Cunard Line Will Salute Queen on Diamond Jubilee

Cunard Line will celebrate the queen’s Diamond Jubilee with a “Royal Rendezvous” on June 5, the final day of the celebrations.

Photo courtesy of Cunard 

The queen is the only person to have attended the naming of all three Cunard Elizabeths, beginning in 1938. It will be the first time that the three Cunard ships will arrive and depart together in formation at their homeport of Southampton.

Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria and Queen Mary 2 will approach the port soon after first light on June 5, sailing in single file up the Solent River, with a flotilla of small boats expected to welcome them in.

As Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria tie up at their berths, Queen Mary 2 will follow on, passing each ship in turn, with crew lining the foredeck of all three vessels, and the ships’ whistles sounding in salute of her majesty’s Jubilee.

Source: TravelPulse