THE QE2 today set sail on its final global voyage before being turned into a floating hotel.
A firework display marked the 963ft vessel's departure from Southampton. The liner left alongside Cunard's latest vessel, the £300million Queen Victoria, which was departing on its maiden world cruise.
Queen Elizabeth 2, launched by the Queen at Clydebank in September 1967, will be delivered to Dubai World in November, where she will be refurbished and turned into a five-star hotel.
Before travelling to Dubai, the QE2 will travel on a final world tour and is expected to return to Southampton in April. It will be returning to the Clyde for the final time in September.
The QE2 is the longest-serving ship in the 168-year history of the Cunard line.
Since coming into service it has undertaken 25 world cruises, crossed the Atlantic more than 800 times and carried more than 2.5 million passengers.
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