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Queen Mary 2, Crystal Serenity, Europa, and SeaDream II have been named among the best performing cruise ships in an annual survey of nearly 300 vessels. (more…)

Cunard will celebrate the Diamond Jubilee

In step with the Diamond Jubilee for Queen Elizabeth on 5th June 2012, all three Cunard ships will unite in Southampton on that day.

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Queen Mary 2 winter makeover 2011

The Queen Mary 2 has returned to service after a two-week refurbishment that touched every cabin and many public areas ready for it’s winter cruise season.

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Queen Mary 2 refit in Hamburg

Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 is due to be refitted from 24/11/2011-07/12/2011 at the Blohm and Voss shipyards in Hamburg.

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QM2 docked in Liverpool amongst the River Festival

Thirty-thousand people lined the banks of the River Mersey to see the Cunard Line’s Queen Mary 2 on a visit on 15th September 2011. The visit tied in with the Liverpool River Festival on the Waterfront event. (more…)

Cunard will send all three of its ships on epic voyages in 2013 from direct demand for longer cruises. (more…)

Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth meet in New York

On the evening of 14th 2011 Jan in New York as all three of the historic Cunard Line’s current ocean liners met up for the first time. (more…)

Queen Mary 2 sailed into Liverpool for the first time on 20th October 2009 as part of a UK tour for its fifth birthday. Weighing 151,400 tonnes and built at a cost of £460million, the Queen Mary 2 arrived as a shining symbol of one of Liverpool’s greatest - and world-famous - companies Cunard.

Queen Mary 2 arrives in Liverpool on 20th October 2009

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To mark the 5th birthday of Cunard’s Queen Mary 2, the ship will make her  inaugural call to Greenock and the Clyde on Monday 19 October 2009. It will be the largest ship ever to have sailed up the Clyde.

Queen Mary 2 visits the Clyde

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