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RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, often referred to simply as 'QE2', is a retired Cunard ocean liner, now owned by Nakheel, a division of Dubai World. She was named after the earlier Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth (see Name section), and served as the flagship of the line from 1969 until succeeded by RMS Queen Mary 2 in 2004. Built in Clydebank, Scotland, she was considered the last of the great transatlantic ocean liners prior to the construction of the QM2.

Before she was refitted with a diesel power plant in 1986, she was also the last oil-fired passenger steamship to cross the Atlantic in scheduled liner service. During almost 40 years of service, the QE2 travelled the world and latterly operated predominantly as a cruise ship, sailing out of Southampton, England.

She had no identical sister ship or running mate and never ran a weekly transatlantic express service to New York as did previous large Cunarders. She retired from active service on 27 November 2008 to begin conversion to a floating hotel, and will eventually be moored at Palm Jumeirah, Dubai.[1]