Queen Victoria current location

[molecrochip]

2 minutes ago, Captain_Morgan said:

Which begs the question....do they keep QV in situ throughout the entirety of the Caribbean season (i.e. until end of March) to maintain their presence as a corporate support vessel?

Lets see how Omicron continues for next couple of weeks. If South Africa is anything to go by, numbers in the UK should start dropping this week, next at the latest.

[Solent Richard]

Just picked this Queen Victoria sitrep up from a friend earlier today 

 

We were transferred to QV yesterday from Azura … we both tested positive on 4th and now isolation for 10 days. The QV as some else said is isolation ship for Carnival Cruise Lines so all ships covered … Barbados isolation hotels not taking Covid cases from cruise ships … once people have been transferred to QV we are heading back to Barbados passengers that have completed 10 days and test negative will disembark to fly home the QV will anchor in the bay until the next rescue mission … we’ll don’t P&O/Carnival doing a great job especially as it’s a fast moving situation .. QV are a little disorganised but we are safe and being fed and can get fresh air …hope this is informative

 

 

 

Well done Carnival:  we, oh so often, just don't know what is going on behind the scenes.

[safarigal]

6 hours ago, Solent Richard said:

Just picked this Queen Victoria sitrep up from a friend earlier today 

 

We were transferred to QV yesterday from Azura … we both tested positive on 4th and now isolation for 10 days. The QV as some else said is isolation ship for Carnival Cruise Lines so all ships covered … Barbados isolation hotels not taking Covid cases from cruise ships … once people have been transferred to QV we are heading back to Barbados passengers that have completed 10 days and test negative will disembark to fly home the QV will anchor in the bay until the next rescue mission … we’ll don’t P&O/Carnival doing a great job especially as it’s a fast moving situation .. QV are a little disorganised but we are safe and being fed and can get fresh air …hope this is informative

 

 

 

Well done Carnival:  we, oh so often, just don't know what is going on behind the scenes.

My friend on board says they are picking up folks from the Britannia today, should be back in Barbados by tonight.

[2BACRUISER]

Been looking at QV voyages for this summers European season, do you think her being a quarantine/hospital ship will impact on the start of her summer itineraries, she's gonna need one helluva super dooper clean down. I thought I read somewhere she was going for a mini refurbishment anyway??

[bluemarble]

Perhaps it's time to start paying a bit more attention to QV's location. It shouldn't be too much longer until she starts heading back to Southampton. If the Southampton VTS cruise ship schedule is to be believed, she is due back in Southampton on April 5th.

 

Anyway, QV has been in Saint John's, Antigua today. Here is a capture from earlier this afternoon taken from the King's Casino, Antigua webcam found at "www.kingscasino.com/web-cam". I'm posting this image here with the kind permission of King's Casino.

 

Edited March 28, 2022 by bluemarble

[sogne]

12 hours ago, bluemarble said:

Perhaps it's time to start paying a bit more attention to QV's location. It shouldn't be too much longer until she starts heading back to Southampton. If the Southampton VTS cruise ship schedule is to be believed, she is due back in Southampton on April 5th.

 

Anyway, QV has been in Saint John's, Antigua today. Here is a capture from earlier this afternoon taken from the King's Casino, Antigua webcam found at "www.kingscasino.com/web-cam". I'm posting this image here with the kind permission of King's Casino.

 

I suspect she will stay put until QM2 current Caribbean voyage has ended. In any case she would be hard pressed 2 b back Southampton by 5th April. She going to dry dock before 1st cruise in early June.

[Host Hattie]

I've seen a report that she's due to leave today.

[sogne]

just confirmed sailing  32 UK tomorrow  from Antigua

[sogne]

3 hours ago, sogne said:

just confirmed sailing  32 UK tomorrow  from Antigua

AIS has eta Tyne 10th April 0930 LT I  suspect this is 4 some routine tidying up b4 dry dock  i assume in Hamburg or Brest.

[bluemarble]

QV is now getting underway from Saint John's, Antigua. Destination indicated as Tyne as @sogne has mentioned (now indicating 0945 on April 10th as the estimated arrival time).

[bluemarble]

Time to update this thread. QV arrived at Tyne (North Shields) this morning. Here's an article I found on the Chronicle Live website.

 

See on board magnificent cruise ship Cunard Queen Victoria as it sails into the Port of Tyne

[mcloaked]

Doesn't she look lovely? She will be even more beautiful after her refurb.

[Ray66]

The QV today was apparently on standby in case support was needed for a P&O ferry which lost power in the Irish Sea. A photo with both ships on the BBC website.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-61229753

 

oops - just seen Bluemarble's post about the same news. We must have posted at the same time.

 

Edited April 26, 2022 by Ray66

[bluemarble]

Here's a view of QV arriving at Southampton this evening after her long deployment as a support vessel in the Caribbean and her recent drydock at Harland & Wolff in Belfast. This is a capture from the Netley Cam stream on the Solent Ships YouTube channel.

 

[Host Hattie]

Looking good

[bluemarble]

Unfortunately It hasn't been the best day for clear webcam views. But I think this occasion certainly deserves posting a webcam capture anyway. QV's departure from Southampton today marks the first time in 801 days that QV has sailed with paying passengers. The entire Cunard fleet is now back in operation. Here is a capture from the Cruise Cam stream on the Solent Ships YouTube channel.

 

Edited June 5, 2022 by bluemarble

[bluemarble]

QV is in Visby, Sweden today. Here is a webcam capture showing QV shortly after she arrived a few hours ago. This image was captured from the Kryssningskajen camera hosted by webbkameror.se in collaboration with CMP (Copenhagen Malmö Port). The webcam is found at "www.webbkameror.se/webbkameror/kryssningskajen/kryssningskajen_1_1280.php". I am posting this image with the kind permission of webbkameror.se.

 

 

Silver Moon has also arrived in port partially blocking QV in the current webcam view, so I went back through the image archives to find this earlier view from 7 AM local time showing only QV.

[bluemarble]

Today QV is in Stockholm, Sweden.  Here is a capture from another of the webcams hosted by webbkameror.se. This one is from their "Stockholms inlopp 1" webcam found at "www.webbkameror.se/webbkameror/stockholmsinlopp/stockholmsinlopp_1_1280.php". It offers a view from the Danvikshem retirement home towards Gamla Stan and Stadsgården. It shows QV docked at the Masthamnen terminal at Stadsgården berth 167. Peeking out from behind QV is the cruiseferry Gabriella.

 

[Host Hattie]

Looks like a beautiful day there

[bluemarble]

Here's a closer view of QV today, this one as she departed Stockholm a few minutes ago. This is from another one of the many webcams hosted by webbkameror.se. It's from their "Stockholms inlopp 2" webcam found at "www.webbkameror.se/webbkameror/stockholmsinlopp/stockholmsinlopp_2_1280.php". This offers another view from the Danvikshem retirement home, this time towards Djurgården and Waldermarsudde.

 

[LadyL1]

Beautiful! Stockholm is a wonderful city, and sailing out through the islands on a sunny evening is just spectacular! How lucky those passengers are.

[exlondoner]

3 minutes ago, LadyL1 said:

Beautiful! Stockholm is a wonderful city, and sailing out through the islands on a sunny evening is just spectacular! How lucky those passengers are.

 

I think my favourite sailaway.

[bluemarble]

Another day, another webcam image showing QV in a Baltic port. QV is in Helsinki today. The other ship in this image is Norwegian Dawn. The early morning light from the east isn't the best but I figured I'd go ahead and post this now rather than wait for the late afternoon sun to give you plenty of time in case you would like to check out the live webcam for yourself.

 

This is a capture from the "West Harbour T2" webcam found on the Port of Helsinki's website at "www.portofhelsinki.fi/en/port-helsinki/web-cameras/west-harbour-t2". I am posting this image with the kind permission of the Port of Helsinki.

 

[bluemarble]

It's just as well I didn't wait to try to capture an image of QV in the late afternoon sun. The ferry Silja Europa was blocking the view of QV the past few hours and QV is now underway from Helsinki. Next stop Tallinn where I may have a partial distant webcam view of QV to offer. Anything to keep the string going. 🙂

[bluemarble]

As promised, here is a distant partial view of QV in Tallinn, Estonia today. The three ships to the left are AIDAVita, Phoenix Reisen Amera and Queen Victoria at the cruise piers. The other two ships are Isabelle and Silja Europa at the ferry terminals.

 

This is a capture from the Freedom Square webcam hosted by the Baltic Live Cam website "balticlivecam.com". The webcam can be found at "balticlivecam.com/cameras/estonia/tallinn/freedom-square/". I am posting this image with the kind permission of Baltic Live Cam.

 

Edited June 28, 2022 by bluemarble