Cunard began transatlantic shipping from Liverpool but currently operates from Southampton
Cunard operating transatlantic cruises from Liverpool would feel 'right and proper', according to the city's assets manager. The cruise line held a day of celebrations on the banks of the Mersey yesterday as it brought its newest liner Queen Anne to the city for her naming ceremony.
Crowd brought to tears by Andrea Bocelli's performance at Liverpool's Pier Head Cunard's Queen Anne spectacular proves nobody does it better than Liverpool Cunard was headquartered in Liverpool for 128 years and constructed the Cunard Building to house its operations. However, the cruise line moved its homeport to Southampton in 1919 and then moved its headquarters to the south coast in the 1960s. Southampton is Cunard's only departure port in the UK. The line's cruises can call at Liverpool but do not begin their voyages from the city.
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