On This Day Queen Elizabeth passenger liner sinks into Hong Kong harbour after catching fire
Buried at the bottom of Victoria Harbour remains the keel, hull and boilers from the QEII predecessor, RMS Queen Elizabeth. It was purchased at auction in 1970 by local tycoon C.Y. Tung and sank two years later following a fire.
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RMS Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line. In tandem with the Queen Mary both ships provided a weekly luxury liner service between Southampton in the United Kingdom and New York City in the United States, via Cherbourg in France.
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Photo Credit Only two years later, the ship was deemed a fire hazard and was closed down by the local authorities. Hong Kong businessman Tung Chao Yung, who wanted to convert her into a floating university purchased the RMS Queen Elizabeth at auction in 1970.
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HONG KONG, Jan. 10 (Reuters)âThe liner Queen Elizabethâonce the world's biggest passenger shipâkeeled over outside Hong Kong harbor today after blazing from stem stern for 24 hours, The.
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The rather dull looking Queen Elizabeth, considering she had been painted in wartime grey, arrived in New York harbour on March 7, 1940. Queen Elizabeth passes the Statue of Liberty at New York on March 7.. the Elizabeth was renamed Seawise University and she sailed for Hong Kong on February 10, 1971. Elizabeth, renamed Seawise University is.
The sad wreck of RMS Queen Elizabeth Hong Kong Harbor The Vintage News
On the morning of Sunday, Jan. 9, 1972, while the Queen Elizabeth was anchored in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, a series of fires suddenly broke out aboard the ship, forcing hundreds of visiting shipyard workers and their families to evacuate the ship.
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The Queen Elizabeth was subsequently retired in 1968, and three years later was sold to the Chinese shipping tycoon C.Y. Tung. Tung then brought the ship to Hong Kong to be converted to a floating school called "Seawise University." After a mysterious series of fires broke out aboard the ship in 1972, the Queen Elizabeth capsized and sank.
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On January 9, 1972, the ship Seawise University (formerly the RMS Queen Elizabeth) sinks in Hong Kong Harbor despite a massive firefighting effort over two days. The Queen Elizabeth,.
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Galbraith also found a bit of brass plate which he had polished up on one side and inscribed "Taken from the Queen Elizabeth, Hong Kong Harbour, on the 12th day of April, 1972." He told me: "There's no better example of what happened to her. The bright brass on one side contrasts with the fire-blackened mess on the other."
Queen Elizabeth on fire and sinking in Hong Kong Harbour J⊠Flickr
In 1972, while undergoing refurbishment in Hong Kong harbour, she caught fire under mysterious circumstances and was capsized by the water used to fight the fire. In 1973, her wreck was deemed an obstruction, and she was partially scrapped where she lay. Queen Elizabeth left the port of New York on 13 November 1940 for Singapore to receive her.
Queen Elizabeth renamed Seawise University after burning in the harbor, Hong Kong. This picture
Digitally altered depiction of the RMS Queen Elizabeth, based on a free-use photo of the RMS Queen Mary. RMS Elizabeth finally set sail on November 13, 1940, when she was requisitioned by the Ministry of Transport. She sailed to Singapore where she got converted into a troopship, outfitted with anti-aircraft guns and enough bunks to carry 5,000.
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The "Seawise University", originally the ocean liner "Queen Elizabeth," was anchored at this spot from late 1971 to early 1972, undergoing renovations to convert her to a floating university. She caught fire under mysterious circumstances on January 9, 1972 and then rolled over and sank due to the amount of water used to extinguish the fire. The water was shallow, however, and only about half.
Wreck of the RMS Queen Elizabeth in Hong Kong Harbor r/Shipwrecks
The RMS Queen Elizabeth was the largest passenger ship in the world when it was launched in 1938.The giant vessel was used to transport troops during the Second World War, before then being.
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Old Hong Kong's 50-year-old shipwreck: how the world's largest boat, Britain's RMS Queen Elizabeth, sank on the seabed of Victoria Harbour - and it's still there! | South China Morning.
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1963 & 1964 Queen Elizabeth / 1971 & 1972 Seawise University . PLEASE NOTE:. Seawise Queen is seen ablaze in Hong Kong Harbour - The Queen Elizabeth's sad demise. Her partial remains are now located under a Container Terminal, how tragic! Photograph South China Morning Post .
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Launched, on 27 September 1938, the RMS Queen Elizabeth (1,031 feet long and 118.5 feet wide) was the largest passenger liner ever constructed.. Hong Kong businessman Tung Chao Yung, who wanted to convert her into a floating university purchased the RMS Queen Elizabeth at auction in 1970.. 1972: The wreck of Seawise University, the former.