Queen Elizabeth 2

Even though she has been retired for 15 years, Queen Elizabeth 2 (also known as QE2) deserves a mention for being such a famous ship. Even though she was never trashed and instead found a new life after spending her entire career running from Southampton, England, to New York, she will still be included in the list for 2023. She is now an opulent floating hotel in Dubai. Take the time to spend the night in the famous ocean liner the next time you're in Dubai.

The Queen Elizabeth 2 was modeled after the original Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth and built for transatlantic travel between her home port of Southampton, UK, and New York, USA. She was the line's flagship from 1969 until 2004 when Queen Mary 2 took her place.

The Queen Elizabeth 2 was created in the Liverpool and Southampton offices of Cunard and constructed in Clydebank, Scotland. She was thought to be the final transatlantic ocean liner until Cunard Line launched "Project Genesis" in 1995, following Micky Arison's acquisition of Cunard as the chairman of Carnival and Carnival UK. In order to breathe new life into the ocean liner tale, Project Genesis was launched. In 1998, Cunard revealed the name: Queen Mary 2.

Displacement: 49,738