M.V.  Q U E E N   E L I Z A B E T H 2010

Welcome to our Queen Elizabeth website. This website is part of our Cunard Queens website celebrating these renowned ocean liners.

On the 10th October 2007, Cunard Line made the surprise announcement that it was ordering another Cunard Queen. This new ship, like the new Queen Victoria, would also be built by Fincantieri S.p.A., Marghera, Venice, Italy and it would enter service in 2010. So despite the retirement of the QE2, soon Cunard Line will have a trio of Cunard Queens in service at the same time once again!

The name provisionally suggested for the new Cunarder is Queen Elizabeth in honour of the first Queen Elizabeth. But this proposed name we feel will cause difficulties and lead to confusion.

We already have had one ship named in honour of this first Queen Elizabeth and this was the QE2 so technically it would be the third ship of that name and so should be Queen Elizabeth 3 really.The original Queen Elizabeth is renowned as the only Cunarder with that name and so introducing another Cunarder with the identical name is confusing. If she was to be a "Queen Elizabeth" to not call her QE3 would make a mockery of Cunard Line's ship naming policy and the reasoning behind the QE2's name.

Some observers have suggested that a more appropriate name for the new Cunarder, following on from Queen Victoria, might be Queen Alexandra as this is the only 20th century "Queen" not yet honoured with a Cunard Queen named after her. So come on Cunard Line, why not have a Queen Alexandra instead?