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    • Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) 40 years on
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  • Digitised collections
  • Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) 40 years on
  • QE2 Photo Gallery 4
  • A new Cunard liner
  • Ship number 736
  • The classless QE2
  • John Brown & Company (Clydebank) Ltd
  • QE2 Photo Gallery 1
  • Acknowledgements
  • Order a print

QE2 Photo Gallery 4

Photo Galleries

  • QE2 Photo Gallery 1
  • QE2 Photo Gallery 2
  • QE2 Photo Gallery 3
  • QE2 Photo Gallery 5
  • QE2 Photo Gallery 6
  • QE2 Photo Gallery 7
  • QE2 Photo Gallery 8

More information

  • A new Cunard liner
  • Ship number 736
  • The classless QE2
  • John Brown & Company (Clydebank) Ltd
  • Acknowledgements
  • Order a print

QE2 Photo Gallery 4

Welcome to the QE2 Photo Gallery.  This is Gallery 4 of 8.  The photographs are displayed in chronological order, from the cutting of the first steel plates, to the launch, and finally to the interior fixtures and fittings.  Click on the thumbnails to view larger versions.

Propellers are ready for launch. Aerial view of Ship No. 736 (1). Aerial view of Ship No. 736 (2). Tickets for the launch of Ship No. 736.
Cover of the invitation to the launch. The new Cunarder toast list. Directions to the launch and the employees' dining hall table plan. Ship No. 736 ready for launch (1).
Ship No. 736 ready for launch (2). Ship No. 736 ready for launch (3).    

Next - QE2 Photo Gallery 5

Photo Galleries

  • QE2 Photo Gallery 1
  • QE2 Photo Gallery 2
  • QE2 Photo Gallery 3
  • QE2 Photo Gallery 5
  • QE2 Photo Gallery 6
  • QE2 Photo Gallery 7
  • QE2 Photo Gallery 8

More information

  • A new Cunard liner
  • Ship number 736
  • The classless QE2
  • John Brown & Company (Clydebank) Ltd
  • Acknowledgements
  • Order a print
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