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QE2 Final Voyage
April 10 , 2008
Queen Elizabeth 2’s final voyage (part one)
Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) leaves Tyne-17 September 2007
Launched in 1967 by Queen Elizabeth II, The QE2 and became the longest-serving ship in Cunard's 168-year history. The 70,327 ton, 1500 passenger vessel has crossed the
Atlantic Ocean
more than 800 times and has carried more than 2.5 million passengers.
Later this year, the Queen Elizabeth 2 will be sold to
Dubai
and become a hotel and mall.
In true royal fashion, several farewell voyages are planned for the QE2 before she makes its final port call in
Dubai
.
On September 30, 2008, a 10-night farewell cruise, with a British Isles itinerary, will depart
Southampton
. The sailing will include maiden calls to Dublin and
Belfast
. It will stop at the Clyde, where the QE2 was built, before journeying to Cork, Liverpool (Cunard's ancestral home), Edinburgh, and
Newcastle
. Fares begin at $2,455.
The QE2 will leave
Southampton
with Cunard's flagship, QM2, on a final tandem crossing to New York On October 10. Fares for the six-night crossing will start at $1,175.
On October 15, both liners will sail from New York's harbor as QE2 begins its Farewell to crossing. It will be the QE2's 806th and final Atlantic crossing, and both ships will arrive in
Southampton
on Oct. 22. Fares start at $1,065.
The ship's final "final voyage" will depart Southampton Nov. 11, headed for
Dubai
. It will call at Lisbon, Gibraltar, Civitavecchia, Naples, and Alexandria and transit the
Suez Canal
before journeying to its new destiny as a hotel on November 27. Fares start at $4,615.
The QE2's departure will not leave Cunard's royal fleet short handed. Next month, a new queen - the 1,980-passenger Queen
Victoria
- will join the QM2, and begin her reign on the high seas.
Haveve you voyaged on the QE2 or another super ocean liner? We would love to see your video footage! And don’t forget the Farewell flotilla later this week! Stand by for exclusive SplashVision footage!
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Never Forget
April 09 , 2008
Never Forget
USS NEW YORK
The Navy’s amphibious assault ship USS New York has already made history. It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the
World
Trade
Center .
USS New York was launched earlier this year. Katrina disrupted construction when it pounded the
Gulf
Coast last summer, but the 684-foot vessel escaped serious damage, and workers were back at the yard near
New Orleans two weeks after the storm. The storm destroyed many of the ship builders home. They stayed. The memory of 9/11 and the sentiment behind this particular ship was enough to keep them in the shipyard.
It is the fifth in a new class of warship – designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.
Steel from the
World
Trade
Center was melted down in a foundry in
Amite, LA to cast the ship’s bow section. When it was poured into the molds on Sept. 9, 2003, “those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence,” recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. “It was a spiritual moment for everybody there.”
Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the tradecenter steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the “hair on my neck stood up.” “It had a big meaning to it for all of us,” he said. “They knocked us down. They can’t keep us down. We’re going to be back.”
The ship’s motto? – ‘Never Forget’
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Yacht Pirated
April 07 , 2008
Pirates on the High Seas
When you think of Pirates- visions of Blackbeard and Long John Silver may come to mind, but for the luxury yacht Le Ponant, sea tales have become reality.
The French luxury yacht was off
Africa 's eastern coast with 30 crewmembers on board, the French foreign minister said Sunday. The Ponant was seized on Friday by Pirates. In the crew, 22 are French, and most of the others are Ukrainian or Korean. The crew includes six women.
A handout photo from the French maritime transport company CMA-CGM shows the luxury yacht Le Ponant.
The Pirates who hijacked a luxury French yacht off last week have opened fire at local gunmen who stopped them from coming ashore in the chaotic Horn of Africa.
The group of roughly 10 members of the GIGN, a police force trained to deal with hijackings and hostage situations, was due to arrive in neighboring on Monday.
Abdirahman Mohamed Bangah, information minister for the semiautonomous northern region of Puntland, said he hoped international forces will "rescue this ship" at Eyl, confirming its location. The U.S. Navy has led international patrols to try to combat piracy in the region. But an increase in naval patrols has coincided with a rash of kidnappings of foreigners on land.
's prime minister said Saturday that he hoped to avoid force in freeing the crew but that no options had been ruled out.
Stay safe out on the High Seas. Keep a sharp lookout and pay attention, harm can come in all shapes and sizes.
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