QE2 Photo Gallery 3

QE2 Photo Gallery 3

Welcome to the QE2 Photo Gallery.  This is Gallery 3 of 8.  The photographs are displayed in chronological order, from the cutting of the first steel plates, to the launch, and finally to the interior fixtures and fittings.  Click on the thumbnails to view larger versions.

One of the four propellers being moved. Lord Aberconway accompanies the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson. The Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, talks to some of the workers. The stern view from the River Clyde.
The fitting of quarter glass windows. Evening shot of the ship in the yard. Three months to go before launch. Painters and fitters leaving the ship.
Workers sharing a joke at the end of the day. Workers leaving the yard at the end of the shift.    

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