Why build in France? What was the yard that traditionally made their ships? I know Harland & Wolff handled White Star, & the HAPAG yards handled the German lines...
Posted by Phoenix (Member # 966) on :
"She will be over a hundred feet longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall, over four city blocks in length."
How could they? Everyone knows that length is measured in London Buses and height in Nelson's Columns.
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
There probably aren't any yards in England big enough to handle the QM2.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
So, does the "2" refer to the ship, or the queen? Same question applies to the QE2, actually...
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
The ship. It's an Arabic numeral, not a Roman one.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
So, then, to which queen does each one refer? There's two to choose from for each name...
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
Actually, more than two.
(We've baited the nixpicker. Let's see if he can figure it out.)
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Well, I was going on the assumption that they were named for British monarchs. If not, there could be any number of whom I'm unaware.