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It's ship-related, so I figured I'd post it here. Today it was announced by Istithmar of Dubai World that Britain's former grand lady of the seas, the R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth 2, was bought for $20 million pounds and will be scrapped in China. If I were to express how I'm feeling about this right now, I'd probably be banned from the forum.

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

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An awful early-christmas "present",, sad to see her go.

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Oh get off your nostalgic high horse. She's 43 years old and has made exactly zero money for the last five.
And really it's hardly a surprise that the hotel plans fell through, the company that owns her has been trying to flog her of for the last four.

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In all honesty I completely agree with everything Thiel said.

The real big problem is that scrappers in China sometimes work under appalling conditions, which is why I cringe every time I hear a ship being scrapped in China (or India).

Well, there appears to be light at the end of the tunnel...Cunard released a statement saying the scrapping news is pure speculation.

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They haven't had much luck with preserving the 'Queens', only Queen Mary so far. I suspect that its easier to buy one of these old liners than it is to sustain the finances to get it converted.