Cracking pix, Colin.
I once heard a question on a radio programme about the distance the QE2 could travel on one gallon of fuel. Six feet, no less!!
You've just reminded me of a holiday on the Isle of Wight in the early fifties. It was magical to see liners like the United States, France, and the Queen Mary coming up the Solent. I was on the GTS Tanker Auris in 1958/9 when she re-engined at Cammell Laird's and did her trials on the South coast. I climbed up one of the giant cranes at the opposite side of the berth to the Queen Mary where we were tied up and lost my nerve. The view of the Queen was beautiful from the jib with all deck lights on but I sat up there half the night too scared to climb down. Ah, sweet bird of youth. Thanks for the reminder, Colin.