"ship's captain" . . "1999-02-27Z"^^ . . "1912Z"^^ . . . "William Warwick"@en . . "1999Z"^^ . "Captain William \"Bil\" Warwick, CBE was a merchant sailor and the Master of Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), the first person to hold that position.He was born on 12 November 1912 in Birkenhead, England.He appeared as a \"castaway\" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 18 September 1967.He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1971.He died on 27 February 1999. His son, Captain Ronald Warwick, was later also master of the QE2."@en . . "1912-11-12Z"^^ . .