Sunday, March 29, 2015

Cunard Line historian sails into Adelaide on Queen Mary 2 voyage - Yahoo7 News

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Cunard Line historian sails into Adelaide on Queen Mary 2 voyage
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"There are a couple of cruise ships in the Caribbean that are [now] a little bit bigger than Queen Mary 2, but she is still the largest of this type of ship, that can undertake the long voyages - particularly on the trans-Atlantic - the classic voyage from Southampton ...

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Cunard Line historian sails into Adelaide on Queen Mary 2 voyage - ABC Online

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Cunard Line historian sails into Adelaide on Queen Mary 2 voyage
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Mr Frame told 891 ABC Adelaide his love of majestic cruise liners stemmed from a special trip he made two decades ago. "When I was 11 years old, I sailed on the QE2 [Queen Elizabeth 2] and just something about that ship, the atmosphere, the history on ...

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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Photos reveal life on board Cunard ships as cruise line celebrates 175 years - Daily Mail

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Photos reveal life on board Cunard ships as cruise line celebrates 175 years
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QE2 was the first ship to have an email address. QE2 hosted the world's first Trivial Pursuit cruise. QE2 became the world's largest hospital ship during the Falklands Conflict in 1982. When QE2 arrived in Liverpool for the first time on July 24, 1990 more than a ...

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

PHOTOS: The most famous cruise line on the high seas is turning 175 - Business Insider Australia

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PHOTOS: The most famous cruise line on the high seas is turning 175
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An Australian photographer has captured life aboard some of the world's greatest cruise liners. Sydney-based James Morgan had just 175 hours last year to capture Cunard's Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth across the oceans for an ...

Thursday, March 12, 2015

What do you do with an old ocean liner? - BBC News

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What do you do with an old ocean liner?
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The latest P&O "superliner" Britannia has been officially named by the Queen but what happens after cruise liners are past their sell-by date? In their heyday ocean ... SS United States - flagship of the United States Line - won the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing on her maiden voyage in 1952 - a record the ship holds to this day. However, like her rival ... John Chillingworth, managing director of London QE2, is confident the London plan is the most viable option for the liner. He explained that work is ...

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

MIPIM 2015: Peel Logistics confirms next wave of projects - Place North West

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MIPIM 2015: Peel Logistics confirms next wave of projects
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Peel has submitted planning applications for a 280,000 sq ft pre-let logistics warehouse at Port Salford and a £50m oil refinery at QE2 Dock in Eastham at the entrance to the Manchester Ship Canal. The announcements were made during Peel's update on ...

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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Britannia cruise ship named by the Queen in lavish ceremony - Telegraph.co.uk

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Britannia cruise ship named by the Queen in lavish ceremony
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The naming of a ship, followed by liquid spillage over the bow, is a long-held tradition, an honour previously bestowed on icons such as Sixties 'it' girls (Twiggy), Italian sex symbols (Sophia Lauren); the queen of cakes (Mary Berry), and the Duchess of ...

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Looking shipshape! The Queen is pretty in peach as she launches new cruise ... - Daily Mail

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Looking shipshape! The Queen is pretty in peach as she launches new cruise ...
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The Queen looked shipshape in a pretty peach coat and hat as she christened a new cruise ship with the help of a bottle of sparkling English wine today. Her Majesty was at the new Ocean Cruise Terminal in Southampton where she became 'godmother' to a gargantuan .... stranger to cruise ships in any case, having become godmother to no fewer than five - now six, including Britannia. First of the liners launched by the Queen was Cunard's QE2, which was christened in 1967 and made her maiden voyage in 1969.

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