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QUEEN MARY 2
Queen Mary 2 (Cunard Line) reunited with Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, on February 2, 2026, nearly 20 years after their first Royal Rendezvous. We were there for both meetings and followed the liner throughout this morning’s approach, reunion and onward passage to Los Angeles. The event fell during her 108-night World Voyage and the 90th anniversary year of Queen Mary’s maiden voyage.
QUEEN ELIZABETH - ANCHOR & BOW LETTERS
An original anchor, heavy chain and the bow letters Q and E from RMS Queen Elizabeth are preserved outside a former bank building in Torrance, California. Photographed on November 7, 2026, this gallery explores these surviving pieces of maritime history, connecting the great Cunard liner’s Atlantic career with C. Y. Tung’s plans to give her a new purpose as a floating university.
QUEEN MARY 2
Queen Mary 2 (Cunard Line) entered Long Beach Harbor in the early morning of February 2, 2026, on her way to reunite with the Queen Mary. We followed the liner into the harbor for the opening chapter of a Royal Rendezvous nearly 20 years in the making. The arrival came during her 108-night World Voyage, shortly after her first Panama Canal transit.
QUEEN ELIZABETH 2
Queen Elizabeth 2 (Cunard Line) crossed the North Atlantic from Southampton to New York on Voyage 1160, April 14–20, 1999. The crossing formed the final leg of QE2’s 1999 World Cruise and was also our honeymoon, making this voyage both an important part of the Ocean Liner Photography archive and a personal record of travel aboard one of the most celebrated ocean liners of the twentieth century.
QUEEN MARY 2
Queen Mary 2 (Cunard Line) in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on July 21, 2004, Day 11 of our Northern Europe cruise. Thousands of spectators gathered to watch the liner depart, with the crowds visible in this gallery. The visit followed an overnight call in Hamburg and was the final port before returning to Southampton.
QUEEN MARY 2
Queen Mary 2 (Cunard) spent February 6, 2026, in San Francisco during her 108-night World Voyage, completing an overnight call before departing beneath the Golden Gate Bridge for Hawaii and the Pacific. The visit came just four days after her historic Royal Rendezvous with RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach, placing San Francisco at an especially memorable point in the ocean liner’s journey around the world.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
Queen Elizabeth (Cunard) during scenic cruising in Glacier Bay, Alaska, on June 26, 2022—Day 3 of our seven-night Alaska cruise roundtrip from Vancouver. This gallery forms part of our June 24–July 1, 2022 voyage, which also included Icy Strait Point, Sitka and Ketchikan.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
Day 7 of our 2022 Alaska cruise aboard Queen Elizabeth (Cunard) was spent at sea on June 30, 2022, as the ship sailed south toward Vancouver. Following three consecutive port days at Icy Strait Point, Sitka and Ketchikan, this final full day aboard provided time to enjoy the ship and the surrounding coastal scenery before returning to Vancouver the following morning.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
Queen Elizabeth (Cunard Line) departed Vancouver Harbour on July 1, 2022, with the mountains of British Columbia rising behind her. The ship had returned that morning from a seven-night Alaska cruise, which we had just completed aboard her, and was setting out on her next voyage.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
Day 5 of our Alaska cruise aboard Queen Elizabeth (Cunard) brought us to Sitka on June 28, 2022. Following our visit to Icy Strait Point the previous day, the ship continued through Southeast Alaska to Sitka before sailing south toward Ketchikan.
QUEEN MARY 2
Queen Mary 2 (Cunard Line) during her inaugural visit to Hamburg, Germany, on July 19, 2004—Day 9 of our Northern Europe cruise. The overnight call formed part of our July 11–22 voyage roundtrip from Southampton, following visits to Scotland and Norway and before continuing to the Netherlands.
RMS QUEEN MARY
Nearly six decades after arriving in Southern California, the RMS Queen Mary remains permanently berthed in Long Beach as a hotel, attraction, and preserved ocean liner. These views from November 1, 2025, show the historic former Cunard liner during the final weekend of the Queen Mary’s fall Dark Harbor season.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
Day 2 of our Alaska cruise aboard Queen Elizabeth (Cunard Line) was spent at sea on June 25, 2022, as we sailed north from Vancouver toward Alaska. Our first full day aboard provided time to explore the ship and its public spaces before reaching Glacier Bay the following day.
RMS QUEEN MARY
RMS Queen Mary was photographed at her permanent berth in Long Beach, California, on May 30, 2026, just days after the 90th anniversary of her maiden voyage. Built by John Brown & Company in Scotland, she entered service in 1936 and arrived in Long Beach in December 1967. The former Cunard liner now serves as a hotel, museum and maritime attraction.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
Day 6 of our Alaska cruise aboard Queen Elizabeth (Cunard) brought us to Ketchikan on June 29, 2022. After visiting Sitka the previous day, the ship continued south through Southeast Alaska for our final Alaskan port before beginning the return voyage to Vancouver.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
Day 1 of our Alaska cruise aboard Queen Elizabeth (Cunard Line) began at Vancouver's Canada Place on June 24, 2022. These photographs were taken while the ship was docked and we were preparing to board for our seven-night roundtrip voyage to Alaska, beginning a journey that would include Glacier Bay, Icy Strait Point, Sitka, and Ketchikan before returning to Vancouver on July 1.
QUEEN ANNE
On December 14, 2025, the Queen Anne (Cunard) was in Southampton, United Kingdom, following an overnight voyage from Hamburg. Introduced in 2024 as Cunard’s newest ship, Queen Anne combines the line’s traditional ocean liner influences with a new generation of design and passenger spaces.
RMS QUEEN MARY
RMS Queen Mary is seen from across Long Beach Harbor on June 25, 2026. Permanently moored in Long Beach since 1967, the former Cunard liner remains one of the most significant surviving passenger ships of the twentieth century and an enduring part of the city’s waterfront.
RMS QUEEN MARY
Permanently berthed in Long Beach, California, Queen Mary serves as a hotel and historic attraction following her retirement from seagoing service in 1967. These photographs were taken on September 27, 2024, one day after the 90th anniversary of her launch and nearly 57 years after her arrival in Southern California.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
Queen Elizabeth (Cunard) arrived at Icy Strait Point, Alaska, on June 27, 2022, for Day 4 of our seven-night Alaska cruise. Following the previous day's scenic cruising in Glacier Bay, the visit brought the ship to the waters near Hoonah for our next port call before continuing to Sitka.