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...ruled the seas. Sleek and speedy, the Queen Elizabeth 2 was designed as a floating luxury hotel, modern and comfortable enough to attract free-spending American tourists for the transatlantic run in the warm seasons and Caribbean cruises in the winter. At least, that was the dream of the Cunard Steam-Ship Co. when it ordered the $71 million, 66,000-ton liner in 1964. Last week, as she limped into Southampton after her shakedown voyage to the Canary Islands, the Queen, her company and its dream were all badly shaken...
Standing in the glow of the psychedelic lights of the ship's theater, the Cunard chairman, Sir Basil Smallpeice, announced that the ship was in such sad shape that the company would refuse delivery until everything was straightened out by the builders, Glasgow's Upper Clyde Shipbuilders. With that, Cunard scrubbed two scheduled cruises this month and one in February; the cancellations cost the company at least $2,160,000. When the ship will finally be able to go into service remained uncertain...
...passengers' hands, and plumbing and soundproofing were erratic. Though some of the finished public rooms were beautifully furnished in suede and velvet, many rooms showed misguided efforts to cater to an unhappy estimate of American tastes. Decor ran from motel modern to floating Howard Johnson's. One Cunard official tried to explain the limp bill of fare: "What we are trying for is decent middle-class food. We are not pretending to be the equal of big, first-class London or New York restaurants." By contrast, ships of the French Line, the Italian Line and others have some...
Last of Her Kind. Who was to blame? Back along the Clyde, everyone accused everyone else. Trade-union officials faulted managers of Cunard and of the shipyards for disorganized work schedules, and made much of what they called a premature delivery date-although the ship is already eight months behind the original delivery schedule. The builders furloughed hundreds of workmen last November, only to rehire them in last-minute attempts to meet deadlines. Partly because workers were angered by the layoffs, there were many acts of vandalism-carpets were badly soiled and wood flooring was gouged. Hundreds of workmen were...
...first come to the Yard in May 1915, when four Harvard men were among the 1153 passengers who perished when the Cunard liner Lusi-tania was torperoed by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland. In February 1917, Germany resumed her unrestricted submarine warfare. President Wilson severed diplomatic relations--and the nation prepared...