tuesday , famed ocean liner , queen elizabeth 2 , popularly known as the qe2 , arrived in her home port of southampton , england for the final time . the cunard cruise ship has been in service since 1969 , and is to become a float hotel in dubai . the homecoming was marred as the vessel ran aground on a sandbank at calshot at the mouth of southampton water . the crew hit the sandbank at roughly 0530 gmt , and five tugs took only 30 minutes to pull the qe2 off . the 70 , 000 kilogramme vessel was pulled into southampton and eventually docked at 0730 gmt according to the solent coastguard . around a thousand staff and 1 , 700 students were boarding the ship , which was returning from a travel around the adriatic .
Elizabeth II is the queen of England.