Last month was the 21st
anniversary of the grounding of Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) off of
Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts. This accident required the
evacuation of the passengers from the ship and severely damaged the
ship.
I happened to be aboard during that
cruise. It was a typically pleasant QE2 cruise to Canada and New
England up until the accident. Then it became something of an
adventure. Inasmuch as no one was hurt by the accident, the suspense
lay in how we were going to get ashore and what would happen to what
was then thought to be the last of the great ocean liners.
At the urging of some friends, I have
marshaled together my photos from that cruise and put down my
recollections about what occurred. The resulting article begins at
http://www.beyondships2.com/qe2-marthas-vineyard.html
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