Lo nyaka uphawula isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-50 sokuba indumasi yeCunard, uKumkanikazi uElizabeth II, iQE2, iqalile kwaye inkampani sele ilungiselela kwaye iqhubela phambili eminye yemisebenzi ekhethekileyo eyilungisileyo.
Ngomhla we-8 kweyoMsintsi 2017, uhambo olukhethekileyo luza kuqala lusuka kwizibuko laseSouthampton phakathi kwenqanawa yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya yobusuku obuyi-17, ekubuyeni kwayo, iyakuba yiminyaka ingamashumi amahlanu ngqo ukusungulwa kukaKumkanikazi uElizabeth II weQE2, ngaloo ndlela ephelisa imibhiyozo.
Ngaphambi kokuba uqhubeke Ndiyakukhumbuza ukuba i-QE2 yathatha umhlala-phantsi kwi-Cunard ngo-Novemba 27, 2008.
Imisitho kunye nemisebenzi ecwangciselwe ukubhiyozela le minyaka ingama-50 igxile kwiintsuku ezintlanu ezikhethekileyo, nganye nganye iya kuhamba kunye neemenyu eziphefumlelwe yinqanawa yasentsomini nalapho sele zinikezelwe khona. Ukongeza koku kuya kubakho iintetho ezikhethekileyo zeendwendwe, iziqwengana zembali, iintlanganiso zabakhweli ezidlulileyo kunye nemibuzo enxulumene noKumkanikazi uElizabeth II.
Ezinye zezihloko ekuza kuxoxwa ngazo zihambelana nokunxibelelana phakathi kosapho lwasebukhosini lwaseBritane kunye nenkampani yokuhambisa uqobo, iLas Malvinas, xa inqanawa yayisebenza kwimbambano yowe-1982 ihambisa amajoni angama-3000 650 kunye namavolontiya angama-26 kuMzantsi weAtlantic. Enye yeenkomfa izakujongana nembali "yokuqala" yeCunard kunye neFlegship yeHlabathi ngembeko kuhambo olwandle olunama-2008 kwihlabathi liphela lwale nqanawa, eyenze ukuba ibe luphawu kwizixeko kuwo onke amazwekazi (kwifoto ongayibona eLisbon ngo-XNUMX).
Ukumkanikazi uElizabeth 2 wayephethe abakhweli abazizigidi ezi-2,5 kwimbali yayo kunye nohambo olupheleleyo ngaphezulu kwe-5,6 yezigidi zeekhilomitha yintoni engaphaya kwayo nayiphi na inqanawa yomkhweli.
Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo olu luhambo lwabantu abangathandabuzekiyo kodwa ngayo yonke intuthuzelo kunye nokunethezeka kwenkulungwane yama-XNUMX.