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New Queen Elizabeth liner arrives in Southampton

2010-10-08 1 Dailymotion

<p><br /> The new 92,400 tonne Queen Elizabeth liner has arrived at the Southampton docks, where she will officially be named by the Queen on Monday.<br /> </p><p><br /> The Queen Elizabeth will join the other "Queens" in the Cunard fleet - the Queen Mary 2 (QM2) and the Queen Victoria.<br /> </p><p><br /> After the naming ceremony by the Queen at Southampton, the liner will leave on its maiden voyage - to the Canary Islands - on October 12.<br /> </p><p><br /> This is the third Cunard ship to be named Queen Elizabeth. The first was launched on the Clyde in Scotland in 1938 by the then Queen Elizabeth - who later became the Queen Mother - with the present Queen, then aged 12, looking on.<br /> </p><p><br /> The Queen launched the second Queen Elizabeth, the QE2, on the Clyde in 1967 and also named the QM2 at Southampton in 2004.<br /> </p>

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