QE2: The Queen that Saved Cunard

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The Queen Elizabeth 2 (fondly known as the QE2) was launched in 1967 was the last Cunard Queen built in the United Kingdom. Despite coming into service at the worst possible time for an ocean liner, The QE2 was a crowd favorite, earning an adoring fanbase that loves her to this day. Her incredible career spanned over four decades. She still survives today as a floating hotel in Dubai.

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Sources:
Atlantic Liners of the Cunard Line by Neil McCart
QE2 by Captain Ronald W. Warwick
The Liner by Philip Dawson
Queen Elizabeth 2: Ship of Legend by William H. Miller

Video Sources:
TheArchivalCollection / Pond5
British_Movietone / Pond5
RJF1988 / Pond5
Chalkman / Pond5
US National Archives
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive

Music:
ELFL - Alienated
OTE - Flowers for Sale
CLNGR - Hurt You Anymore (Instrumental Version)
Soleil - It’s Too Late (Instrumental Version)
Bladverk Band - Memories of the Past
TAGE - Tristesse de Martin
Lama House - Astral Roar

Chapters:
0:00 Intro: QE2
3:15 Chapter 1: A Flawed Q3
6:54 Chapter 2: A Liner for the Jet Age
11:46 Chapter 3: Keeping Tradition Afloat
15:12 Chapter 4: Surviving the Test of Time