Lifebelt on the original 82,998 tonne Queen Elizabeth Cunard liner which provided trans-Atlantic crossings until the mid 1960s.

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The Queen Elizabeth liner was introduced by Cunard Line as an attempt to create and maintain a two-ship transatlantic service. The first liner was the Queen Mary, and based on her success, and her actually showing a profit for Cunard, the line decided to build a running mate. Built in by John Brown & Company Limited, Clydebank, Scotland, 1940, the vessel by the began to become unprofitable. in the 1960s. The Queen Elizabeth burned and capsized in Hong Kong, January 9-10, 1972; it was scrapped on the spot in 1974

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Photo credit: © John Ruler / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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