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Exteriors before, during & just after Launch
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 QE2 under construction in Clydebank, September 196739 viewsRob Lightbody00000
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 QE2 under construction in Clydebank, September 196741 viewsRob Lightbody55555
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 QE2 under construction in Clydebank, September 196739 viewsRob Lightbody00000
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 QE2 under construction in Clydebank, September 196732 views1 commentsRob Lightbody55555
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 QE2 under construction in Clydebank, September 196729 viewsRob Lightbody00000
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 QE2 under construction in Clydebank, September 196725 viewsRob Lightbody00000
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 QE2 under construction in Clydebank, September 196729 viewsRob Lightbody00000
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 QE2 under construction in Clydebank, September 196731 viewsRob Lightbody00000
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 QE2 under construction in Clydebank, September 196727 viewsRob Lightbody00000
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 QE2 under construction in Clydebank, September 196729 viewsRob Lightbody00000
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 QE2 under construction in Clydebank, September 196730 viewsRob Lightbody00000
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 Look aft on QE2 in summer 1967 towards the River Cart32 viewsRob Lightbody00000
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 QE2 under construction in Clydebank in summer 196736 views1 commentsRob Lightbody55555
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 On the boat deck - QE2 under construction in Clydebank in summer 196738 viewsRob Lightbody00000
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 QE2 under construction in Clydebank in summer 196738 viewsRob Lightbody00000
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 View across QE2's bow and Clydebank QE2 under construction in Clydebank in summer 196749 viewsRob Lightbody00000
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 QE2 being Constructed, 1967, Starboard side65 views© The QE2 StoryRob Lightbody00000
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 QE2 being Constructed, 1967, Starboard side50 views© The QE2 StoryRob Lightbody00000
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 QE2 being Constructed, 1967, Starboard side with scaffolding stairs52 views© The QE2 StoryRob Lightbody00000
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 QE2 being Constructed, 1967, Starboard side40 views© The QE2 StoryRob Lightbody00000
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 QE2's Bow being Constructed, 196757 views© The QE2 StoryRob Lightbody00000
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 46 viewsThis photo is now on display on the QE2 in Dubai and it doesn't seem so long again that I took it !!1 commentsfrazscot00000
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 Stuart Neville launch photo_191 viewsLynda Bradford00000
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 Stuart Neville launch photo_272 viewsLynda Bradford00000
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 Stuart Neville launch photo_363 viewsLynda Bradford00000
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 Stuart Neville launch photo_472 viewsLynda Bradford00000
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 Stuart Neville launch photo_544 viewsLynda Bradford00000
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 Stuart Neville launch photo_659 viewsLynda Bradford00000
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 Stuart Neville launch photo_745 viewsLynda Bradford00000
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 Stuart Neville launch photo_842 viewsLynda Bradford00000
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 Stuart Neville launch photo_968 viewsLynda Bradford00000
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 John Lester:Bow sections ,propellor ,ship side view - no lifeboats in Davits.81 viewsLynda Bradford00000
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 John Lester: Lifeboat in Davits.41 viewsLynda Bradford00000
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 John Lester: Anchors 44 viewsMy hard hat included to give indication of size of anchorsLynda Bradford00000
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 John Lester Motor Life Boat49 viewsPhoto taken at John Brown's shipyard ClydebankLynda Bradford00000
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 John Lester Foster Wheeler Boiler Image124 viewsFoster Wheeler ESD Boiler ,cutaway drawing.3 Boilers on ship each producing 300,000 pounds of high pressure steam/hour,total ,900,000 lbs/herLynda Bradford00000
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 John Lester photo: Bow image at John Brown's 69 viewsBow section, taken because it is only one I have seen to include JOHN BROWN name!Lynda Bradford00000
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 John Lester photo at John Brown's58 views"Umbilicals " carrying steam ,water ,various gases etc from shore to ship.Lynda Bradford00000
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 Ready for Her Majesty155 viewsFrom a tv documentary this fine view of No.736 as launch day approaches.Fairfield00000
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 Q4 model128 viewsCutting from an old trade supplement of the original concept of Q4.Fairfield00000
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 Alumnium superstructure121 viewsJohn Brown photo of detail of the aluminium upperworks on the Cunarder which caused problems with bonding to the steel hull and which on deterioration in later years brought about her demise.Fairfield00000
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 Getting her rudder112 viewsPositioning her rudder.Fairfield00000
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 Rudder fitted114 viewsThe rudder in placeFairfield00000
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 Near launch day119 viewsRon Greer55555
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 137 viewsfrazscot55555
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 QE2's designer165 viewsFrom a TV documentary the only picture I've ever seen of her designer whose name I am embarrassed to admit I have forgotten.Fairfield00000
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 QE2 launch September 1967287 viewsLaunch at John Brown's Clydebank 20 September 1967Lynda Bradford55555
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 My Dad & The Boat366 viewsMy dad taking time out for a smoke as he looks over the basin towards the ship on the slipway.1 commentsAlan Hughes55555
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 Big day coming325 viewsNearly ready for her Royal Launch.Fairfield00000
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 The beginning274 viewsNo.736's bottom plates on the berth.Fairfield00000
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 Ticket to view launch of 736286 viewsLynda Bradford00000
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 The reign starts !301 viewsfrazscot00000
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 The QE2 at John Browns486 viewsI'm not sure where this picture came from, it was in my grandfather's papers.

On the back it says that it shows Engineer's Mate George Lawler, one of "four burley cranemen" who have taken on overtime at John Browns at night scaring birds away from the QE2 in the fitting out basin below, earning themselves an extra 30 shillings a night!!!1 comments55555
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 QE2 September 1967387 viewsQE2 in John Brown's Shipyard prior to launch 1967Lynda Bradford55555
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 Ropes to the Ready: QE2 on slipway September 1967441 viewsQE2 on slipway prior to launch 1967Lynda Bradford00000
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 QE2 on slipway prior to launch September 1967323 viewsLynda Bradford00000
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 QE2 September 1967342 viewsLynda Bradford00000
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 QE2 September 1967305 viewsLynda Bradford00000
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 QE2 September 1967326 viewsLynda Bradford00000
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