QE2 Inchgreen Dry Dock: 1968 (photos and film)

[Lynda Bradford]

How lucky you are to be given this important piece of QE2 history on DVD.  

[CAP]

Unfortunately they are copyrighted.  The company that produced them is CineRail and the disk in question relates to Scotlands Trains and is the second of two regarding Glasgow.

I've done some digging and found the actual DVD! Railways of Scotland volume 10

https://www.cinerail.com/product-category/railways-of-scotland/

Perhaps a hidden gem!

[Michael Gallagher]

19 November 1968

As QE2 left the fitting out basin at the shipyard she nudged the wooden wharf-side and scraped about 20 feet off her paint causing a plume of smoke because of the friction of the liner’s hull against the wharf; the ship was undamaged.

Upon arrival in Greenock QE2 lost some more paint as she gave a slight lurch to starboard and a few feet of orange paint was scraped away when her starboard side came into contact with the dock entrance.

[Rob Lightbody]

2 great photos here - http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/51686509@N07/5448527317/

[Janice Naylor]

The QE2's size is so impressive when she is in the water, to see her in dry dock and her true size ... quite remarkable!  Thank you for the photos.

Janice

[Lynda Bradford]

Rob has sent this link to an amazing photo of QE2 in Dry Dock 1968/69 by Ken McChesney.  Just fantastic!  


https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenmak/5678807601/

Here it is :


QE2-in-Dry-Dock by Ken McChesney, on Flickr

[Peter Mugridge]

Wowww...eeeeee!

That is an incredible picture.

[Jeff Taylor]

Gorgeous photo, but what about the orange funnel in a 1969 photo?  Or are they colored flood lights?

[Twynkle]

Gorgeous photo, but what about the orange funnel in a 1969 photo?  Or are they colored flood lights?

I wondered about that too, and the pink-tinged mast!
And - those lines draped (?!) at the bow, don't they look a little strange...?
Take a look at the bow anchor area - do you think this anchor would have been cased-in at this point?
And all the lights on - in dry-dock?
Including bright lights through the Bridge windows....
Weren't these made with 'smokey' glass?

And there doesn't seem to be a flagstaff either?
Perhaps this photo comes from the time before Cunard 'took possession' of her?

Perhaps flagship might have a photo taken from the same angle at the same time?
It would be great to see one!

[Rob Lightbody]

Gorgeous photo, but what about the orange funnel in a 1969 photo?  Or are they colored flood lights?

The scoop was cunard red, and the floodlights caused the red-ness to be spread up the funnel.

[highlander0108]

The scoop was cunard red, and the floodlights caused the red-ness to be spread up the funnel.

That was initially throwing me off too with the date, but seeing all the forward windows all lit up and not plated over made me think this was indeed 1969 and the lighting is causing that effect on the funnel.

Rosie, the bow anchor is in place in this pic.  I saved the original and lightened it up and you can see in place.  It was removed after it was damaged later on in her career as was discussed in the bow anchor thread.  The date escapes me.

Perhaps she's still in the water in the dock in this picture.  Either way, she's stunning all shiny and new and without any of the patches and infill of openings in her aluminum superstructure.

[Twynkle]

Thanks Ken and Rob!
Given the time of day that I first saw her 6 weeks ago (early morning, before sunrise - with binoculars!),
although still quite shiny, and with her lights on, she looked a bit sleepy then, although easily 'wake-able'!
In this image, she's wide awake, looking much brighter, more alert - with youth and on her side!
Her tall slim looking funnel certainly makes a difference too.

Great photograph - thanks for posting.
 

[Rob Lightbody]

I wondered about that too, and the pink-tinged mast!
And - those lines draped (?!) at the bow, don't they look a little strange...?
Take a look at the bow anchor area - do you think this anchor would have been cased-in at this point?
And all the lights on - in dry-dock?
Including bright lights through the Bridge windows....
Weren't these made with 'smokey' glass?

And there doesn't seem to be a flagstaff either?
Perhaps this photo comes from the time before Cunard 'took possession' of her?

I wonder if there's any connection with this thread?
https://www.theqe2story.com/forum/index.php/topic,1352.0.html

Perhaps flagship might have a photo taken from the same angle at the same time?
It would be great to see one!

This is before Cunard took ownership, yes.  She wasn't in dry dock in Scotland after they accepted her.

The lights were all ablaze, because she would be stuffed full of workers trying to finish her, since she was already late!

The bridge windows were not tinted - but tinted film can be rolled down the windows on the inside to decrease the sun-glare.

And I'm sure it is connected with the other thread you mention.

[highlander0108]

It is odd to see the bridge all lit up since while in service, the bridge would never be lit up like that for night vision of the crew on watch.

Was this picture taken at the point when things were allegedly being taken off the ship as fast as they were being brought on? 

[pete cain]

  On the strengthof that one , there is another series of photos of QE2 in Inchgreen docks  by the same crew,   http://pudzeoch.smugmug.com/Ships/RMS-Queen-Elizabeth-2-the-Last/3620601_spKHTZ/5/502079500_3ds7f#502079500_3ds7fhttp://  maybe this should be in the Inchgreen postings , I'll leave it up to you Lynda, once again I looked around for this on the forum but havn't seen any sign of it , however sorry if it has been posted previously
   Pete....