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RMS Queen Elizabeth: The Beautiful Lady

RMS Queen Elizabeth: The Beautiful Lady
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Built at the end of the Depression and launched on the weekend of the Munich Crisis, the Queen Elizabethâ€™s maiden voyage was a wartime dash to New York to escape the Luftwaffeâ€™s bombs. After a wartime career that saw her bring an American division to Gourock every few weeks, she finally entered company service for Cunard in 1946. She sailed with her sister Queen Mary through Cunardâ€™s golden years and was sold out of service in 1968, becoming a tourist attraction in Port Everglades Sold again, she became CY Tungâ€™s Seawise University and was burned out in 1972 while being converted and was scrapped where she lay in Hong Kong harbor.

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This book presents images of the Queen Elizabeth, along with background on the ship's history, illustrating its construction, maiden voyage to New York, interior and exterior, sale and move to Florida, and fire in Hong Kong in 1972, as well as some of the Cunard Line's other ships.
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Country USA
Brand Amberley Publishing
Manufacturer Amberley Publishing
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781445638041
ReleaseDate 2014-08-19

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