Cruise ship Queen Elizabeth docked at Northumbrian Quay, Royal Quays, North Shields
MS Queen Elizabeth (QE) is a cruise ship of the Vista class operated by the Cunard Line. The design is modified from that of previous ships of that class, and slightly larger than Queen Victoria, at 92,000 GT, largely due to a more vertical stern. The ship is able to carry up to 2,092 passengers.
The ship’s name was announced by Cunard on 10 October 2007. Since the retirement of Queen Elizabeth 2 in 2008 the company has operated three vessels. The naming of the ship as Queen Elizabeth brings about a situation similar to that between 1940 and 1948, when Cunard’s original Queen Elizabeth was in service at the same time as the Royal Navy battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth.
