QE2s Longest Voyage
In recently completing 35 years, six months and three days in service, Cunard s Queen Elizabeth 2 has become the longest serving liner in the companys history, surpassing the Aquitania . The vessel has covered more than 5 million nautical miles, equivalent to sailing around the world 230 times, and has carried nearly 3 million passengers. Costing £ 29 million to build in the 1960s, Cunard has subsequently spent 15 times that amount on refits, refurbishing and re-engining a vessel which is expected to remain in service for many more years.
Lemwerder-based A & R said positive experience gained with its first pilot tenders Dose and Duhnen since 1999 had been the reason for the Wangeroog order and other orders for SWATH vessels. The design has however been modified since then and Wangeroog is more akin to the Explorer delivered in May to naval authorities than to the earlier boats.
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