Queen Victoria (ship)

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Queen Victoria has been the name of several ships:

  • PS Queen Victoria, a wooden paddlewheel steamer that was wrecked in 1853 off Bailey Lighthouse, Howth with the loss of over 80 people
  • TS Queen Mary originally sailed as TS Queen Victoria from 1933 to 1935
  • RMS Queen Mary, according to shipping legend, initially supposed to be called Victoria in line with the naming of Cunard Steamship Lines liners, with an ending in -ia, as with the Lusitania, Mauritania, and the like
  • MS Arcadia, a cruise liner which was intended to be Queen Victoria for Cunard Line. However, a restructuring by Cunard's parent company, Carnival Corporation, saw this vessel transferred to P&O as Arcadia
  • MS Queen Victoria - a ship of similar design and specifications to the Arcadia that was completed and named in 2007 for Cunard Line

A number of other ships have been named simply Victoria: