Post by JohnV on Apr 29, 2020 19:39:48 GMT
in 2016 after decades moored on the Thames on the embankment in the centre of London as a floating bar and then many years gradually deteriorating in Tilbury docks the original Queen Mary was going home ..... Original as she was first called that but Cunard persuaded the owners to change her name so that the famous liner could use it.
She became known as the Queen Mary II. Only able to reclaim her rightful identity after The RMS Queen Mary went out of service.
She was famous as one of the Clyde pleasure steamers and a preservation successfully raised enough money to buy her and pay for the return trip to Glasgow.
They didn't manage to raise enough money to restore her to actual passenger trip seagoing standard but are turning her into an exhibition centre in Glasgow.
PLA required her to have an escort tug down the river and I was fortunate to be able to hitch a ride on the escort.
SAM_0260 by mudlarker, on Flickr
SAM_0267 by mudlarker, on Flickr
SAM_0289 by mudlarker, on Flickr
SAM_0290 by mudlarker, on Fli
And past the giant cranes of the New London Gateway port
SAM_0300 by mudlarker, on Flickr
She became known as the Queen Mary II. Only able to reclaim her rightful identity after The RMS Queen Mary went out of service.
She was famous as one of the Clyde pleasure steamers and a preservation successfully raised enough money to buy her and pay for the return trip to Glasgow.
They didn't manage to raise enough money to restore her to actual passenger trip seagoing standard but are turning her into an exhibition centre in Glasgow.
PLA required her to have an escort tug down the river and I was fortunate to be able to hitch a ride on the escort.
SAM_0260 by mudlarker, on FlickrSAM_0267 by mudlarker, on FlickrSAM_0289 by mudlarker, on FlickrSAM_0290 by mudlarker, on FliAnd past the giant cranes of the New London Gateway port
SAM_0300 by mudlarker, on Flickr
