Cunard's 3 Queen ships meet in NYC

Iconic vessels held position near Statue of Liberty, will never meet again

NEW 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 of Liberty, holding their positions for a few minutes after 8 p.m. under a shower of fireworks. Then they slowly moved across New York Harbor, the Queen Mary leading the other two....