QE2You are in: Hampshire > History > Local History > QE2  Another chance to watch our special QE2 farewell programme.  Paul Clifton offers a personal view of QE2’s last emotional day as a passenger liner.  The final hours of the QE2 liner before it is converted into a luxury hotel in Dubai.  Penny Hobson is from Southampton, but now lives in Dubai. QE2 will be just outside her window.  Watch QE2 sail into the United Arab Emirates at the end of her final cruise.  Paul Clifton was the only journalist onboard as QE2 sailed - he looks back at her moving farewell.  Have a look through our online album of the much-loved, legendary liner and send your pics in.  Click the portholes on QE2 to watch videos from some of the liner's workers and passengers.  Take a tour around the world-famous QE2 with BBC South's Transport Correspondent Paul Clifton.  Follow the events of QE2's final day in Southampton on our Twitter feed.  Watch Captain Ian McNaught's farewell salute to Southampton and the spectacular fireworks display.  Cruise enthusiasts on board SS Shieldhall follow QE2's last day on Southampton Water.  An RAF Harrier salutes QE2 for the role she played in the Falklands conflict.  Paul Clifton takes a look at the history of the iconic ship, from its launch in 1967.  Have some fun with our 10 question quiz on the famous liner.  With the QE2 heading into retirement, 89-year-old American Beatrice Muller is losing her home.  Martin Pucci's memories of working, meeting celebrities and partying on the QE2 in the 1970s.  Details are emerging of what will happen to the world-famous liner when it retires.  The Queen marks 55 years since her coronation by waving off the QE2 liner for the final time.  BBC South's Transport Correspondent Paul Clifton looks back at QE2's historic lap-of-honour.  A selection of some of your treasured tales of the famous liner.  A selection of trivia on the most famous ship afloat. How big? How fast? How much cling film...  Watch a half hour documentary from 1997, as QE2 celebrates her 30th and comes home for a refit.  BBC South's 1982 documentary which tells the story of QE2's tranformation into a troopship.  Pictures, videos, news and webcams from the port of Southampton - it’s all here at your fingertips. You are in: Hampshire > History > Local History > QE2 |
