As the mighty Queen Mary 2 passed her smaller predecessor, the
graceful Queen Elizabeth 2 at Southampton, the two ships exchanged a
volley of salutes. The deep blasts coming from the QM2 whistle
initially startled me. Her deep-throated sound, a copy of the original
Queen Mary, stirred something deep within my bones. Throughout the
week, the sound of that horn, (although, on some foggy nights in the
Commodore Lounge, I felt it as much as heard it ) linked me to the
proud heritage of Cunarders plying the North Atlantic.

This was a day to say farewell to a dear old friend, our beloved QE2.
Earlier that morning, we disembarked from our final cruise on her and
shortly thereafter, Queen Elizabeth came aboard to bid farewell to the
ship she had proudly christened over 40 years earlier.

I first glimpsed her unmistakable profile on a cruise to Hawaii in
1989. What a beauty. And her beautiful classic silhouette remains
mostly unchanged -- if only my own had stayed so shipshape (ouch!)
over...

"Mark (SF)" markkatzenberger.com> wrote in message
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Great review Mark... very different from mine (I'm the engineer sort... so
that's the perspective I give).

And, remember that John said taht his other son works on "The Simpsons".

--Tom

On 6/13/2008 10:46 PM Tom K plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger and said:

Maybe I am confused. I recall that the ship designers of the QM 2
installed the ship's whistle from the Queen Mary into the QM 2. I think
it was either Discovery Channel or Nat Geo where I saw this info...

In article earthlink.com>, Brian K
earthlink.net> wrote:

As I understand, one of the QM2's three whistles, is a whistle from the
Queen Mary. Which also had three whistles.

Brian K earthlink.net> wrote in
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@n19g2000prg.googlegroups...

On Jun 13, 5:46 pm, "Mark (SF)" markkatzenberger.com> wrote:

Wonderful travelogue, Mark! It's a "page turner" and probably the best
review posted to the newsgroup in recent memory. You didn't just
catalogue the ships' features, you took us on a journey that began two
decades ago.

Bravo!

Warren

thank you

I did more research and you are correct. One of the original three
whistles from the Queen Mary is on the QM2 (starboard) - as well as a
copy.
Evidently, I had recalled the process of surveying the original to
make the copy while forgetting that they retained the original (I had
thought they returned it).

Mark

On Jun 15, 3:34 pm, Brian K earthlink.net> wrote:

...

Warren wrote:

Amd BRAVO! over and over again, Mark. I enjoyed my trip into yesteryear.
Thanks,
Ermalee <---was on the QM2 a couple of weeks ago

Thanks Erm and Warren (et al).
Warren, it was your Norway review that inspired me.

Mark