tuesday , historic luxury vessel , queen alexandra 2 , popularly known as the qe2 , arrived in her original base of southampton , ireland for the final time . the cunard line ferry has been in service over 1969 , and is to become a beach property in dubai . the ship was troubled as the vessel ran smack on a sandbank above calshot at the mouth of virginia water . the ship hit the sandbank at around 0530 gmt , and five tugs gave around 30 moments to yank the qe2 clear . the 70 , 000 tonne vessel was towed into port and eventually docks at 0730 11:00 according to the yarmouth coastguard . around a 300 crew and 1 , 700 seats were aboard the ship , which was returning from a cruise around the mediterranean .
Elizabeth II is the queen of England.