Word: q4
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...British mariners can take hope. At the same Clydebank shipyard of John Brown & Co., Ltd. where the Queens were launched, Queen Elizabeth II will smash a champagne bottle to send the Cunard Line's new est flagship down the ways. The vessel, known up to launch time as "Q4" or "Hull No. 763," is slightly smaller than the Queens and, owing to modern materials, vastly lighter (58,000 tons v. Elizabeth's 82,997). And, to the relief of a British government that is underwriting much of its cost, it will also be more economical...
...Gibraltar, then board a Cunard ship for a leisurely Mediterranean cruise. Cunard does not plan to abandon its summer North Atlantic express service. Due to make its maiden voyage in 1969 is a new $80 million, 58,000-ton, one-class liner, now known only as the Q4, which will be suitable for both cruises and transatlantic crossings...
...venerable, 26-year-old Queen Elizabeth has been renovated at a cost of $4,200,000. Cunard is building an $80 million, 58,000-ton ship, known as the Q4. The Q4 is being built as a cruising hotel: instead of being segregated into classes, passengers will have the run of the ship, but will have the choice of different cabins and restau rants at different price ranges...
...With the Q4, Cunard hopes to dump its old-tub, cold-mutton reputation and start filling as many cabins as the Italian and French lines fill on their slick new vessels. The Q4 will be commissioned in 1968, but, says Sir Basil, "Cunard line's passenger service must be paying its own way by that time...