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Cunard's Castoff - How Cunard's Queen Victoria became P&O's Arcadia!

Chris Frame the Maritime Historian
Chris Frame the Maritime Historian
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👁️ 94K views📅 2 years ago⏱️ 6:22
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yes that's right 2005 but we all know that Queen Victoria joined the Cunard Fleet in late 2007 so what happened

Cunard was acquired by a carnival Corp back in 1998

the decision was made just months before her entry into service to move the ship to p o she was renamed Arcadia

Cunard announced the construction of a new Queen Victoria almost immediately

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QWhat happened to the original Queen Victoria ship?
QWhy was the Queen Victoria delayed and transferred to P&O?

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If you were alive in the early 2000s, you’ll probably remember the flurry of excitement about two new Cunard ships. The first was the Queen Mary 2 which entered service in 2004 and the second was Queen Victoria, scheduled to arrive in 2005… but we all know that Queen Victoria joined the Cunard fleet in late 2007, so what happened? Chapters: 00:00 The 1st Queen Victoria 00:46 Carnival Acquires Cunard 01:00 Ordering Queen Victoria 01:29 Building the first QV 02:07 Internal Design Features 02:57 QM2 changes everything 03:12 Change of plans 03:50 P&O Princess 04:27 The 2nd Queen Victoria 05:31 P&O Arcadia — 🚢 My Cunard History Website: https://www.chriscunard.com/ 📚 Buy my books: https://www.chrisframe.com.au/books 👕 Buy cruise merch: https://chrisframeofficial.Teemill.com/ 🛳️ Learn more about cruising at my Blog: https://www.chrisframe.com.au/ — Image References: Andrew Sassoli-Walker - https://solentphotographer.com/ Malcolm Oliver - https://malcolmoliver.wordpress.com/ Pexels / Pixabay Licenses: Money Video via Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/videos/money-currency-falling-money-58760/ Market Researh Video by RDNE Stock project: https://www.pexels.com/video/video-of-women-flipping-pages-5923345/ Venice Video by olia danilevich: https://www.pexels.com/video/aerial-footage-of-boats-crossing-on-a-canal-9005759/ Green Screen TV Video via Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/videos/green-screen-chroma-key-tv-127213/ Black Wall Photo by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/photo/tubular-black-sconce-276514/ TV Green Screen at Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/videos/green-screen-chroma-key-tv-127213/ Commons: Cunard Princess - TSGT Paul J. Page USAF - CC.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georges_Leygues_class_destroyer_nearby_the_Cunard_Princess,_1991.JPEG Porto Marghera - Marc Ryckaert - CC BY SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marghera_R01.jpg Zuiderdam - Bahnfrend - CC BY SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zuiderdam,_Fremantle,_2023_(03).jpg Oosterdam - Pcwiles - CC BY SA 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holland_America_cruise_ship_-_panoramio.jpg Zuiderdam - Roy Luck - CC BY SA 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MS_Zuiderdam_docks_at_Canada_Place_cruise_ship_terminal_(5946295642).jpg Peter J Fitzpatrick - CC BY SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Vistafjord%22_-_Piraeus,_1984.jpg Tags: #cunard #pocruises #cruisenews #cruiseship #maritimehistory #carnivalcruise