QE2 Runs Aground on Last Trip

The Queen Elizabeth 2, one of the most famous cruise ships in the world, endured an inglorious UK homecoming today, running aground as it approached its home port of Southampton for the last time. Five tugboats had to haul the 70,000-ton liner off the sandbank; it still docked in time for a farewell from the Duke of Edinburgh, the Daily Express reports.

Crews are currently checking for damage to the ship, which is headed to become a hotel in Dubai. “She didn't want to come in,” said one pensioner on her 10th QE2 voyage. “That’s the opinion of quite a few of us on board. She doesn't want to go to Dubai and we don’t want her to go.” (More QE2 stories.)