The Canadian Pacific liner EMPRESS OF BRITAIN, built in 1956 has gone to shipbreakers at Alang. She was sold to Greek Line in 1964 and renamed QUEEN ANNA MARIA and used mainly for cruising. 1975 sold to Carnival Cruise Lines, Panama renamed CARNIVALE. 1993 sold renamed FIESTAMARINA, 1994 renamed OLYMPIC, 1998 renamed THE TOPAZ. Ted

At 11:12 AM 2008-09-18 +0100, Ted Finch wrote: >The Canadian Pacific liner EMPRESS OF BRITAIN, built in 1956 has gone to >shipbreakers at Alang. She was sold to Greek Line in 1964 and renamed QUEEN >ANNA MARIA and used mainly for cruising. 1975 sold to Carnival Cruise Lines, >Panama renamed CARNIVALE. 1993 sold renamed FIESTAMARINA, 1994 renamed >OLYMPIC, 1998 renamed THE TOPAZ. > >Ted Thanks Ted, I'll update the the website. I hadn't been listening close enough to local (Halifax, NS) news this last week because we'd had visitors. I took them downtown Halifax, but we ran out of time to go to Pier 21. The QUEEN ELIZABETH 2, Capt. Ian McNaught, was in port for the very last time, at Pier 22 ... her 27th visit to Halifax, I think. I didn't hear until she was sailing out on Sunday evening. She will complete her nearly 40 year service in November and will spend the next year or so being refitted as a luxury floating hotel at the Palm Jumeirah, the world's largest man-made island, in Dubai. There is an American woman aboard who has lived on the ship for the past 10 years. She will by moving to the Queen Victoria. Capt. McNaught will become that ship's captain next year. Another tid-bit. ... <quote> The captain said the cost of travelling on the ship can range anywhere from $599 British pounds (C$1,148.51) to cross the Atlantic Ocean on one of the lower decks to more than US$333,000 to stay in one of the two large apartments behind the bridge for a world cruise. Capt. McNaught said one gentleman rents one apartment for himself, another for his wife and six cabins for his friends. "He pays the fuel bill for the whole world cruise," Capt. McNaught said with a smile. "We like him. He's a nice guy." </quote> Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/