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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;USS656, post: 193180, member: 6641&quot;]<font face="Arial">This is not a film but I was watching a documentary over the weekend about the building of the ship the <i>Queen Mary 2</i>.&nbsp; They showed this event and the two coins on the show.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial">The ship was built in France.&nbsp; &nbsp; </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial">July 4, 2002: QM2 Keel Laid On Cunard Birthday 162 years ago to the day the first Cunarder, BRITANNIA, sailed from Liverpool for North America inaugurating a transatlantic dynasty, the keel of the new giant QUEEN MARY 2 was laid in a special shipyard ceremony. In what officially signals the start of construction on the 150,000 gt liner, workers and invited guests watched the traditional laying of two coins within the keel. A new British five pound Jubilee coin and a one hundred Franc coin were placed inside a portion of keel number 502 as it was lowered into the dry dock at the French yard of Chantiers de L&#039;Atlantique, in St Nazaire.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial">I believe the tradition is an offering to Poseidon and is supposed to bring good luck.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial">Darryl</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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