Queen Elizabeth 2 Runs Aground Outside British Port
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The Queen Elizabeth 2 is docked safely in Southampton harbor after briefly running aground just outside the British port.
A Cunard spokesman says the venerable ocean liner was heading into her home port on Tuesday around 5:30 GMT when the ship hit a sand bank. Two tugboats and the rising tide pulled the ship free.
Eric Flounders says no passengers were injured and that the ship was not damaged.
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The ship is on its final journey. After nearly 40 years of service and more than two dozen round-the-world voyages, the QE2 is to be reinvented as a floating five-star hotel in Dubai.
Prince Philip is to make a farewell visit to the liner Tuesday ahead of her departure for Dubai.