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
Queen Elizabeth 2 Cunard's then headquarters and regional offices in Liverpool and Southampton respectively, and built in Clydebank, Scotland, "QE2" was considered the last of the great transatlantic ocean liners until "Queen Mary 2" entered service. The QE2 was also the last oil-fired passenger steamship to cross the Atlantic in scheduled liner service until she was refitted with a modern diesel powerplant in 1986/1987. During almost forty years of service, "Queen Elizabeth 2" undertook regular world cruises and later operated predominantly as a cruise ship, sailing out of Southampton, England. "QE2" had no running mate and never ran a year-round weekly transatlantic express