3 Queens meet Expecting to see some nice photos

[Fred Vloo]

Three British liners known as  Cunard's 'Queens' were to meet in an historic first in their home port of  Southampton on Tuesday, the company said.
   The 148,000-tonne Queen Mary 2, the biggest cruise ship in the world when  it was built, and Cunard's newest 'Queen', Queen Victoria, will salute the  venerable QE2 on the day she celebrates the 39th anniversary of her official  entry into service.
   Thousands of people are expected to line Southampton's docks in southeast  England to see the three ships as they sound their whistles together shortly  after 1600 GMT before Queen Mary 2 embarks on her first transatlantic crossing  of the year.
   The 17-storey Queen Mary 2 entered service in January 2004 with a maiden  voyage from Southampton to Florida.
   Its construction was marked by tragedy when a walkway collapsed in the  French port of Saint Nazaire, killing 16 people.
   It was overtaken in 2006 as the world's largest cruise ship in terms of  volume by the Finnish-built Freedom of the Seas, which can carry up to 4,400  passengers to the Queen Mary's 2,620.
   The QE2 went into service in April 1969. She is to undergo a refit later  this year.

[Robert J Smith]

And my schedule put me in a misty Southampton....... yesterday  :-(

[Fred Vloo]

Too bad ;-)
Lets hope another member was there today.
Have fun
Fred

[mike rhodes]

Here is a picture that I took this afternoon  

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=626218&cid=13

[Ship's Cat]

Nice photos. I was in Mayflower Park and got quite a lot of shots. They're here: http://shipimages.blogspot.com/ I'll put them on my main site sometime over the next few days. The light conditions - misty and facing the sun - weren't great but at least it wasn't raining!