Queen Elizabeth 2 Fabled Cruise Liner Sold £20m to the Chinese for Scrap

Doom on!

The UK Government and the Mayor of London tried what they could to save her by placing a counter-bid of £70M to buy her only it was too late.

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End of an era for the QE2: Iconic cruise liner sold as scrap to Chinese for £20m

The QE2 is set to be sold as scrap to the Chinese for £20m.

The move follows the failure of a after a last minute bid to bring it back to the famous cruise liner back to Britain as a five-star floating hotel.

The iconic ocean liner - which also served as a troop carrier during the Falklands - has been moored in a commercial port in Dubai since it was sold for £64m in 2008.

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This historical ship - a true work of art - will go to the breakers yard.