Birthday Tribute to the QE2 and the River Clyde

The QE2 came in to Greenock on the River Clyde on 20th September 2007 to commemorate her launch in that river in the City of Glasgow.
This video is a tribute to her, a most beautiful ship.
As a 13 year old boy I hung around the yard on the day people (with tickets)were invited on board for a tour. My friend and I were disappointed as we didn't have tickets. A kindly yard-worker-looking guy came over and gave us free tickets. Since then, I have always been interested in her life. I have seen her entering port in many places including Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong and New York. To see her in my hometown on her anniversary was quite special!!

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• QE2
• launch
• built
• Clyde
• Clydebank
• Glasgow
• John
• Brown
• Shipyard
• Scotland
• Inverclyde
• Cruise
• Liner
• Cunard
• Queen
• Elizabeth

[lenvine]

My only comment is why can't the person who posted this video, get the aspect ratio right when uploading a video onto YouTube.

The original was a 16:9 video, which has been squashed into an aspect ratio of 4:3, making everything look skinny. Please, everyone, when uploading a video onto YouTube, make sure you keep it's original aspect ratio.

That's the only thing I found annoying in an otherwise very enjoyable video of the QE2 on the River Clyde. Makes me proud to be Scotsman

[ianamacl]

@lenvine

Well, yes... I was aware of this but I had certain software and knowledge limitations at the time. I have often thought to redo the entire piece but I don't have too much time on my hands. I notice that you also had some 'oversights' on one of your own recent offerings.

[itriana]

The word we look for here is Elegance, she is a beautful ship,the tack flower of Scotland tune is so far out of touch.

[ianamacl]

Why?

[ianamacl]

What a weird comment... Seeing your profile- not much of what you have to say makes sense.

[chrisr19897]

Is the film at the begenning of 'Hull 736' being built?

[ianamacl]

Yes, it's hull 736.

[CanadianMonarchist1]

Return the QE2 to Britain!! get her out of Saudi Arabia!

[james080822]

makes me proud to be scottish

and one of the songs is flower of scotland

[5deheld]

@ianamacl

Wonderful video!

You can correct the aspect ratio issue by adding this tag to the tags section above: yt:stretch=16:9.

Only side effect would be your titles being in 16:9 as well.

On YouTube you can find out more about it this type of issues here:

youtube.com/watch?v=MFPcAIM8fB­­0

[cruisesinantwerpen]

WOW!!! Never saw this footage!! Incredible!

[TheTraveltube]

@Lukeyp2260 dubai still owns her they just changed the homeport and have resumed to nothing since then i agree with you but surly southampton would be a more fitting retirement for her as that is her home

[Lukeyp2260]

Made IN Clydebank Sold to UAE UAE sold it to Vanuatu But Come Back to Scotland PLEASE

[KathleenBrown]

@CanadianMonarchist1

She is not in Saudi, she is in the UAE- Dubai

[lenvine]

@ianamacl

Not to worry, Ian ( I presume that's your first name) I've done it myself at times.

I've also seen wedding videos where everyone looks fat because it was a 4:3 video stretched to 16:9.

By the way, which "oversight" were you referring to ?

[SuperTitanicfreak]

Now don't talk about the New Queen Elizabeth like that. each ship has it's own style. the new RMS Queen Elizabeth is just as beautiful as all the Liners who came before her & is already a special Liner.

Queen Elizabeth 2 has the Elegance that is lacking in white hull Cruise Liners. QE2 is very beautiful & is indeed a special ship.

[smdg68]

saw the new Queen Elizabeth she will never have the same elegance of QE2 she lookslike a block of flats!!!!