Queen Victoria ... Liverpool perhaps?

[highcbob]

Hello fellow Cunarders,

Now that our future Queen has been transferred

( even before she reigned ) to P&O, we now have

a future 'Queen Victoria' on the horizon.

As I understand, the city of Liverpool,

England, very much indeed wanted her to be

based and registered in their fine city - the home of White Star Line.

The only problem was that they could not build

their new passenger terminal in time.

So now, even though the new future Queen may commence her European cruises from a warmer Mediterranen port, ( but who knows? ), do you think it may be possible she may now have a chance for a "Queen Victoria - Liverpool"

registration?

For all you ocean liner buffs, when is the last time a Cunard/White star ship has had "Liverpool" under her name on the stern or on her live preservers?

 

Ah, reminds me of the "Titanic" movie with the rescue scene on the stern, "don't come near me, I'll jump!"

[highcbob]

Do'h, I meant LIFE preservers

[curlyQ]

I think this is a great topic, if I see one

more "what is a hull balcony?" I'll...

 

Our new Queen with a "Liverpool" registration

sounds facinating to me. I will do a little

research and try to come up with an answer

to Bobs question "when is the last time a

Cunard White Star ship...?"

 

Curls.

[KenC]

Both QM and QE had Liverpool on their sterns in the 60's

 

Don't see the point of all this nostalgia about Liverpool

 

It's like proposing future transatlantics terminate in Boston because that was the original Cunard preference as a US base

 

Ever controverially yours

 

Ken

[curlyQ]

now now Ken darling, each to his/her own.

We don't want to take the limelight off

of the south of England and perhaps

move it a little north now, would we?

 

Thanks for answering the question QM and QE.

Now we know!

[KenC]

Now now curlyQ darling, all I was saying was that you can't live in the past

 

By the way, I'm from Wales and don't give a rat's a** about the difference between the North and South of England

 

I'm sure there were later examples of Liverpool on Cunard sterns, but I'm sure that was for clerical reasons and not some great nostalgic resonance.

[curlyQ]

Go ahead Ken, tell us how you

REALLY feel darling.

Are you living away from Wales in exile?

[highcbob]

I have just returned from being away for

the holiday weekend. I see a couple of you

have been 'busy' in my absence

 

Ken, my Grandfather was from 'Brighton',

he moved to the central coast of N.S.W

Australia, and lived in a house with my

Grandmother, they called their home

"Brighton" with a sign of the same name

hanging overhead from the front porch.

[mufi]

Sailing out of Liverpool would make quite a lot of sense. There's more brass in't north, but they would need to provide bigger kenels to accomodate our whippets.

[Pig&Whistle]

Re. the question about the last Cunard liner to have Liverpool on her stern...probably the Caronia in 1972-73.

Pig&Whistle

 

Queen Mary

Queen Elizabeth

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Caronia

Liberte

United States

Rotterdam

Nieuw Amsterdam

Iberia

Brasil

Santa Paula

Monterey

Lydia

Mykonos

Norway

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