On #ThisDayInHistory in 1967, the #QueenElizabeth2 (#QE2) of the #Cunard line was launched in the UK. The last large ocean liner built on the #Clyde in #Scotland, she served for decades as the only #OceanLiner in service, until replaced in 2008 by the French-built Cunarder #QM2.

20 September 1967: RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 was launched by John Brown & Company, at Clydebank. #History #QE2 #Scotland

19 September 2022: The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom was held at Westminster Abbey in #London. #History #QE2 #UK

“Think what we would have missed if we had never heard the Beatles.”
- Queen Elizabeth II
#QuoteOfTheDay #QE2 #TheBeatles