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Queen Mary 2 Bids Liverpool Farewell After Cunard’s 185th-Anniversary Visit

Civic tributes in Liverpool underscored the line’s 185th year.

Overview

  • The flagship departed Friday night with a fireworks and pyrotechnic send-off as the number 185 was projected onto the Cunard Building.
  • The two-night call began Wednesday, 17 September, and concluded 19 September as part of a British Isles voyage bound next for Oban, Scotland.
  • Liverpool hosted a formal Town Hall reception on Thursday where Captain Tomás Connery signed the Book of Distinguished Visitors.
  • Public programming opened the Cunard Building for guided, behind-the-scenes tours, with ticketed access to historic rooms and spaces.
  • The visit marked a decade since Cunard received Freedom of the City in 2015 and capped the company’s third and final Liverpool call of the year.