MS Queen Anne

Queen Anne at Liverpool, 3 June 2024
History
NameQueen Anne
NamesakeAnne, Queen of Great Britain
Owner Carnival Corporation & plc
Operator Cunard Line
Port of registry2024 onwards: Hamilton,  Bermuda
Ordered2017
BuilderFincantieri Marghera Shipyard, Italy
CostUS$600 million (approx.)[1]
Yard number6274[2]
Laid down5 October 2022
Launched24 April 2023
Completed3 May 2023
Maiden voyage3 May 2024
In service3 May 2024
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class and typePinnacle series 4[2] cruise ship
Tonnage113,000 GT
Length322.51 m (1,058.1 ft)[2]
Beam35.60 m (116.8 ft)[2]
Installed power4 x Caterpillar-MaK 12V43C, each 16,896 hp (12,600 kW)[3]
Propulsion2 x ABB Azipods[3]
Capacity3,000 maximum passengers[2]

MS Queen Anne (QA) is a Pinnacle class cruise ship operated by Cunard Line, named after Anne, the first monarch of the Kingdom of Great Britain. She is currently the second largest ship in Cunard's fleet, after RMS Queen Mary 2. She sailed from her homeport of Southampton on 3 May 2024 for her maiden voyage, calling at A Coruña and Lisbon. She can carry up to 2,996 passengers.

  1. ^ "AMEM Communication: Cruise Ships on Order 2016-2027" (PDF). AMEM Library. Austrian Marine Equipment Manufacturers. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Auf Werften bestellte Kreuzfahrtschiffe 2019 (Shipyard ordered cruise ships 2019)". Kreuzfahrthafen Warnemünde. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b "First section of Cunard's newest ship, Queen Anne, floated by Fincantieri". CruiseMapper.com. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.