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The RMS
Queen Mary, the most beautiful Ship in the world! At least I think so.
I had
the great honor of working
aboard her.
The RMS Queen Mary
celebrates her 70th Birthday this year.
Some great Queen Mary Links:
RMS Queen Mary Foundation
RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach, Ca.
RMS Queen Mary tribute
The RMS Queen Mary Story
Cunard Two Great Queens
Queen Mary Long Beach Editorial
The Cunard's QM2
The new QM2's maiden voyage was
January 12th 2004. She is a beautiful ship but none compares to
the first and finest.
Qm2 link:
The New QM2
The Meeting of
The Queens
The RMS Queen
Mary and The QM2
On February 23, 2006
the two GREAT QUEENS met for the very first time in Long Beach.
Mark and I were there for this royal occasion. The QM2 sounded her
horns to salute her
namesake, her horns can be heard for over 10 miles. It was even
more exciting to hear the amazing sound because the QM2 has one of the
original Queen Mary's horns.. We stood at stern of the Queen Mary
and
watched the QM2 make
her way as close to us as water depth would allow, what an amazing sight
she is. Still, to me not as beautiful as her older sister but I am
a little bias. For anyone who loves ocean liner history this
was a day not to
miss.
Check up these links
from more information and photos:
The
Queen Mary's Meet
Cunard:
The Most Famous Ocean Liners In The World
L ONG BEACH, Calif. The
world's largest ocean liner, the Queen Mary Two, rendezvoused with its
historic namesake in a California harbor today, the ships saluting each
other with horn blasts heard for miles.
Surrounded by sailboats and motor yachts, the Q-M-Two sounded its
horn three times and the original Queen Mary, built in 1934, responded.
The older ship has been docked in the Long Beach harbor for nearly 40
years, where it's a popular tourist attraction and hotel.
As the immense new liner entered the harbor, a fireboat spouted
water and airplanes wrote "Hail to the Queens" in the blue sky.
Thousands of people lined the channel walkway for more than a mile
and swarmed the decks of the old liner as its successor arrived.
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