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Amazing facts about Queen Mary 2

As flagship of the Cunard fleet, it was only natural that QM2 would play a central role in the line's recent 175th anniversary celebrations.

A meeting of the 'three queens' - Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria - had taken place in Lisbon in 2014 to mark the former's 10th birthday. In May, 2015, they met again to celebrate Cunard's 175th year, this time at the mouth of the Mersey, from where they sailed on to the company's spiritual home of Liverpool.

Two months later, Queen Mary 2 replicated the maiden voyage of Cunard's first ship, Britannia, from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she received a 21-gun salute, before sailing on to Boston.

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Artie Phelan

Update: 2024-05-23