John Oram's photos with the keyword: Queen Elizabeth

By early August 2021, the cruise industry was just about off its knees but was walking a little unsteadily as UK cruises and coastal deployments occupied some ships and most firms remained cautious about a restart of international cruises recently sanctioned by the government. The evening sun was a little restrained as the Cunard Queen Elizabeth passed Tradewind Voyages Golden Horizon upon which the hopeful light perhaps signalled a new golden age of cruising. 200_4_P1020522CE

January is not the busiest month for cruise ships at Southampton and the weather which greeted the start of 2016 had, to say the least, been unsettled. Nevertheless, there were breaks in today's stormy rain and I arrived at the port at a good time for a visit planned to see three ships. Cunard's Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth had both arrived from Hamburg and were preparing for long cruises with first ports of call of Ponta Delgada and Madeira respectively. The rather smaller Saga Sapphire, seen here on berth 102, had arrived from Ponta Delgada and would depart for Madeira. In this picture, she is attended by the bunker vessel Skaw Provider. 200_2_P1080386C