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| Repaired QE2 prepares to set sail | |
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| The QE2 was due to set sail again after breaking down off Croatia during a Mediterranean cruise. | |
| The liner's 1,750 passengers were delayed 24 hours after she suffered a mechanical fault in the Croatian port of Dubrovnik on Friday. | |
| A Cunard spokesman said that after repairs the QE2 would be leaving for Trieste, Italy, on Saturday afternoon. | |
| The QE2 is midway through a two-week cruise, having set off from Southampton last Saturday. | |
| Hotel plan | |
| 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 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. | The 70,000-tonne vessel, launched by the Queen in 1967, is to be sold to a firm called Dubai World. |
| She will be berthed from 2009 at a specially-constructed pier at The Palm Jumeira development in Dubai. | |