Fanfare for the new Queen Elizabeth
Posted on July 2, 2009
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After months of steel-cutting, welding and fabrication, the first block of Cunard’s new liner, Queen Elizabeth, was lowered into dry-dock at the Monfalcone shipyard in north-east Italy this afternoon. Over the next few months, as the remaining sections of the hull are assembled, the 92,000-ton ship will take shape, ready to hit to the water for the first time when she is floated out in just six months’ time. It will be October 2010 before the vessel, slightly larger than sister ship Queen
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