Reminder- tonight 9pm

[LibraLass41]

Anyone interested in ships, Discovery Channel -9pm - 'Building the Queen Elizabeth'.

[tom_uk]

Thanks, Sue - I hadn't spotted this.

[LibraLass41]

I know its CUNARD, but,hey,its a cruiseship, and we all love cruise ships.;) I for one would like to cruise on QE one day.

[tom_uk]

That was actually pretty good - good shots of the construction of the new ship, and some good images and newsreels of the former Queens. I enjoyed it. There were just a couple of actual mistakes: the usual misunderstanding of what 'gross tonnage' means, and there was also a reference (very near the beginning) to the new ship being able to to provide a 5-day transatlantic service. Thankfully, there wasn't too much stuff about 'the Cunard tradition (or if there was, it was about the former Queens).

 

However, I don't remember any reference to Carnival Corporation & plc. Seeing as they paid for the new ship that seems a bit unfair....