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Queen to name Cunard's new ship

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Source: Catherine Deshayes

The Queen will name Cunard's new liner, the Queen Elizabeth, it has been announced...

The naming ceremony will take place in Southampton on October 11, before the 2,092-passenger ship sets sail on her maiden voyage - a 13-night cruise to the Canary Islands - the next day.

It is the third Cunard ship to bear her name. The Queen also launched the line's Queen Elizabeth II in 1967, and named Cunard's current flagship, Queen Mary II, in 2004.

The Queen also attended the naming ceremony for Cunard's original Queen Elizabeth, launched in Clydebank, Scotland in 1938.

"The naming of a Cunard Queen is a very special occasion and this will be an historic event in the true sense of the word," said Peter Shanks, president and managing director of Cunard. "We are both honoured and proud that Her Majesty will name our new liner."

The Duchess of Cornwall named the cruise line's Queen Victoria in 2007.

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk