cruise calling at the river Tagus.
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