ABC Online | Cunard Line historian sails into Adelaide on Queen Mary 2 voyage ABC Online 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 ... |
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Cunard Line historian sails into Adelaide on Queen Mary 2 voyage - ABC Online
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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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Daily Mail | Photos reveal life on board Cunard ships as cruise line celebrates 175 years Daily Mail 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 Business Insider Australia 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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BBC News | What do you do with an old ocean liner? BBC News 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 ... |
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
MIPIM 2015: Peel Logistics confirms next wave of projects - Place North West
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Place North West | MIPIM 2015: Peel Logistics confirms next wave of projects Place North West 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 ... |
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Britannia cruise ship named by the Queen in lavish ceremony - Telegraph.co.uk
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Telegraph.co.uk | Britannia cruise ship named by the Queen in lavish ceremony Telegraph.co.uk 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 ... |
Looking shipshape! The Queen is pretty in peach as she launches new cruise ... - Daily Mail
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Daily Mail | Looking shipshape! The Queen is pretty in peach as she launches new cruise ... Daily Mail 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. |
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Three Queens Liverpool 2015: Merseyside QE2 captain Robin Woodall ... - Liverpool Echo
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Liverpool Echo | Three Queens Liverpool 2015: Merseyside QE2 captain Robin Woodall ... Liverpool Echo ... 16-year-old cadet after leaving Birkenhead School, later joining Cunard where the first cruise liner he worked on was the RMS Sylvania. Debbie says: “My grandfather wasn't in the merchant navy, but I think my great-grandfather was a ship's captain as well. |
Friday, February 27, 2015
02/27/15 - SS United States or QE2 Heading for Pier 57 in Manhattan? - Cruise Industry News
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02/27/15 - SS United States or QE2 Heading for Pier 57 in Manhattan? Cruise Industry News ... of redeveloping Manhattan's pier 57 with a retired ocean liner as a hotel, according to a report on therealdeal.com. The two companies formed a joint venture last year and are looking into bringing in a ship with the intention to create a hotel facility at pier 57. |
SS United States or QE2 Heading for Pier 57 in Manhattan? - Cruise Industry News
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SS United States or QE2 Heading for Pier 57 in Manhattan? Cruise Industry News ... of redeveloping Manhattan's pier 57 with a retired ocean liner as a hotel, according to a report on therealdeal.com. The two companies formed a joint venture last year and are looking into bringing in a ship with the intention to create a hotel facility at pier 57. |
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Home » Business » Two cruise ships bring in close to 5000 tourists - Tonga Daily News
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Tonga Daily News | Home » Business » Two cruise ships bring in close to 5000 tourists Tonga Daily News And they were also farewelled in style later in the afternoon as the two cruise liners bade Tonga goodbye in the continuation of their respective trips around the globe. Around 2,500 tourists arrived on the QE2, which made her maiden voyage in 1969 and was ... |
Saturday, February 14, 2015
The 100 day countdown to Cunard's Three Queens on the Mersey Liverpool ... - PR Newswire (press release)
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PR Newswire (press release) | The 100 day countdown to Cunard's Three Queens on the Mersey Liverpool ... PR Newswire (press release) On 4 July 1840, Cunard's first ship, Britannia, left the Mersey and changed the face of ocean travel forever by establishing the first scheduled service across the Atlantic. Queen Mary 2 will return to the cruise terminal on 4 July 2015, 175 years later to the day, ... |
Monday, February 9, 2015
2015 Marks The 175th Anniversary of Cunard Line - Cruise Hive
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2015 Marks The 175th Anniversary of Cunard Line Cruise Hive Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II said goodbye to the ship she had named in June 2008 while QM2 was also in port. She ordered a cadet to blow the whistle at noon, which QM2 was supposed to respond to. After the introduction of the current Queen Elizabeth ... |
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Titanic welcome for ship - SBS
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Titanic welcome for ship SBS More history was to be made tonight with the rendezvous in Sydney Harbour of the QM2 and its sister ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2, at 7pm (AEDT), an event assured of pulling more big crowds. It's a sight not seen since the ships' two predecessors, the Queen ... |
Big welcome for Queen Mary - SBS
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Big welcome for Queen Mary SBS The ship has docked at the Garden Island naval base at Woolloomooloo, being too long to berth at Circular Quay and too tall to sail under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. In the evening, the 23-storey-tall liner will be joined by its sister ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2, ... |
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