RMS Queen Elizabeth was sold to the city of Long Beach, California. "Queen Elizabeth" was sold to a succession of buyers, most of whom had unsuccessful plans for her. Finally "Queen Elizabeth" was sold to Hong Kong businessman Tung Chao Yung, who intended to convert her into a floating university cruise ship called Seawise University. In 1972, while undergoing refurbishment in Hong Kong harbour, fire broke out aboard under unexplained circumstances and the ship was capsized by the water used to fight the fire. In 1973, the wreck was deemed an obstruction to shipping in the area, and so was partially scrapped where
RMS Queen Elizabeth Mouse That Roared", starring Peter Sellers and Jean Seberg. While a troupe of invading men from "Grand Fenwick", a fictional European micro-nation, cross the Atlantic to 'war' with the United States, they meet and pass the far larger "Queen Elizabeth", and learn that New York City is closed due to an air raid drill. Ian Fleming set the climax to his 1956 "James Bond" novel "Diamonds Are Forever" on "Queen Elizabeth". The 1971 film version starring Connery used the P&O liner for the sequence. The charred wreck was featured in the 1974 "James Bond" film "The Man with the Golden