MS ''Queen Anne'' is a

cruise ship Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, which are used for transport, cruise ships typically embark on round-trip voyages to various ports-of-call, where passengers may go on Tourism, tours know ...

under construction for

Cunard Line Cunard () is a British shipping and cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. Since 2011, Cunard and its three ships have been registered in Hamilton, Ber ...

History

In 2017, Cunard announced the order of fourth ship in their current fleet and the 249th ship in its history. It was initially announced that the new vessel will be based on the MS ''Koningsdam'',

Holland America Line Holland America Line is an American-owned cruise line, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. Holland America Line was founded in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and from 1873 to 1989, it operated ...

's Pinnacle-class ship. With a

gross tonnage Gross tonnage (GT, G.T. or gt) is a nonlinear measure of a ship's overall internal volume. Gross tonnage is different from gross register tonnage. Neither gross tonnage nor gross register tonnage should be confused with measures of mass or weig ...

of 113,000, the ship will carry up to 3,000 passengers. In June 2019 Cunard announced the design team for the public spaces. Steel cutting began at

Fincantieri Fincantieri S.p.A. () is an Italian shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy. Already the largest shipbuilder in Europe, after the acquisition of Vard in 2013, Fincantieri group doubled in size to become the fourth largest in the world (20 ...

’s Castellammare di Stabia shipyard on 11 October 2019. Forward stub transferred to Marghera August 2022 for completion. Media agencies initially speculated whether the ship's name would continue with Cunard's practice of naming them after queens or return to its 20th century convention of giving their vessels names ending in -'ia' like past Cunard ships RMS ''Aquitania'', RMS ''Berengaria'', RMS ''Caronia'' and RMS ''Mauretania''. In February 2022, Cunard announced that the ship would be named ''Queen Anne''. The ship's maiden voyage is scheduled for May 2024.

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Queen Anne Proposed ships Ships built by Fincantieri Ships of the Cunard Line