QE2 Photo Gallery 6

QE2 Photo Gallery 6

Welcome to the QE2 Photo Gallery.  This is Gallery 6 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.

A chef using the bread oven in the Galley.
The swimming pool was progressing but still looks like a hold. The bridge was finished in the prefab shop. One of the twenty lifeboats. Robin Hall and Jimmy Macgregor co-presenters of the of the White Heather Club visit the QE2.
The shipping mast is swung into place. Work continued through the night to attempt to complete the ship before it is sailed downstream to the dry dock. The QE2 leaves Clydebank for the drydock in Greenock. People gathered to see the new ship when it docks in Greenock.
The QE2 undergoing trials at sea.    

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