3 Queens Cruise Ships Southampton
QM2 arrived first very early that morning as usual.
3 queens cruise ships southampton. Cunard s flag ship and a true ocean liner Queen Mary 2 getting steam-up at Southampton Docks for her departure tonight along with Cunard Lines sister ships Queen Victoria and Elizabeth 2QE2 Credit Gary Blake. Its all related to QM2s tenth birthday and theres a programme of events for the day culminating with a late sail away 10 oclock ands fireworks. I gather that they gathered in Lisbon and sailed together from there to Southampton where they arrived this morning.
This was a rare occasion to see all three Queens together with Southampton being the only place in the world to have hosted the three Queens three times. You can also catch from Southampton and back again the Hythe Ferrry. Three cruise ships have left Southampton after events to celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee finished with a firework display.
The three Cunard sister ships Queen Victoria Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary 2 met in January 2011 and sailed out of New York Harbour. The best I can say is we were on QM2 for her arrival in Southampton for a two queens meet the first time QM2 and QE met on 8th Nov 2010. Launched in 2007 and last refitted in 2018 the ship carries 2061 passengers.
Aboard the smallest of the Cunard ships you will rarely find yourself in a crowd except perhaps at dinner time or at a popular theatre show. The three Cunard Queens cruise ships and the Red Arrows display over the river Mersey in Liverpool for Cunards 175th anniversary Southampton UK 10 Aug 2018. The QEs normal cruising speed is 237 kn knots which is in mph 273 and in kph is 44.
Cunards three Queens depart Southampton marking 175 years on May 3 2015. Tuesday June 5th 2012 was not only a historic day for the country due to the Queens Diamond Jubilee it was also a day that saw all three of Cunards Queen Ships in Southampton port at the same time. Our three Queens met in Southampton on 9 May 2014 to celebrate Queen Mary 2s 10th Anniversary - here is the moment that they arrived.
According to the Southampton VTS website which lists scheduled cruise ship calls at Southampton for the whole of the year during the day Queen Victoria will be berthed at the City terminal Queen Elizabeth at Mayflower and Queen Mary 2 at the Ocean terminal presumably shell have to emerge and then back up a bit to get close to the City terminal for the. The sight of our ships and their distinctive red and black funnels always causes a stir wherever they dock. We awoke to an exchange of whistle blasts from both ships as QE sailed past QM2 upon her arrival a bit later but still very early that morning.
