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Liner QE2 Visit to Dubai as it used to be in 1997


  • Liner QE2 1997: Arriving at Port Rashid March 1997
    Port Rashid Tug Boats assist the QE2 into Port Rashid for her first ever visit to Dubai in 1997.
  • Liner QE2 1997: Arriving Port Rashid March 1997
    Port Rashid Tug Boats giving a traditional welcome to the QE2
  • Liner QE2 1997: Arriving Port Rashid March 1997
    QE2 making her way into Port Rashid's inner basin.
  • Liner QE2 1997: Arriving Port Rashid March 1997
    QE2 had to be turned around so the ship was able to sail from Port Rashid.
  • Liner QE2 1997: Arriving Port Rashid March 1997
    Port Rashid has limited space to turn the QE2 in. These were anxious moments for the Port Rashid Pilot.
  • Liner QE2 1997: Arriving Port Rashid March 1997
    The turnaround was a success!
  • Liner QE2 1997: Arriving Port Rashid March 1997
    QE2 was berthed safely alongside Quay 2. The Passenger Terminal had yet to be built so the passengers disembarked into buses. Meanwhile Port Rashid continued cargo operations as usual.
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