Queen Victoria
is Cunard's newest Queen.
The idea of a third modern Queen was to become a
reality in 2005. However the original design was unable to
participate in the Cunard tradition of trans-Atlantic voyages. This resulted in the incomplete
"QV" moving to P&O, to become known as Arcadia.
On the December 3, 2004 a new contract was
signed with Fincantieri shipbuilders (who have built more than 7,000
ships). Work on the new Queen Victoria was started on April 14, 2005. True
to Cunard tradition, Queen Victoria is capable of crossing the North
Atlantic in a direct route from New York to Southampton. She is also
able to transit the Panama Canal allowing her to partake in the other
Cunard tradition of annual world cruises.
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