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Which three photos are your favourites in this collection?

Here she comes!
2 (2.6%)
The race is on!
11 (14.5%)
Home from Home
0 (0%)
Racing HMS Manchester to Greenock
4 (5.3%)
Departing Rotterdam with one of several water salutes!
2 (2.6%)
QE2 and Company
11 (14.5%)
Escorting QE2
2 (2.6%)
Large and small salute the Queen
2 (2.6%)
Last salute from the Clyde
2 (2.6%)
HMS Lancaster Escort into Dubai 2008
2 (2.6%)
Grand escort into Greenock 2008
1 (1.3%)
Escorted by QM2
0 (0%)
HMS CORNWALL (1)
3 (3.9%)
HMS CORNWALL (2)
2 (2.6%)
HMS CORNWALL (3)
1 (1.3%)
Motorboats escort QE2 out of the Clyde on September 20th 2007 (side view)
1 (1.3%)
Tugboat Ayton Cross escorts QE2 into the Clyde
7 (9.2%)
Motorboats escort QE2 out of the Clyde on September 20th 2007 (front view)
3 (3.9%)
Following QM2
8 (10.5%)
Great attraction in the port of Hamburg
4 (5.3%)
Nutshell beside QE2
8 (10.5%)

Total Members Voted: 26

Author Topic: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort  (Read 2290 times)

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Online Isabelle Prondzynski

Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« on: Aug 25, 2020, 04:09 PM »
The theme for the August Competition, "QE2 with a boat or ship as escort" was chosen by Bob C.

Thank you to everyone who submitted pictures, which we really appreciate. We hope that you enjoy choosing and voting for your 3 favourites.  This is the last competition of the new "calendar" year, with winning and runner-up photos going towards the 2021 QE2 Story Calendar.

The prize this month is the DVD Three Queens, an international rendez-vous, or a 500 or 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle of the prizewinning photo.

Voting is easy, but you need to be registered as a Forum member and log into the Forum to vote.  Whether or not you have submitted photos, please support those who have participated, by choosing your 3 favourite ones, noting the details, then tick the relevant boxes on the poll.  If you have entered photos, please do not vote for your own pictures.

To make it easier for you, we have posted the pictures below. However, you can also view the photos by clicking the Gallery Album, "QE2 with a boat or ship as escort ", where you can see them all at once, in thumbnail form, plus you can view larger versions of the pictures by clicking on the photos to see medium size, and clicking once more to see them in large size.

You will not see the results of the vote until the poll has closed on 1 October 2020, after all time zones have had a chance to catch up with the voting deadline.

Enjoy the variety in these photos and choose your favourites :) .

As always the choice is yours -- enjoy!

Here she comes!


The race is on!


Home from Home


Racing HMS Manchester to Greenock


Departing Rotterdam with one of several water salutes!



QE2 and Company


Escorting QE2


Large and small salute the Queen


Last salute from the Clyde


HMS Lancaster Escort into Dubai 2008


Grand escort into Greenock 2008


Escorted by QM2


HMS CORNWALL (1)


HMS CORNWALL (2)


HMS CORNWALL (3)


Motorboats escort QE2 out of the Clyde on September 20th 2007 (side view)


Tugboat Ayton Cross escorts QE2 into the Clyde


Motorboats escort QE2 out of the Clyde on September 20th 2007 (front view)


Following QM2


Great attraction in the port of Hamburg


Nutshell beside QE2
« Last Edit: Oct 02, 2020, 10:28 AM by Lynda Bradford »

Online Isabelle Prondzynski

Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #1 on: Sep 02, 2020, 09:54 AM »
The poll for the "Escorting QE2" competition is now open. Enjoy the photos and select your favourites :) .

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Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #2 on: Sep 02, 2020, 03:32 PM »
Boated... err... I mean voted...
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Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #3 on: Sep 03, 2020, 11:01 AM »
Wow, what a great selection to pick from. For me there was one that stood out so I will be interested to find out if “great minds think alike” .        It on ly takes a few seconds to vote so to all who have not yet voted, please do so .

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Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #4 on: Sep 04, 2020, 06:24 PM »
I've just now voted, and what a difficult choice it was ! Have a look at these spectacular photos and add your votes to those already registered !  :)
QE2 - the ship for all of time, a ship of timeless beauty !

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Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #5 on: Sep 10, 2020, 04:47 PM »
No new ballots cast for a number of days. These photos are spectacular, so if you have not already voted, log in, put your feet up, and have a look and cast your ballot for your three favourite photos !  :)
QE2 - the ship for all of time, a ship of timeless beauty !

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Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #6 on: Sep 10, 2020, 05:16 PM »
WOW
WOW
WOW

Those photos are EPIC.

Unbelievable.

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Online Lynda Bradford

Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #7 on: Sep 11, 2020, 09:24 AM »
These pictures really capture the sense of occasion when QE2 came into or left port.  Fantastic photos that deserve lots of votes.  The votes for the three photos in the lead are very close, so take time to enjoy the occasion and vote for your three favourites. 
I was proud to be involved with planning QE2's 50 year conference in September 2017 in Clydebank

Online Isabelle Prondzynski

Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #8 on: Sep 17, 2020, 03:54 PM »
We seem to be stuck at 14 votes. Come have a look at these great pictures and choose your favourite three :) .

Online Chris Thompson

Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #9 on: Sep 17, 2020, 05:24 PM »
Especially like "the race is on"...Poor old Balmoral looks like she got stuck in QE2's wake! :)

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Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #10 on: Sep 17, 2020, 10:11 PM »
We now have 15 voters ! These photos are too magnificent to pass up ! Log in, have a look, and vote for your three favourites !  :)
QE2 - the ship for all of time, a ship of timeless beauty !

Online Lynda Bradford

Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #11 on: Sep 18, 2020, 09:50 AM »
I just love all of these photos and want them all to win!  :)

But we need to choose a winner, so if you have not voted yet please enjoy looking at these fantastic pictures and choose your 3 favourites.
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Online Lynda Bradford

Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #12 on: Sep 21, 2020, 09:15 AM »
22 people have voted so far and two pictures have crept into the lead. 

Make sure your favourite photo wins by voting for your three favourites.  :)
« Last Edit: Sep 21, 2020, 09:24 AM by Isabelle Prondzynski »
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Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #13 on: Sep 22, 2020, 06:07 PM »
24 voters now and one photo has retaken a very narrow lead !  :) Have you voted yet ?  :)
« Last Edit: Sep 22, 2020, 09:57 PM by Isabelle Prondzynski »
QE2 - the ship for all of time, a ship of timeless beauty !

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Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #14 on: Sep 27, 2020, 08:10 PM »
24 voters still, and two photos vying for top spot. Your vote can make all the difference!

Please take a moment to have a look at these pictures and show your appreciation for the photographers -- and their subject!

Online Isabelle Prondzynski

Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #15 on: Sep 28, 2020, 09:21 AM »
Just out of interest to whoever posted the HMS Cornwall pictures, were they taken off Gibraltar early 2000's when she escorted QE2 through the the straits of Gibraltar?
I think I may have some similar ones somewhere in my 'icky box'!

Did you get the chance to vote, Andy?

Online Isabelle Prondzynski

Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #16 on: Sep 29, 2020, 10:58 PM »
Three days left to vote!

Enjoy the photos and the discussion, and while you are at it, drop in your vote for your three favourite photos in this collection  :-*

We have 25 voters now, and the two leaders have an equal number of votes. Who will win the prize?

Online Lynda Bradford

Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #17 on: Oct 01, 2020, 04:15 PM »
We normally close the voting on the first of the month but as I can see that the date for the poll to close is 2 October, there is still time to vote, but hurry before the voting closes.   :)
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Online Isabelle Prondzynski

Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #18 on: Oct 01, 2020, 04:25 PM »
What date the poll closes, depends on your time zone. The closure time shown at the bottom of the poll is adjusted to your time zone, so the closing time shown there is the one that applies each of us in our respective locations. There are still a few hours left to vote, and at the moment two pictures are in equal lead.  :D

Offline Rod

Re: Poll August 2020 : QE2 with a boat or ship as escort
« Reply #19 on: Oct 01, 2020, 04:37 PM »
In my opinion, this set of piccies is the best ones I have see for any of the competitions. Congrats to the person that chose this topic!  Well done Bob C!
« Last Edit: Oct 01, 2020, 04:41 PM by Rod »