Liverpool, Merseyside, UK 26th May, 2015. MS Queen Victoria a Vista-class cruise ship Cruise Liner departs from the Port of Liverpool, with crowds of onlookers viewing the departure from Crosby Beach as she heads out to sea.
Between 24-26 May 2015, all three Cunard ships called at Liverpool to salute a city that will be forever part of their history, culminating in all three Queens meeting on the Mersey for the first time on 25 May. The event marked 175th anniversary of the famous passenger shipping line, their formation in the River Mersey the centre-piece of a weekend of celebrations to mark Cunard’s historic links with the city. The spectacle is attracted up to a million people. Cunard was founded in 1840, with Sir Samuel Cunard’s mail steamship RMS Britannia beginning a transatlantic service to Halifax and Boston from Liverpool. Further celebrations to mark that first journey are planned in the city in July. MS Queen Victoria (QV) is a cruise ship operated by the Cunard Line, and is named after the late British monarch, Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria is the running mate to Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth. Until November 2008, she also operated alongside Queen Elizabeth 2. Queen Victoria is of the same basic design as other Vista-class cruise ships, though slightly longer and more in keeping with Cunard's interior style. At 90,000 GT, she is the smallest of Cunard's ships in operation.
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Location: Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
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