The RMS Queen Elizabeth II cruiseship will be given a second lease of life after being transformed into a floating hotel by its owners in Dubai.
The ship, which was built for Cunard and operated for nearly 40 years, made her maiden voyage in 1969. At 70,327 tons, and stretching 963 feet long with a top speed of 32.5 knots she was undeniably one of the fastest and grandest passenger vessels ever built.
Due to be adapted into a floating 300-room hotel with its original furnishings intact, the ship will remain in the city state's downtown Port Rashid facility and serve as a tourist magnet alongside a proposed maritime museum and an expanding cruise ship terminal complex.
