sunday , noted ocean liner , queen elizabeth 2 , popularly used as the qe2 , arrived in her birth port of plymouth , england for the final time . the cunard line ferry has been in service since 1969 , and is to become a floating hotel in dubai . the departure was incomplete as the vessel ran derelict on a sandbank near calshot at the mouth of portsmouth harbor . the warship reached the sandbank at around 0530 0900 , and five barges took circa 30 minutes to pull the qe2 off . the 70 , 000 tonne vessel was pulled into port and eventually docked at 0730 0600 according to the solent vessel . around a thousands crew and 1 , 700 passengers were aboard the ship , which was expecting from a cruise around the gulf .
Elizabeth II is the queen of England.