Southampton name removed from QE2

[captain kong]

You are right Sean.
QE2 was launched with Southampton Registry.
Cunard moved its Headquarters to Southampton not London. At the time its passenger liner operations had more or less ceased in Liverpool and most of its fleet were sailing from Southampton, so it made sense for ther head office to be there.
I worked for Cunard and sailed as A.B. and Quartermaster on many of its ships, also since retirement sailed world wide many times on their cruise ships, Caronia, QE2, Queen Mary 2.

Definately a tight squeeze to get into the dock.
Tonnage: 70,327 GT (gross tonnage)
Displacement: 48,923 (loaded)
Length: 293.5 m (962.9 ft)
Beam: 32.03 m (105.1 ft)
Height: 52.2 m (171.3 ft)
Draft: 9.87 m (32.4 ft
Cunard was bought by the Carnival Corporation in 1998

Here is QE2 squeezing into the Locks in the Panama Canal last year on her final world cruise. she had about one foot on either side.