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Cruise Ship Fleet
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New Ship Builds
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| Queen Elizabeth 92,000 GRT 2,092 passengers - Fall
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News
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October 11, 2008
Carnival announced that
effective Oct. 31 the existing fuel supplement will
be eliminated
for all new bookings on 2010
departures on
its brands -- Carnival Cruise Lines,
Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Holland America Line,
Princess Cruises and The Yachts of Seabourn.
September 4, 2008
Cunard
Line Announces World Cruises
2010
Cunard’s two modern luxury
liners,
Queen Mary 2 and
Queen Victoria, will depart
in January 2010 on their
World Cruises, continuing
the line’s rich tradition of
offering the most spectacular
and historic World Cruises on
The Most Famous Ocean Liners in
the World. |
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Enhancements
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General Information/History
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1839 - Samuel Cunard
of Halifax, Nova Scotia with the assistance of Robert
Napier, an engineering genius who was responsible for
creating the engines of some of the best new ships of his
day, partnered along with financial backing from three
accomplished businessmen: James Donaldson, George Burns and
David Maclver. These five men founded the British and North
American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, later known as
"Cunard Line".
Cunard was the first company to take passengers on regularly
scheduled transatlantic departures (Britannia,
1840)
Cunard held the record from
1940-1996 for the largest passenger ship ever built (Queen
Elizabeth, 1940).
Cunard is the only cruise
company to sail regularly scheduled transatlantic service
year-round (Queen
Mary 2) |
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