Post by Kev on Apr 6, 2004 6:17:14 GMT -5
LIVERPOOL last night launched a bid to host the naming ceremony for a £240m cruise liner as part of the city's 800th birthday celebrations in 2007.
A new enhanced version of the Queen Victoria will be built at the Italian Fincantieri yard near Venice at an estimated cost of £240m.
Crucially, it will not come into service until 2007 - when Liverpool's cruise liner terminal should be up and running.
A council spokesman said: "David Henshaw is writing to the Cunard president today to say that we would love to host the naming ceremony for this magnificent vessel."
The new 85,000-ton Queen Victoria will hold 1,850 passengers and be in the same luxurious category as the Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2.
Cunard's QE2 is already scheduled to visit Liverpool twice this year, in May and August.
Ships ahoy matie!!!!
A new enhanced version of the Queen Victoria will be built at the Italian Fincantieri yard near Venice at an estimated cost of £240m.
Crucially, it will not come into service until 2007 - when Liverpool's cruise liner terminal should be up and running.
A council spokesman said: "David Henshaw is writing to the Cunard president today to say that we would love to host the naming ceremony for this magnificent vessel."
The new 85,000-ton Queen Victoria will hold 1,850 passengers and be in the same luxurious category as the Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2.
Cunard's QE2 is already scheduled to visit Liverpool twice this year, in May and August.
Ships ahoy matie!!!!
