Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has officially affiliated with Cunard’s Queen Mary 2. Some folk might be wondering why. The reason lies in history. The merchant fleet has always been a strong wartime component of the UK’s navy. The previous Queen Mary liner acted as a troop ship in WW2 and even as recent as the Falklands War, victory could never have been achieved without the aid of merchant ships with P&O’s SS Canberra transporting the Parachute Regiment and Royal Marines to the conflict zone. In a time of war, these civilian ships may be called upon again so I think it’s good to form a strong bond between the merchant and military wings of Britain’s ships.
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In WW2, when the battleship Queen Elizabeth crossed paths with the liner of the same name, a simple message was transmitted from the battleship to her civilian namesake: snap.
British carrier and Cunard liner formalise partnership
The relationship between HMS Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mary 2, the largest ocean liner in the world, has included sailor exchange visits and cooperative training exercises.
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