... and QE2 belongs on the Clyde

[Andy Holloway]

And QE2 belongs on the river Clyde.

But NO ONE has com up with the large amount of £££££££££££££££££ or $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ required to, tow her back to UK & refit her, and that's before you even think of the day to day running costs.

[trevorc]

But NO ONE has com up with the large amount of £££££££££££££££££ or $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ required to, tow her back to UK & refit her, and that's before you even think of the day to day running costs.

Her engines are 30 yrs old right?

[Andy Holloway]

31 to be precise, she was re-engined in 1986.

[Malcolm]

And QE2 belongs on the river Clyde.

I was going to ask does Glasgow need another hotel at Clydebank ? Who on earth would stay on her? And then I thought about September and got my answer!

[Twynkle]

But NO ONE has com up with the large amount of £££££££££££££££££ or $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ required to, tow her back to UK & refit her, and that's before you even think of the day to day running costs.

....And - It's not for want of trying Andy!
Business plans, measurements, letters, tenders /estimates , emails, phone-calls - short of getting a Royal Decree, there's been much, much effort put into the great attempts to bring her back to the UK - you will find a fair amount of this work under QE2 London here on TQS - Some of it archived and some not!
 

[Rob Lightbody]

....And - It's not for want of trying Andy!
Business plans, measurements, letters, tenders /estimates , emails, phone-calls - short of getting a Royal Decree, there's been much, much effort put into the great attempts to bring her back to the UK - you will find a fair amount of this work under QE2 London here on TQS - Some of it archived and some not!

The problem was... once she was in Dubai, there was no way of getting her back (if they'd wanted to give her back) because the cost of doing so would have meant any project had no business case from the word go. 

The West of Scotland is poor.  QE2 would have been a huge asset, and drawn much needed visitors (if in the right place, and done right).  She'd have been the exact opposite of her situation in Dubai, where she's lost in amongst all the glitz and glammer, with a population that don't understand her.

[Rob Lightbody]

31 to be precise, she was re-engined in 1986.

They didn't enter service life until April 1987 though!

[Andy Holloway]

Correct, the whole re-engining programme took 6 months, which required a hole to be cut in the side to remove the old engines.
Coincidentally this was also the time that the old NUS lost it's foothold on QE2 and the British seamen were replaced by Filipinos, when you talk to some of those onboard at the time, it was one of the best things to happen to QE2.

[cunardqueen]

Her rebirth, as if some of us need reminding