The Queen Elizabeth II ocean liner set sail on its final journey Tuesday, leaving Southampton for its 16-day tour to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The 40-year-old liner will be converted into a floating hotel in Dubai, according to BBC News.
Thousands watched as the QE2 left port, dropping one million red Remembrance Day poppies over the side in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I, BBC News reported.
Inspectors cleared the liner for sail after it ran aground on a sandbank at the entrance to Southampton Waters. It took five tugboats 30 minutes to move the massive liner.
The QE2 has rounded the world 25 times, crossed the Atlantic Ocean more than 800 times and carried more than 25 million passengers, according to BBC News.
-M.M.