QE2 Timeline

• 1964
  19 Aug 1964 - Cunard invites tenders to build new Cunard liner.
• 1964
  30 Dec 1964 - Cunard and John Brown sign contract to build the QE2.
• 1967
  8 May 1967 - Cunard announces the retirement of both Cunard Queens.
• 1967
  27 Jul 1967 - The Queen Mary is sold to the City of Long Beach.
• 1967
  31 Oct 1967 - The Queen Mary begins her final voyage.
• 1968
  5 Apr 1968 - The Queen Elizabeth is sold to 'The Queen Corporation'.
• 1968
  5 Nov 1968 - The Queen Elizabeth begins her final voyage.