 These two previous Cunarders both had capitalised bow names, as "QUEEN MARY" and "QUEEN ELIZABETH".Cunard practice at the time of naming "QE2" was to re-use the existing name of its former ships, for example, launching the in 1938 after the previous was scrapped in 1935.The original "Queen Elizabeth" was still in service with Cunard when "QE2" was launched in 1967, although she was retired and sold before "QE2" entered revenue service with Cunard in 1969.