Queen Anne, Cunard’s latest cruise ship, reached one other essential milestone in her building because the keel was laid down in a ceremony on the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, Italy.
The honour of welding the ceremonial coin to the keel went to Captain Inger Klein Thorhauge earlier than the massive part of the ship was positioned subsequent to the ship’s superstructure. After chopping the primary metal, the keel laying ceremony is the subsequent essential step in setting up a cruise ship.
Cunard’s Queen Anne One Step Nearer to Completion
Cunard Line’s latest cruise ship, the 113,000 gross tons, 3000-passenger Pinnacle-class Queen Anne, has reached the subsequent step of her building because the keel was laid down in the present day.
Throughout an occasion on the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, Italy, cruise line and shipyard officers celebrated the event with the normal coin ceremony.
Throughout the coin ceremony, Captain Inger Klein Thorhauge welded a coin into the keel, which is able to keep there for the lifetime of the vessel. Moreover being a vital step in setting up a brand new cruise ship, the coin ceremony additionally has a ceremonial perform. The coin will present the ship and all those that sail on her with good luck.
Cunard stated this on its Fb web page: “Our Keel laying ceremony is underway on the Fincantieri Marghera shipyard in Venice! A ceremony steeped in custom, bringing luck to the ship throughout building in addition to her Captain and Crew, marking the formal begin of building.”
Whereas the coin ceremony is undoubtedly a step in the best route, it will likely be some time nonetheless earlier than Queen Anne sails with friends. First introduced in 2017, the primary cruises onboard Cunard’s latest cruise ship are scheduled to set sail at first of 2024, with building completion scheduled for the top of 2023.
Queen Anne’s First Cruise Sails January 4, 2024
As soon as building has been accomplished and the Fincantieri shipyard palms over Queen Anne to Cunard, she’s going to grow to be the fourth cruise ship operational within the Cunard fleet.
Different ships that sail below the enduring cruise firm are the Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria, and Queen Elizabeth. Queen Anne is the 96th passenger ship to sail below the Cunard flag and the 249th ship in complete, together with cargo ships and others.
Earlier this 12 months, Cunard introduced the primary set of sailings for Queen Anne; she’s going to sail on her maiden voyage on January 4, 2024, from Southampton in the UK.
There shall be one in a single day name in Lisbon, Portugal, and two days at sea earlier than and after the port name so friends can absolutely discover all that the vessel has to supply. She shall be welcomed again to Southampton by her sisters, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria.
On January 27, Queen Anne will embark on a 35-day Caribbean cruise from Southampton. She is going to set off within the route of Ponta Delgada within the Azores, adopted by her maiden name in the US on February 7 in Port Canaveral, adopted by a name to Fort Lauderdale.
From the US, Queen Anne will set sail to the Caribbean with calls to St Thomas, St. Maarten, St. Kitts, Barbados, St Lucia, Antigua, and the British Virgin Islands. On the return voyage to Southampton, the ship will make calls to Fort Lauderdale and Bermuda.
