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      A maritime monarch

      14 September 2022

      Image:When the liner Queen Mary 2 docked in Southampton after its latest Atlantic crossing, Nautilus members and their shipmates held a minute' silence with the red ensign at half-mast in remembrance of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. 'It is probably the most difficult broadcast I have ever had to make as captain when I announced the death to our 3,500 passengers and crew onboard,' said Captain Aseem Hashmi. Image: Cunard Line
      When the liner Queen Mary 2 docked in Southampton after its latest Atlantic crossing, Nautilus members and their shipmates held a minute' silence with the red ensign at half-mast in remembrance of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. 'It is probably the most difficult broadcast I have ever had to make as captain when I announced the death to our 3,500 passengers and crew onboard,' said Captain Aseem Hashmi. Image: Cunard Line

      As well as being Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets, the late Queen was patron of several maritime charities, and came from a generation where voyaging by sea was more common than by air. As the UK looks back at the monarch's life and achievements, we remember a few maritime moments

      On 27 April 1937, a Princess Elizabeth (centre) is present for the opening of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich  

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      Image: Wikimedia Commons
      Image:Princess Elizabeth and her younger sister Princess Margaret on a tour of the London dockyards with their grandmother Queen Mary. Image: Wikimedia Commons
      Princess Elizabeth and her younger sister Princess Margaret on a tour of the London dockyards with their grandmother Queen Mary. Image: Wikimedia Commons
      Image:On 27 April 1937, a Princess Elizabeth (centre) is present for the opening of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. Image: Wikimedia Commons
      On 27 April 1937, a Princess Elizabeth (centre) is present for the opening of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. Image: Wikimedia Commons
      Image:In the early years of her reign, Queen Elizabeth II arrives for a 1954 visit to Australia at Farm Cove, Sydney. Image: Wikimedia Commons
      In the early years of her reign, Queen Elizabeth II arrives for a 1954 visit to Australia at Farm Cove, Sydney. Image: Wikimedia Commons

      A wave to welcoming crowds as the Queen leaves the Royal rowbarge Gloriana.

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      Image: Maritime UK

      Gloriana (below) takes part in the 2012 flotilla on the River Thames in London to celebrate the monarch's Diamond Jubilee. The boat flies the flags of the home nations of the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland as well as the flag of the City of London, the flag of Cornwall and the Royal Ensign. The vessel is emblazoned with the heraldic devices of the monarch and the Admiralty.  

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      Image: Nautilus International

      Queen Elizabeth II unveils a plaque to mark 70 years of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on 6 March 2018 in London, alongside IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim. 

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      Image: Wikimedia Commons/IMO

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