Cunard was founded by Sir Samuel Cunard in 1838 for mail shipment. The first regularly scheduled passenger transatlantic sailings began in 1840. Upscale cruising and cruise ships are on this popular cruise line. The world famous Queen Mary cruise ships are operated by this cruise line. The 2011-2012 voyages have been recently announced and trips will go on sale starting in April, 2010. http://www.cunard.com/news/Default.asp?Cat=&View=ViewArticle&Mode=News&ContentID=8384&

The newest luxury liner is scheduled to be launched in the fall of 2010 and she will be named the Queen Elizabeth - Cunard. http://www.cunard.co.uk/ourships/default.asp?ship=QE The Queen Elizabeth - Cunard cruise ship will have a length of 964.5 feet and 106 feet wide. Her draft will peak at 25.9 feet and her maximum height is at 179 feet. This luxury liner will have a total guest capacity of 2,092 passengers filling a total of 12 guest decks. http://www.cunard.co.uk/OurShips/default.asp?Ship=QE&main=int&sub=fac

1. Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) (LSE: CCL) & plc (NYSE: CUK) took ownership of Cunard in 1998
2. In January 2005, the Cunard name ceased to exist as a business entity and Carnival Corporation & plc took over all assets and debts, ships still sail under the Cunard name but are controlled by Princess Cruises of California
3. Founded: 1838
4. Headquarters: Valencia, California
5. President and Managing Director: Carol Marlow
6. Fleet: 2 ships in service and 2 under construction
7. Queen Elizabeth II's maiden voyage was in 1969; leaving service in 2008 to become a floating hotel in Dubai
8. Queen Mary II went into service in 2004
9. Queen Victoria to go into service December 2007
10. Queen Elizabeth to go into service autumn 2010

• • Mahalo's Guide to Carnival Cruise Lines
• Google Finance: Cunard Line Limited
• Hoovers: Cunard
• SECInfo.gov: Carnival Corp 10 Q
• AOL Money & Finance: Cunard to Build 'Queen Elizabeth' (October 10, 2007)
• Forbes.com: "Fincantieri to Build New Ship for Cunard" (October 10, 2007)
• Yahoo! Finance: Carnival says Cunard commissions new 500 mln eur liner (October 10, 2007)
• MarketWatch: L.A.'s Queen Mary in troubled waters (April 27, 2006)

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