The Queen Elizabeth, Cunard's newest addition to the fleet, pulls out of Southampton's Ocean Terminal shortly after 5pm this afternoon, as it begins its maiden voyage under the command of captain Chris Wells. Several thousand spectators lined the seafront at Hythe marina - from where this photo was taken - to witness the event; enjoying the autumn sunshine but also braving the cold wind that swept across the water from the north east.
The ship was officially named by Queen Elizabeth II, yesterday.
I'm not going to go into too many details about the specification of the ship; that information is available on the Internet, but briefly, it is 964.5 feet long; has a guest capacity of 2068 and a gross tonnage of 90,900 GRT.
There was the predictable flotilla of smaller vessels escorting the ship as it made its way down the Solent and out into open water. Such is the popularity of the ship that all the tickets for the voyage were sold within 30 minutes of becoming available.
300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Nikkor. 1/2000 second at f/5.6. -0.67 EV compensation. ISO 200
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