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| QE2 liner breaks down on cruise | QE2 liner breaks down on cruise |
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| The QE2 has broken down after suffering a mechanical fault off Croatia during a Mediterranean cruise. | The QE2 has broken down after suffering a mechanical fault off Croatia during a Mediterranean cruise. |
| Shipping firm Cunard said there were about 1,750 passengers on board the cruise liner. | |
| Company spokesman Eric Flounders said the ship, which left Southampton last Friday, had been due to set sail from the Adriatic port of Dubrovnik. | Company spokesman Eric Flounders said the ship, which left Southampton last Friday, had been due to set sail from the Adriatic port of Dubrovnik. |
| An engineer has been sent to fix the fault but it is not known how long the repairs will take, he added. | |
| Floating hotel | |
| The QE2 is timetabled to start her 40th anniversary cruise from Southampton next Saturday. | |
| Earlier this year, more than 300 passengers and crew on board the ship suffered from a bug which caused vomiting and diarrhoea. | |
| The liner has only just over a year left at sea before she sails to Dubai to become a floating hotel. | |
| The 70,000-tonne vessel, launched by the Queen in 1967, is to be sold to a firm called Dubai World. |