Tuesday, May 26, 2015

How Cunard earned its place in British maritime history: Incredible images ... - Daily Mail

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How Cunard earned its place in British maritime history: Incredible images ...
Daily Mail
These incredible images document life on board Cunard's world-famous ships as the cruise liner celebrates 175 years of sailing the seas. Since the maiden ..... Pursuit cruise. QE2 became the world's largest hospital ship during the Falklands Conflict in 1982.

Monday, May 25, 2015

Cunard's 175th birthday blowout: a 3-ship 'river dance' in Liverpool - Los Angeles Times

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Cunard's 175th birthday blowout: a 3-ship 'river dance' in Liverpool
Los Angeles Times
In 1840, the first Cunard ship, the Britannia, set sail from England to America -- a route the cruise line continues to this day. Hundreds of thousands are expected to watch the ships sail in formation to the city where Cunard made its headquarters from 1916 to ...

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Tens of thousands gather for meeting of the 'Cunard Queens' in Liverpool - India Gazette

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Tens of thousands gather for meeting of the 'Cunard Queens' in Liverpool
India Gazette
LIVERPOOL, UK - An estimated crowd of 20,000 people turned out to watch the arrival of the Cunard cruise ship Queen Mary 2 in Liverpool despite gloomy weather Sunday. The crowds gathered at Liverpool's Pier Head, where the huge ocean liner docked at ...

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More than 20000 gather in Liverpool for Cunard's 175th anniversary celebrations - Big News Network.com

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More than 20000 gather in Liverpool for Cunard's 175th anniversary celebrations
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LIVERPOOL, UK - An estimated crowd of 20,000 people turned out to watch the arrival of the Cunard cruise ship Queen Mary 2 in Liverpool despite gloomy weather Sunday. The crowds gathered at Liverpool's Pier Head, where the huge ocean liner ... The Lord Mayor of Liverpool Erica Kemp CBE stepped off at 10.25am and was greeted by crowds eager to get the best shot of the ship, the most famous in the world after her predecessor QE2. Cunard was founded in 1839 by Samuel Cunard who was awarded the first ...

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Sunday, May 24, 2015

Cunard Pays Tribute to War Service - The Maritime Executive

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Cunard Pays Tribute to War Service
The Maritime Executive
It is remarkable to think that one ship, Arabia, would carry all the horses that charged with the Light Bridge but it is astonishing to think that Arabia carried horses over, 7,500 horses – 203 at a time, on voyages at a very slow speed of four knots. Cunarders would .... On the journey southwards from Freetown, the only port of call, every one of the liner's portholes was covered with black plastic to provide a total blackout: from being the ocean's brightest star, QE2 – for her own safety – became the darkest. On the last leg of ...

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'The state of the once glorious QE2 is a tragedy. I intend to bring her home ... - Express.co.uk

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'The state of the once glorious QE2 is a tragedy. I intend to bring her home ...
Express.co.uk
No other ship comes close. She is up there with HMS Victory and the Cutty Sark as a piece of the nation's maritime history.” Nevertheless, when it reached the end of its oceangoing life the liner was sold by Cunard for £50.5million to a Dubai business ...

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QE2 cruise ship "left to rot" after being sold to Dubai - AOL Travel UK

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QE2 cruise ship "left to rot" after being sold to Dubai
AOL Travel UK
A campaign group has claimed that iconic ocean liner the QE2 has been "left to rot" in Dubai after she left the UK in 2008 for her new home at the UAE state's Port Rashid. Campaigner Stephen Robinson fears she will end up being scrapped and highlighted ...

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New images purportedly show QE2 during Dubai layup - Arabian Supply Chain

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New images purportedly show QE2 during Dubai layup
Arabian Supply Chain
New images have been published of the former Cunard Line flagship Queen Elizabeth II (QE2), which is currently in cold layup at Drydocks World in Dubai awaiting an uncertain fate. The images, published by the Middle East cruise website Cruise Arabia ...

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

New pictures published of QE2 cruise ship 'rotting' in Dubai - Sierra Leone Times

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New pictures published of QE2 cruise ship 'rotting' in Dubai
Sierra Leone Times
DUBAI, UAE New images have been published claiming to show the former Cunard ocean liner Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) in cold layup in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The images reportedly taken this summer in Dubai while the ship was docked at ...

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New images published of Cunard liner QE2 in cold layup in Dubai - Big News Network.com

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New images published of Cunard liner QE2 in cold layup in Dubai
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DUBAI, UAE New images have been published claiming to show the former Cunard ocean liner Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) in cold layup in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The images reportedly taken this summer in Dubai while the ship was docked at ...

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Cunard cruise liner QE2 'left to rot' after being sold to Dubai - Liverpool Echo

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Cunard cruise liner QE2 'left to rot' after being sold to Dubai
Liverpool Echo
“Unless something is done soon, she will end up being scrapped which would be a terrible waste of such an iconic ship.” The Queen launched the QE2 in 1967. After the ocean liner went into service in 1969, she made at least 26 round-the-world voyages.

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Friday, May 22, 2015

Red Arrows take to the skies for Three Queens visit - Wirral Globe

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Red Arrows take to the skies for Three Queens visit
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2.10pm: Queen Mary 2 will depart and Queen Elizabeth will take up berth at Cruise Terminal, while the Queen Victoria will remain mid river. 10pm: Amazing projections 10.30pm: Firework display, after which the Queen Elizabeth leaves the city and Queen ...

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

A glimpse of the golden age of steamship travel: The Three Queens of Cunard ... - Daily Mail

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A glimpse of the golden age of steamship travel: The Three Queens of Cunard ...
Daily Mail
The Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth and and the Queen Mary 2 will line up on the waterfront in the famous ship-building city for the landmark year which celebration of Cunard's first Atlantic crossing. Cunard's .... The £460million Queen Mary 2 is the only major ocean liner built since the Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), which was decommissioned in 2008, and today it docked on the Clyde, were it was built, as part of the ceremonial trip. ... Night cruise: The Queen Mary 2 arrives into Greenock on the Clyde last night on.

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In pictures: Queen Mary 2, the world's biggest ocean liner, sails up Clyde at ... - Herald Scotland

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In pictures: Queen Mary 2, the world's biggest ocean liner, sails up Clyde at ...
Herald Scotland
The Clyde has produced some of the most famous ship ever to go to sea and many of those have been Cunarders: Britannia, Hibernia, Russia, Servia, Lucania, Campania, Lusitania, Aquitania, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Caronia and Queen Elizabeth 2.

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Sunday, May 17, 2015

Cunard: The Man and His Company - The Maritime Executive

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Cunard: The Man and His Company
The Maritime Executive
And so Queen Elizabeth 2, a true transatlantic liner with a service speed of 28.5 knots and a 1.5 inch thick hull, but which, with its ability to navigate both Panama and Suez, could be a cruise ship too, was launched by the Queen in 1967. QE2 would defy the ...

Friday, May 15, 2015

Thousands expected on Wirral side of Mersey to watch arrival of the Three Queens - Wirral Globe

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Thousands expected on Wirral side of Mersey to watch arrival of the Three Queens
Wirral Globe
TENS of thousands of visitors are expected to converge along the Wirral side of the Mersey over the Bank Holiday weekend to watch Cunard's three flagship cruise liners sail down the river. The Three Queens - Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria and Queen ...

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Sunday, May 3, 2015

THREE QUEENS: Cunard loved by the rich and famous - Daily Echo

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THREE QUEENS: Cunard loved by the rich and famous
Daily Echo
ROYALTY, Hollywood stars, world leaders, millionaires, politicians, captains of industry, television personalities – the list of those who have travelled with Cunard over the decades is a collection of famous names that can never be matched by any other ...

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Friday, May 1, 2015

Cunnard Celebrates 175 Years of Innovation - The Maritime Executive

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Cunnard Celebrates 175 Years of Innovation
The Maritime Executive
Cruise line Cunnard is celebrating its 175 anniversary this year. Despite Samuel Cunard's initial brave gamble to ... The first shore to ship transatlantic television transmission occurred on March 7, 1928 on Berengaria while the first live TV transmission from a ship at sea took place from QE2 in July 1986. QE2 was the first ship to offer a Computer Learning Centre ... The first liner to cross the Atlantic in under five days was Lusitania which left Liverpool on 5 October 1907. She completed the voyage from Daunts Rock to ...

Cunard releases vintage posters showcasing days of transatlantic voyages - Daily Mail

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Cunard releases vintage posters showcasing days of transatlantic voyages
Daily Mail
... advertising campaigns using posters first became vital to Cunard's popularity. Before the age of television, these images would be used to show the scale of the ship that was about to launch. ... Since then, the cruise liner has changed dramatically and their three big ships from 1921, the Mauretania, the Berengaria, and the Aquitania, would be dwarfed by their modern line up of the Queen Mary 2, the Queen Victoria and the Queen Elizabeth. Cunard favoured two artists in particular when it came to designing their ...

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