Her Majesty the Queen has the distinction of being present at the launching of all three of Cunard's 'Elizabeth's. The first 'Queen Elizabeth' in 1938, the 'Queen Elizabeth 2' in 1967 and the more recent 'Queen Elizabeth'.
In an age when giant ships could still look like real ships with beautiful lines. Today`s `cruise` ships look like floating high rise condos, hideous proportions and cheap looking interiors.
for some time Carnival had their ships built in Italy and Finland. A friend tells me that Carnival got so fed up with one of the Italian built ships being there were water buckets throughout to catch leaks all over, and this was during a full revenue voyage. Carnival went back to Finland, Kvaener Masa yards.
5,000 men who built her on the Clyde. How many now on the Clyde to build ships? Enough said about that. I was lucky enough when I was in my early teens to see this magnificent liner in Southampton in the days when you didn't need a security clearance to board the ship and walk freely around. Today's ships are unfortunately a pale shadow of these pre-war beauties, by comparison they look cheap and kitschy.
@@PeriscopeFilm Not surprising. The Queen Mary 2 was built in France and the new Queen Elizabeth in Italy. Once the World`s largest shipbuilding nation, today Britain builds nothing of anything of consequence with the honourable exception, Royal Navy vessels, e.g. Q.E. class Aircraft carriers.
@@TheVaughan5 Its a shame that the Royal Navy is a shadow of its former self. She still has formidable ships ,but not large in number. Its also unfortunate that both Britain and the US haven't continued the tradition of having passenger ships that can be converted for a war time use. This being said as a potential ww3 may loom in our future. ww3 could be against China as it aggressively attacks its neighbors (currently attacking territories of India and Japan) or it could be fought over dwindling resources such as oil, potable water, or any other natural resource.
