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| Credit: Cunard |
Cunard's Queen Victoria celebrated her fifth anniversary on Tuesday, Dec. 11. Since her maiden voyage from Southampton, Cunard notes she has sailed over half a million nautical miles, called at 196 ports in 63 countries and carried almost 250,000 guests. Also, 20,300 bottles of champagne – enough to fill six Olympic-size swimming pools – have been drunk and 9,125,000 cups of tea and 1,460,000 scones have been served over the last five years.
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| Afternoon Tea (Photo: Gerry) |
"To mark this special birthday, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall will make a return visit (her third in five years) to her ship on Dec. 13 in Southampton and spend time meeting crew before unveiling a specially-commissioned portrait of herself and cutting a special birthday cake.
'We are very proud of Queen Victoria, her crew and her achievements since she entered service. To have a visit from Her Royal Highness will be a very special moment for the ship’s company. Queen Victoria is known as a happy ship and is certainly extremely popular with Cunard’s discerning guests.'
"Queen Victoria made Cunard history when in December 2010 the company’s first-ever female Captain, Inger Olsen, took command."
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