QM2 in Blohm + Voss Dry-Dock Hamburg - Part 1 of 4

Queen Mary 2 has been a regular and very popular guest in Hamburg since her maiden port call  on July 19, 2004 which witnessed by more than one hundred thousand onlookers. Five years later, her attraction to the local has not waned. Every visit is still drawing a large crowd, which recently prompted Cunard to call the Hanseatic city her ‘secret home port’.  Her Transatlantic departures and cruises to Scandinavia have become very popular among the German speaking passengers. Apart from her scheduled stops she regularly goes into the famous Blohm & Voss dry-dock Elbe 17.

Empty Dry-Dock Elbe 17- ©Alexander Sölch

 

Four times the majestic line has been in Elbe 17 for  maintenance and repair:

• 1^st visit:     8  to 19 Nov.2005, scheduled maintenance
• 2^nd visit :  6 to 10 May 2006, unscheduled repair of damaged pod
• 3rd visit:  12 to 17 Nov 2006, scheduled maintenance and repair
• 4^th visit:  23 Oct to 13 Nov 2008 , scheduled maintenance and refit
   

1st visit Nov 8 to Nov 19, 2005 

Her first visit to Elbe 17 was scheduled for 8pm on November 8, but a lower than expected evening tide delayed arrival until early morning next day. 

Blohm and Voss received the order for maintenance and repair work for the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Repair Group amidst serious domestic and international competition. The order included classification work and extensive painting work, moreover, the propulsion units, the anchor winches as well as the four stabilisers were to be overhauled. 

Owing to the tight agenda and relatively short lay days in Hamburg, Blohm + Voss Repair employees were already on board the ocean liner in Southampton to carry out the necessary preparations for the work.

 

Fotographer Dirk Rotermund documented her stay in the dry-dock, click on the QM2 image to view the album with the excellent photos.

Go to royaloceanliner.com photo gallery

  

I also uploaded a 2 part video of QM2 going into the drydock.

 

   

  

  

 

 

QM2 in Blohm + Voss Dry-Dock Hamburg – Part 2 of 4

QM2 in Blohm + Voss Dry-Dock Hamburg – Part 3 of 4 

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