QE2 News 26-11-2008

The QE2 arrives in Dubai to be greeted by a flotilla of boats and a fly-past by an Emirates Airbus A380. Her final voyage had seen the QE2 call at Lisbon, Gibraltar, Civitavecchia, Naples, and Alexandria and transit the Suez Canal en-route to Dubai.

As she sailed the Arabian Gulf towards Dubai a flotilla of 130 craft emerged to accompany the QE2 on her arrival into her new home.

Escorting her was the private yacht of the royal family of Dubai - Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum - and the British Royal Navy Frigate HMS Lancaster. Overhead an Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft provided a dramatic fly-past as she neared Dubai and crowds gathered at vantage points to she Dubai's latest tourist attraction.

As darkness descended a fireworks display lit up the night's sky. For those superstitious, thunderstorms marked the QE2's first evening in her new home.

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