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Queen Victoria departed the Port of Venice on 24 August 2007 to commence her sea trials, [10] and, after handover to Cunard, arrived in Southampton, United Kingdom, to fanfare and media attention on 7 December; much of the coverage was focused on the ship's superlatives, and represented Queen Victoria as "Cunard's most luxurious ship."
RMS Umbria on Queen Victoria's birthday in May 1889. In 1887, Umbria gained the prestigious Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic between Europe and North America. when, on 29 May, she beat her sister ship Etruria ' s record of the year before. She set off from Queenstown, Ireland to cross the North Atlantic, westbound.
The line also operates Queen Victoria (QV) and Queen Elizabeth (QE). As of 2022, Cunard is the only shipping company to still operate a scheduled passenger service between Europe and North America. In 2017, Cunard announced a fourth ship would join its fleet. [9] This was initially scheduled for 2022 but delayed until 2024 due to the COVID-19 ...
RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2) is a British ocean liner.She has served as the flagship of the Cunard Line since January 2004, and as of 2025, is the only active, purpose-built ocean liner still in service.
In 2003 she was allocated to Cunard Line to become their Queen Victoria. Shortly before her launch the decision was made to transfer the ship to the P&O Cruises fleet. [2] As a result, Arcadia has a Cunard-style mast similar to those found on Queen Elizabeth 2 and RMS Queen Mary 2. [8]
RMS Queen Mary, according to shipping legend, initially supposed to be called Victoria in line with the naming of Cunard's liners, with an ending in -ia, as with Lusitania, Mauretania; MS Arcadia (2004), a cruise liner which was intended to be Queen Victoria for Cunard Line; MS Queen Victoria, a ship of similar design and specifications to ...
Enlarged Vista-class ship Queen Victoria passing Calshot Spit light buoy outward bound from Southampton. In 2007 Cunard took delivery of Queen Victoria [4] the first ship in a class described as a hybrid design "taking the best parts from Aker Yards' built Costa Atlantica and Costa Mediterranea, and from Holland America's Vista class ships ...
Due to the outbreak of the Second World War, these two events were postponed and Cunard's plans were cancelled. [9] Queen Elizabeth sat at the fitting-out dock at the shipyard in her Cunard colours until 2 November 1939, when the Ministry of Shipping issued special licences to declare her seaworthy. On 29 December the engines were tested for ...