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	Seawise University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Seawise University was the name given by C.
		Intended to be converted into a university for the World Campus Afloat program, C. Tung followed his shipping company's tradition by naming the ship Seawise University, which was a pun on C. Tung's initials.
		Seawise University was also the MI6-Headquaters in the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seawise_University (215 words)

	Semester At Sea's Study Abroad History
		On the morning of January 10 all that remained of the S.S. Seawise University was a gutted, smoldering hulk.
		As the Universe made her way toward Florida in December of 1975, all on board felt that they were witnessing the end of a special period of American higher education.
		With 438 students on board and Deans Morris Massey of the University of Colorado and John Tymitz of the Institute for Shipboard Education in charge, a new era was ushered in as the Universe sailed from Los Angeles on the very first Semester at Sea voyage.
	www.semesteratsea.com /aboutus/historyofship_70to00.html (3469 words)

	Tung Chao Yung - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was one of the world's top seven freight moguls; he was often called the Onassis of the Orient.
		Politically Tung was aligned with Kuomintang regime of the Republic of China on Taiwan; indeed the company emblem of the OOCL is a plum blossom, the national flower of the Republic of China.
		In the past, all ships of the OOCL had names that began with the word "Seawise", which was a pun on C. Tung's initials.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tung_Chao_Yung (382 words)

	Tung Chao Yung. Who is Tung Chao Yung? What is Tung Chao Yung? Where is Tung Chao Yung? Definition of Tung Chao Yung. ...
		He was often called the Onassis of the Orient.
		In September of 1970, he bought the famous oceanliner RMS Queen Elizabeth to convert it into a floating university S.S. Seawise University to keep the World Campus Afloat program alive.
		University of Pittsburgh) to run the academic programs at sea.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Tung_Chao_Yung (209 words)

	RMS Queen Elizabeth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1968, the Queen Elizabeth was sold to a group of Philadelphia businessmen who intended to operate the ship as a hotel and tourist attraction (similar to the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California) in Port Everglades, Florida.
		Renamed the Seawise University, it was destroyed by fire on January 9, 1972, in Hong Kong harbour.
		The hulk is briefly shown and commented on in the 1974 James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun, when James Bond, traveling from Macao to Hong Kong by hydrofoil, passes nearby.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RMS_Queen_Elizabeth (657 words)

	Seawise University
		Seawise University was the name given by Hong Kong businessman Tung Chao Yung to the former RMS Queen Elizabeth when he purchased it and moved it to Hong Kong Harbour in 1970.
		Because of serious problems with the boilers of the old liner, it took the ship 6 months to go to Hong-Kong.
		However the vessel was gutted by a fire that broke out at different places onboard, believed to be arson, in January 1972 and was scrapped in 1975, before the project could ever be truly realised.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Seawise_University (171 words)

	The Classic Liners of Long Ago - Queen Elizabeth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		She was renamed Seawise University ("Seawise" was a play on the owner's initials), and was registered under the Bahamian flag.
		The fire spread rapidly on that fateful day, and with her fire-suppression systems still incomplete, there was nothing to stop the fire from consuming the luxurious wooden interiors, and causing her superstructure to melt and cave in on itself.
		Author's note: Though the Queen Elizabeth, renamed Seawise University, never made it to the high seas again, the Semester at Sea program that she was intended for still went on.
	ocean-liners.schuminweb.com /ships/queen-elizabeth.asp (1693 words)

	RMS Queen Elizabeth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		After its retirement, the Queen Elizabeth was bought by the Hong Kong tycoon Tung Chao Yung in 1970 and made into a university.
		Renamed the Seawise University she was destroyed by fire (believed to have been arson) on January 9, 1972, in Hong Kong harbour.
		It was briefly shown and commented in the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun when James Bond was traveling from Macao to Hong Kong by hydrofoil.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /RMS_Queen_Elizabeth (358 words)

	The American Experience \| Rescue at Sea \| Timeline (1902 - 1915)
		January 9 - C.Y. Tung's "Seawise University," formerly known as the "Queen Elizabeth," catches fire and sinks in Hong Kong Harbor.
		The "Seawise University" was one of the largest ships ever to have sunk, outweighing the "Titanic" by a factor of almost two.
		October 4 - Holland America Cruises' "Prinsendam," on a cruise from Vancouver to Singapore, catches fire and is abandoned by all passengers and crew near the coast of Alaska.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/rescue/timeline/index_3.html (447 words)

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		The “Seawise University” still in Cunard colours (but with her new name) en-route to Hong Kong.
		Renamed 'Seawise University' the ship was to be converted for use as a mobile university, a learning centre that toured the world.
		The Queen Elizabeth, now Seawise University, was quickly ablaze from stem to stern as suspicious fires broke out throughout the ship.
	www.merchantnavyofficers.com /ool.html (2076 words)

	Encyclopedia: Tung Chao Yung (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		RMS Queen Elizabeth was a steam-powered ocean liner of the Cunard Steamship Company.
		The University of Pittsburgh is a state-related university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
		The Knock Nevis is a Singapore owned supertanker, formerly known as Seawise Giant, Happy Giant, and Jahre Viking.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tung-Chao-Yung (977 words)

	Ð.O.V.A - Queen Elizabeth Chronicles
		University was painted gray like her war years.
		On January 9, 1972 Seawise University was nearing her completion and was scheduled to sail for Japan for
		Soon Seawise University rolled on to her side and the hulk continued to burn and smolder.
	members.aol.com /britanis/qe1.html (1038 words)

	Term paper on Tung Chao Yung
		Politically C.Y.Tung was aligned with Taiwans Kuomintang regime; indeed the company emblem of the OOCL is a plum blossom, the national flower of the Republic of China.
		All ships of the OOCL have names that begin with the word "Seawise", which is a pun on C.Y.Tung's initials.
		At the time of his death, C.Y.Tung was the owner of Seawise Giant, the largest ship ever built.
	www.termpapertopic.org /tu/tung-chao-yung.html (288 words)

	RMS Queen Elizabeth - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In 1968, the Queen Elizabeth was sold to a group of Philadelphia businessmen and operated as a hotel and tourist attraction in Port Everglades, Florida.
		Renamed the Seawise University, it was destroyed by fire (believed to have been arson) on January 9, 1972, in Hong Kong harbour.
		The hulk is briefly shown and commented on in the 1974 James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun, when James Bond, traveling from Macao to Hong Kong by hydrofoil, visits a secret MI6 headquarters located within the wreck.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=RMS_Queen_Elizabeth (454 words)

	Encyclopedia: Seawise University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Image File history File links The wreck of the Seawise University after a fire.
		A professor giving a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees.
		The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), more commonly known as MI6 (originally Military Intelligence Section 6), or the Secret Service, is the United Kingdom external security agency.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Seawise-University (584 words)

	Classic Liners and Cruise Ships - Queen Elizabeth
		The plan was to convert her to a floating university.
		Among the ships riding at anchor in the harbour was the retired Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth 1 in process of being converted into a floating university and aptly re-named after its new owner, Mr.
		Seawise University photos are © 2003 by John A. Hudson.
	www.cruiseserver.net /travelpage/ships/cu_qe.asp (1760 words)

	The Real Seawise Giant: C.Y. Tung Diary and The World of C.Y. Tung
		After much deliberation, they felt that the publication of the diary would be the best source for a thorough understanding of C.Y. Tung.
		Cheng, a historian well-versed in the socio-economics in Republican China, is currently Researcher at the Institute of Chinese Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
		The "C.Y. Tung, Larger Than Life" Exhibition, hosted by The Chinese University Press and the Tung Foundation, takes place at The Rotunda, Exchange Square I & II, Central, Hong Kong from 22 November to 4 December 2004.
	www.cuhk.edu.hk /ipro/pressrelease/041118e_2.htm (445 words)

	TravelPage.com Cover Story
		This month we present a fascinating eyewitness account and never before published photos of the fire that swept through the former Cunard liner, Queen Elizabeth while she was being converted into a floating university in Hong Kong Harbor in January of 1972.
		There were no special events happening and the harbour was no less busy than on any other day of the week except to say that there were few if any other pleasure boats in the vicinity.
		What caught our attention from a distance across the water was smoke coming from the ship's portholes; not just one or two portholes but from almost all of them from stem to stern on one side.
	www.travelpage.com /main/cover_subject.asp (1754 words)

	Model Gallery \| Seawise University (Jeff Taylor) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Jeff joins our model section with this interesting version of the Queen Elizabeth in her final days as the Seawise University.
		It is not often we see alternative timeline editions of the great liners in their various historical roles (something we hope will change in the future) so we are pleased to be able to present one now for your enjoyment.
		We see the converted Airfix 1:600 scale Queen Elizabeth in her later years role as the Seawise University.
	debrisfield.russellwild.co.uk /modelgallery/seawiseuniversityjt (243 words)

	RMS Queen Elizabeth
		By the end of the year it had been closed down by the local authorities as a fire hazard and was losing money.
		It was soon renamed Seawise University and sailed for for Hong Kong on 10 February 1971.
		Work soon began on a £5 million refit to convert the ship into a university and by January 1972 work was almost complete.
	www.ocean-liners.com /ships/queenelizabeth.asp (1518 words)

	Semester At Sea - Faculty - Appendix
		According to Holland-America Lines, the second Ryndam entered service in 1951, 22 years after its predessor was sold.
		1977-1980 University of Colorado sponsored aboard the S.S. Universe (formerly the Universe Campus).
		1981-2005 University of Pittsburgh sponsored aboard the S.S. Universe and beginning in 1996, the S.S. Universe Explorer, and in 1995 the mv Explorer.
	www.semesteratsea.com /facultystaff/f_appendix.html (159 words)

	IHT: Search
		The ship, by then known as the Seawise University, caught fire in several places at once on Jan. 7, burned furiously and capsized and sank the following day.
		Then a young executive of Island Navigation, the shipping line owned by his father C.Y. Tung, he was having lunch on board the ship when the fires started.
		The Queen Elizabeth, retired by Cunard in 1968, was bought by C.Y. Tung in 1970 and renamed the Seawise University - a pun on the owner's name and an indicator of its intended new use as a floating university.
	www.bowring.net /seawise.htm (743 words)

	The book lunch of C.Y. Tung Diary and The World of C.Y. Tung
		The Chinese University Press and the Tung Foundation hosted a book launch ceremony at The Rotunda, Exchange Square I & II, Central, Hong Kong on 30 November 2004.
		C.H. Tung, Chief Executive of the HKSAR and the eldest son of C.Y. Tung; Professor Lawrence J. Lau, Vice-Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong; and Professor Rayson Huang, a bosom friend of C.Y. Tung and former Vice-Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong.
		Friends from political, commercial, academic, publishing and media sectors were invited to share the joy.
	www.cuhk.edu.hk /ipro/pressrelease/041130e.htm (562 words)

	The Late Great Ocean Liners/ UK / Cunard Line / The Queens
		The Queens were thought to be just too big for cruising though (tell that to the builders of the Voyager of the Seas, which surpassed the Queens' size by nearly half!) and they were finally withdrawn in 1968.
		In 1970, the Elizabeth became the Seawise University for C. Tung.
		The Seawise University, on her only voyage, arrives Cape Town, South Africa enroute from Florida to Hong Kong, where she burned and capsized.
	www.lategreatliners.com /uk_cunard_queens.htm (618 words)

	Natsunivers - Skibsforlis - Seawise University, Hong Kong
		Natsunivers - Skibsforlis - Seawise University, Hong Kong
		Det var her meningen at den skulle stå som turistattraktion men det skete aldrig.
		I 1970 solgte USA skibet til C.Y. Tung som omdøbte skibet til Seawise og bragte det til Hong Kong.
	www.natsunivers.dk /seawise.php (183 words)

	Abebooks Search Results - Seawise
		Seawise: Helpful hints, warnings, and common sense for the yachtsman.
		REP: "Seawise Uni versity", ex "Queen Elizabeth" on fire in Hong Kong Harbour, January 1972.
		Seawise- Helpfuf Hints, Warnings and Common Sense for the Yachtsman (ISBN:0393032329)
	www.abebooks.co.uk /search/sortby/3/kn/Seawise (1003 words)

	Queen Elizabeth: Passenger Ship - PortCities Southampton
		Her final voyage for Cunard began in November 1968, after which she was sold to a US consortium who planned to use the ship as a tourist attraction in Florida.
		When this project failed she was sold to Orient Overseas Line and renamed Seawise University.
		It was planned to convert her into a floating university in Hong Kong.
	www.plimsoll.org /Resources/SCCLibraries/4401.asp?view=text (413 words)

	CNN.com - Shipping flows in the family blood - Mar 1, 2005
		Along with tankers and cargo ships, Tung senior in 1970 also bought the old Cunard liner "Queen Elizabeth." He renamed it "Seawise University" and began work in Hong Kong harbor on converting it into a floating campus.
		In January 1972, the work was nearing completion, with the ship scheduled to sail for Japan for a final check ahead of its maiden voyage in its new guise.
		While his father was busy building the Orient Overseas line, Tung Chee Hwa went to the UK to study at the University of Liverpool, where he graduated with a B.Sc in marine engineering.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/01/hongkong.tung.business (583 words)

	9 Jan History. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Falun Gong (pronounced fah-luhn gung) borrows heavily from Buddhist and Taoist philosophies and styles itself as a school of qigong (pronounced chee-gong), a traditional Chinese practice that uses meditation and martial arts exercises to channel unseen forces and improve health.
		In Hong Kong harbor, a fire breaks out aboard the Seawise University, formerly known as the Queen Elizabeth, and by the next morning the famous vessel lies in a wreck on the bottom of the sea floor.
		Tung renamed the vessel Seawise University, and began work on converting the ship into a learning center that would tour the world.
	members.xoom.virgilio.it /all42day/history/h4jan/h4jan09.html (11216 words)

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