Cunard Line

In yet another historic Cunard occasion, the Line's three Queens - Queen Mary 2, QE2 and Queen Victoria - met yesterday in their homeport of Southampton for the first and last time. QE2 and Queen Victoria arrived after completing milestone World Cruises: the final such voyage for the iconic "grande dame" QE2, set to leave Cunard's service in ...

Aboard the Queen Victoria — The stock market ricocheted and U.S. presidential candidates bared their knuckles, but aboard Cunard's newest ship in the southern Caribbean, we hardly noticed. In fact, except for the "programme," which announced the day's activities, it would have been almost possible to forget the date. An eight-page précis of the preceding day's ...

Iconic vessels held position near Statue of Liberty, will never meet againNEW YORK - The three Cunard Queen ships — the Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth 2 and the new Queen Victoria — met off lower Manhattan, with the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop and fireworks marked the event.The three grand ships lined up in front of the Statue ...

Following the official naming of Cunard's Queen Victoria, Jane Archer steps on board to assess the new ship and asks how innovative cruise lines really are. ...

New Ship to Feature First Recreational Fencing at Sea, partnering with Leon Paul Fencing Company, Supplier to Olympians VALENCIA, Calif.,  -- In a move that underscores Cunard's tradition of British heritage and ongoing attention to historical detail, the Line will introduce the sport of fencing -- a favorite pastime of Prince Albert, husband and consort of Her Majesty Queen Victoria ...

New liner to enter service in 2010 VALENCIA, Calif. -- Cunard Line announces that it has ordered a new 92,000-ton liner, to be named "Queen Elizabeth," scheduled to enter service in the autumn of 2010. Cunard, a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) signed an agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the construction of the new ...

Tickets to join the final voyage of the cruise ship QE2, before she is converted into a floating hotel, sold out in just 36 minutes. More than £3 million was spent by passengers who will occupy the 1,800 berths when she leaves Southampton on November 11 next year. Two couples who booked the Grand Suites paid nearly £18,000 per person ...

Queen Victoria Floats for the First Time at Italian Shipyard VALENCIA, Calif., Jan. 15 -- Special ceremonies at Fincantieri's Marghera shipyard near Venice will be held today (Monday, January 15) to mark the float out of Cunard's newest Queen, ocean liner Queen Victoria. During the float out, the valves will be opened and the dry-dock flooded for the ship to ...

World's Grandest Ocean Liner to Sail Beneath the Majestic Golden Gate Bridge VALENCIA, Calif., Jan. 4 -- Queen Mary 2, the grandest ocean liner ever built, will make maritime history when she makes her maiden call to San Francisco on February 4-5, 2007. A rare overnight visit, Queen Mary 2's arrival in the City by the Bay is cause for ...

A Royal Rendezvous(TM) in Ft. Lauderdale: Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2 Set Sail for Simultaneous World Cruises on January 10 VALENCIA, Calif. -- On January 10, 2007, maritime and Cunard ocean liner enthusiasts will have a rare opportunity to see the line's legendary liners -- Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2 -- set sail on simultaneous, but ...

VALENCIA, Calif. -- Throughout the month of October, the golden age of transatlantic ocean travel will come to life in a new special produced by NBC owned and operated stations, appropriately titled "Onboard Queen Mary 2 - A Transatlantic Adventure." The 30-minute program takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the world's most famous ocean liner, tracing Cunard's pre-eminence as ...