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On her launch in 1969, QE2 began a long career as Cunard's luxurious flagship - the last great transatlantic liner from a vanishing era. However, this leisure service was interrupted in 1982 when she was requisitioned by the British government to carry over 3,000 troops to the South Atlantic as part of the Falklands war effort. The voyage itself was an immense task, including refuelling at sea under hazardous weather conditions and navigating by night through a treacherous South Atlantic icefield.
Using interviews and extracts from diaries kept during the voyage by the authors and other crew members, as well as previously unpublished documents, David Humphreys and Commodore Ronald W. Warwick present the captivating and detailed story of QE2 through her time as a troopship. Illustrated with numerous photographs showing the conversion to a troop ship, on-board training exercises and helicopter manoeuvres, this important book is the first to reveal the enormous contribution of the ship to the British war effort, delivering the largest number of troops to the war zone.
Contents
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Foreword by Admiral The Rt Hon. the Lord West of Spithead
Introduction
1 The Falkland Islands and South Georgia
2 The Argentinian Invasion
3 Cunard Ships at War
4 QE2 is Requisitioned
5 Conversion to a Troopship
6 The Volunteers
7 5 Infantry Brigade
8 The Voyage South to Freetown
9 Freetown to South Georgia
10 Grytviken, South Georgia Island
11 The Survivors and Their Ships
12 Homeward Bound to Southampton
13 QE2 Arrives Home
14 Military Units Embarked on QE2
15 QE2 Logbook Extract
16 The Cost of the Requisition
17 The Volunteer Crew of QE2
18 Afterword
Notes
Bibliography and Sources
Acknowledgements
The Authors
Picture Sections
