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Who was the first caption of the queen elizabeth ll ship?

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Who was the first caption of the queen elizabeth ll ship?

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Ron W. Warwick, former Captain: A later account by a former captain of the QE2 Ronald W Warwick, who also is the son of William (Bil) Eldon Warwick the ships first captain[71], also states that the Queen initiated the surprise move of naming the liner after herself rather than simply Queen Elizabeth as originally planned (the name being made vacant by the retirement of the current liner before the new one was commissioned). This name had been given to the Queen in a sealed envelope which she didn’t open. The book, referencing his autobiography, states that the Cunard chairman Sir Basil Smallpeice was delighted with this development, it being in keeping with the previous Queen liners, and the 2 was added by Cunard for differentiation of the ship while still denoting it was named after the Queen.