Cunards Queen Elizabeth Liner Arrives In The Canary Islands

Cunards brand new cruise liner The Queen Elizabeth has arrived in the Canary Islands on her maiden voyage.
The Queen Elizabeth will call into the ports of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Santa Cruz de La Palma on Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th.

The Queen Elizabeth is not the largest ship in the fleet but at 90,000 tonnes, 294 metres long and 31 metres wide is still an inpressive sight.

The Queen Elizabeth came into Tenerife around 7-30 in the morning, from the port of Las Palmas, with 2,000 cruise passengers and 960 crew. She will remain in the harbour until six in the afternoon, when she will leave to go to the port of Santa Cruz de La Palma.

She began her maiden voyage on October 12, a day after being christened by the Queen of England, Elizabeth II, in the port of Southampton. This trip consists of a 14-day cruise which takes in Vigo, Lisbon, Las Palmas, Tenerife, La Palma and Funchal.

Cunards New Queen Elizabeth Cruise Ship To Visit The Canary Islands On Her Maiden Voyage

Shipping line Cunard has taken delivery of its new 92,400-tonne cruise liner, the Queen Elizabeth. The ship is set to be officially named by the Queen on 11 October in its home port of Southampton, Hampshire. The handover ceremony took place on Thursday onboard the vessel at the Fincantieri Monfalcone shipyard in Italy where the liner was built.

She replaces the Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) which made its last transatlantic crossing in 2008.


The new QE, as it is already being called, will join the other "Queens" in the Cunard fleet - the Queen Mary 2 (QM2) and the Queen Victoria. The new ship will now sail for Southampton where it is due to dock on 8 October.

Peter Shanks, Cunard president and managing director, said: "I'm certain the British will take this truly magnificent ship to their hearts, as they have all the Cunard Queens." After the naming ceremony, the liner will leave on its maiden voyage to the Canary Islands on 12 October.


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.

The Queen launched the second Queen Elizabeth, the QE2, on the Clyde in 1967. She also named the QM2 at Southampton in 2004. The new QE is one foot longer and one foot wider than the QE2 - which was sold to Dubai-based property developers Nakheel after being retired - but with 16 decks, it is much taller.

The ship looks like its sister, Queen Victoria, but is more than a third smaller than Cunard's largest liner, the QM2.

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New Queen Elizabeth Cruise Liner To Visit The Canaries On Her Maiden Voyage

The Queen is to officially name Cunards new £400m Queen Elizabeth cruise liner in Southampton on 11th October 2010 before the ship sails on its maiden voyage, to the Canary Islands, the next day. The Queen Elizabeth's maiden voyage is a 13-night cruise to the Canaries, with fares ranging from £1,489 to £15,799 per person.

The Queen will attend the ceremony in Southampton on 11 October, The QE is seen as the successor to the QE2 which ended its life as an ocean liner in 2008 and was sold to Dubai-based property developers Nakheel. The new ship means that Cunard's fleet will again have three Queens, along with the Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria.

The Queen named the QE2 on the Clyde in 1967 and was at Southampton in 2004 to name the Queen Mary 2. Her Majesty was also present in 1938 when her mother, then Queen Elizabeth, launched the first Queen Elizabeth liner, also on the Clyde.

Peter Shanks, Cunard president and managing director, said: "We are both honoured and proud that Her Majesty will name our new liner Queen Elizabeth."

The 90,000-tonne vessel has been built at the Fincantieri shipyard near Trieste in Italy.

Queen Elizabeth - or just QE as the ship is already being called - is one foot longer and one foot wider than the QE2. But with 16 decks, it is much taller, view the BBC news clip of the new ship.