The "Queen Elizabeth" In Dry Dock -- The "Queen Elizabeth" moving into the King George V dry dock at Southampton today, Wednesday. After a hold-up of 12 hours, due to unfavourable weather, the "Queen Elizabeth" moved today, Wednesday, from 101 berth in Southampton new dock to the King George V Dry Dock, for the next stage of her conversion from troopship to luxury passenger liner. The operation of moving the giant liner into the dock, where she will remain for about two weeks, took nearly 90 minutes. She is due to make her "maiden" voyage form Southampton to New York as a passenger liner on October 16th. August 07, 1946.