leading most activity at the dockside.

Cunard's graceful Queen Elizabeth 2 , made a quick trip to the Island on Monday, arriving from New York and berthing at Dockyard. After leaving Hamilton at 6.15 p.m. on Monday, QE 2 was forced to turn back to the Island at 7 p.m. to evacuate a 24-year-old female crew member as a medical precaution.

The woman had been scuba diving earlier in the day.

A pilot boat met the ship and conveyed the woman to dockside where she was met by an ambulance and taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. QE 2 then continued her voyage to Nassau, Bahamas.

Harbour Radio tells Docksiders it received 15 calls on Monday night in connection with the white flares the Bermuda Regiment fired over the Great Sound. The lightshow was part of regular regiment exercise.

Celebrity Cruises' Zenith arrived to the Island on Monday morning docking in Hamilton; she will switch to St. George's today. The ship is carrying 1,624 passengers and heads back to New York tomorrow.

The Norwegian Majesty arrived at Ordinance Island in St. George's and sailed to Hamilton late Monday afternoon. She was carrying 1,510 passengers and is scheduled to leave for Boston tomorrow.

The Norwegian Crown also steamed in on Monday, tying-up at St. George's before repositioning in Hamilton Tuesday morning. She is carrying 1,152 passengers and will leave the Island for New York tomorrow afternoon.

Celebrity's Horizon arrived to the Island close to noon on Tuesday. The ship which is berthed at Dockyard is carrying 1,640 passengers. She is expected to remain her return voyage to New York on Friday.

Also Royal Caribbean cruise liner, the Nordic Empress berthed at Penno's Wharf in St. George's on Tuesday morning. The ship is carrying 1,780 passengers. She is expected to leave for New York on Friday.

Meyer Agency reports the Bermuda Islander sails in tomorrow from Salem, New Jersey, carrying 100 dry containers and 25 refrigerated containers as well as one 45-foot trailer. She sails out on Friday.

The Somers Isle has the week off and will be returning to the Island next week.

Container Ship Management's Oleander arrived to the Island on Sunday from New Jersey with 140 containers with 46 refrigerated containers. Also on board were 26 cars, two trucks, four road trailers, four specialised containers carrying cables and other building material. Oleander sailed Tuesday morning for New Jersey.

On the military front, the USS Portar -- an Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer -- sailed into Dockyard on Saturday for a bit of crew R&R. The ship is 150.8 metres long with a weight 8,422 tonnes; she departs the Island today to be followed up by the USS De Wert , a Perry class guided missile destroyer which drops anchor today at Dockyard to take on fuel.

Harbour radio also reported that an unidentified US submarine passed by the east end of the Island around 2 a.m. yesterday. One person disembarked from the submarine to a waiting pilot boat and was brought to the Island. No other information was available.

The oil tanker Coral Acropora ties-up at the oil docks in St. George's today while the cargo ship Abitibi Clairbourne -- which was carrying paper newsprint to the Island -- dropped anchor in Murray's Anchorage Monday afternoon to await engine repairs.