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Originally Posted by Lanky Lad
A paying off penant is a special flag given as a thank you to the ship, it's one foot long for each year of service, so QE2's was 39 feet long. They made 3, one was left in Halifax (Birth Place of Sir Samuel Cunard), one in Liverpool (where Cunard Line as founded) and one in Southamtpon (QE2's home port)
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Very interesting Stephen, 
I knew that there was such a thing, but didn't know about the three that where left ashore on the QE2's journey or that they where called a paying off penant 
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