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Luxury treatment for QE2

12:12pm Wednesday 23rd January 2013

Owners promise to look after city’s former liner Queen Elizabeth 2 as it is turned into a 500-bed hotel

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QE2 to be taken to Asia

9:47am Thursday 17th January 2013

Famous passenger liner the Queen Elizabeth 2 will be moved to Asia as a floating luxury hotel, according to its owners.

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London calling for luxury QE2?

10:31am Tuesday 8th January 2013

MINISTERS are being urged to back a plan to put Southampton’s former great liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, in one of the most famous waters of all – the River Thames in London.

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QE2 in potential £20m deal to be scrapped

10:07am Monday 24th December 2012

The QE2, one of Southampton's most iconic cruise ships, could be set to be sold for scrap for £20m.

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QE2 to be scrapped?

4:00am Wednesday 17th October 2012

IS the end in sight for QE2, Southampton’s former legendary liner?

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QE2 to become hotel

11:07am Monday 2nd July 2012

Dubai has settled on a use for the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner it bought for £64 million, with plans to make it into a floating hotel fitted with the original furnishings.

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QE2's anchor to find new home in city

3:05pm Tuesday 19th October 2010

CIVIC chiefs have finally decided on a new home for the QE2’s anchor almost two years since it was given to the city by former owners Cunard.

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Will QE2’s owner sell off liner to ease debts?

11:42am Wednesday 10th February 2010

A QUESTION mark again hangs over the future of Southampton’s legendary QE2 cruise liner after reports its owner in Dubai could sell off the vessel to ease its mounting debts.

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Dreams fade for much-loved QE2

11:44am Tuesday 10th November 2009

It was as if she just disappeared into the night, merging with the darkness to fade away from sight and into Southampton’s past.

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QE2 remains high and dry in Dubai

7:59am Thursday 13th August 2009

Exclusive pictures show liner in dry dock before her move to South Africa

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