{"id":15430985416985,"title":"QE2: 1969 - Troopship dinner menu 22 May 1982","handle":"qe2-1969-troopship-dinner-menu-22-may-1982","description":"\u003cp\u003eCunard Line:  A QE2 \"Evening Meal\" dated 22th May 1982.  At first glance it looks like a simple crew menu - but in actuality the blacked-out QE2 was rushing towards the Falklands with a ship full of hungry troops.    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTroops on this evening could enjoy Ox Tail Soup, Fried Fillets of Plaice, Roast Pork, Roast and Chipped Potatoes, Fruit Jelly and Cream, plus Cheese and Biscuits. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eWilliam Flayhart and Captain Ronald Warwick wrote about the voyage in \"QE2\", printed in 1985.  On the 22nd the ship was on the last leg of the outbound trip and the radar was shut off to avoid detection.   Noted the authors, \"Modern radar is a great boon to navigation, but in wartime a dead giveaway as to the location of a ship.  Therefore officers on the bridge had the clock turned back on them some forty years, and the importance of a sharp watch was never more crucial.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2026-10-11T15:55:36-04:00","created_at":"2026-10-11T15:55:34-04:00","vendor":"N","type":"- Menu","tags":["- Menus","Cunard","New Items"],"price":3500,"price_min":3500,"price_max":3500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":67759620391193,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"6550a","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"QE2: 1969 - Troopship dinner menu 22 May 1982","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3500,"weight":170,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":null,"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/6550a.jpg?v=1791748479"],"featured_image":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/6550a.jpg?v=1791748479","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":53405724180761,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.49,"height":2631,"width":1288,"src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/6550a.jpg?v=1791748479"},"aspect_ratio":0.49,"height":2631,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/6550a.jpg?v=1791748479","width":1288}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eCunard Line:  A QE2 \"Evening Meal\" dated 22th May 1982.  At first glance it looks like a simple crew menu - but in actuality the blacked-out QE2 was rushing towards the Falklands with a ship full of hungry troops.    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTroops on this evening could enjoy Ox Tail Soup, Fried Fillets of Plaice, Roast Pork, Roast and Chipped Potatoes, Fruit Jelly and Cream, plus Cheese and Biscuits. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eWilliam Flayhart and Captain Ronald Warwick wrote about the voyage in \"QE2\", printed in 1985.  On the 22nd the ship was on the last leg of the outbound trip and the radar was shut off to avoid detection.   Noted the authors, \"Modern radar is a great boon to navigation, but in wartime a dead giveaway as to the location of a ship.  Therefore officers on the bridge had the clock turned back on them some forty years, and the importance of a sharp watch was never more crucial.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e"}