Entries Tagged as ‘Cunard Line’

Sunday, 30 November 2008

Farewell, QE2

Without a doubt, there have been few ships that have garnered such a devoted following as Queen Elizabeth 2 has. Indeed, with 39 years of service, sailing over 5.5 million miles and carrying over 2.5 million passengers, sailing to nearly every region of thew world, few ships have had the same sort of opportunity to [...]

Saturday, 29 November 2008

BBC QE2 farewell coverage round-up

Many of us have enjoyed the BBC’s excellent coverage of Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth 2’s final months in service. For those who haven’t been following it, here is a round-up of the coverage in chronological order:
2008/06/02: Queen’s goodbye to QE2 liner: The Queen has boarded the QE2 cruise ship for the third, and final time, since she [...]

Thursday, 20 December 2007

30 Years Ago: Remembering Cunard Princess, Cunard’s Last Cruise Ship

This month, much of the talk in the ocean liner and cruise ship community has been about Cunard’s latest addition to the fleet, Queen Victoria. She’s the first purpose-built cruise ship (please don’t call her an ocean liner) for Cunard in 30 years. That ship 30 years ago was Cunard Princess.