This day in history

September 20, 1967 the QE 2 was launched into service.

RMS Queen Elizabeth II, launched September 20, 1967
RMS stands for Royal Mail Ship

RMS Queen Elizabeth served as the flagship of Cunard Cruise Lines from 1969 until succeeded by RMS Queen Mary 2 in 2004. Designed in Cunard's then headquarters and regional offices in Liverpool and Southampton respectively, and built in Clydebank, Scotland, QE2 was considered the last of the great transatlantic ocean liners until Queen Mary 2 entered service.

The QE2 was retired from active service on November 27, 2008 and is now a floating hotel in Dubai. Queen Elizabeth II christened both the QE2 and the successor.

Her successor:

Cost: UK£350 million  (US$560 million)
Maiden voyage: 12 October 2010
Tonnage: 90,901 gross tons
Length: 294 m (965 ft)
Beam: 32.3 m (106 ft)
Capacity: 2,092 passengers 

MS Queen Elizabeth 
  MS stands for motor ship

MS Queen Elizabeth on it's 2019 world voyage will berth at Canada Place in Vancouver for the first time on May 21, 2019.  She will complete three ten day round trip voyages to Alaska and then sail through the Panama Canal to her home port of Southampton.  We are booked on the June 20th sailing to Alaska for the summer solstice.