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Ships of Cunard

Queen Anne

Queen Anne

172 Cruises availables
Cruise Cunard Queen Elizabeth ship

Queen Elizabeth

323 Cruises availables
Cruise Cunard Queen Mary 2 ship

Queen Mary 2

195 Cruises availables
Cruise Cunard Queen Victoria Ship

Queen Victoria

117 Cruises availables

Cunard: 4 ships, 383 departures, and the last scheduled line between Europe and America

Cunard is today the only shipping company operating a scheduled passenger service between Europe and North America. That is not brochure language: the crossing comes back on fixed dates, in both directions, and Queen Mary 2 is the ship that makes it. She is not a cruise ship. She is a transatlantic ocean liner: strengthened hull, high freeboard, high service speed, because she crosses the North Atlantic in every season. A cruise ship goes around bad weather; this one goes through it.

What a crossing changes

There are no ports. Seven days at sea, one hour of time change a day, and the ship as the whole programme. Those who love it talk about it for the rest of their lives. Those who wanted ports are bored by the third day. It is worth knowing which of the two you are before paying, and it is the kind of thing an advisor will ask you.

What we carry, measured

Four ships, 383 distinct departures across 299 dates and 685 routes, from 13 July 2026 to 4 January 2029. Queen Elizabeth leads with 327 records, ahead of Queen Mary 2 with 206, Queen Anne with 177 and Queen Victoria with 139. Six hundred and eighty-five routes for four hulls is enormous, and there is a reason: this house makes long voyages also sold in segments, so one departure counts several tracks.

The fleet, and the only liner

Queen Mary 2, from 2004; Queen Victoria, from 2007; Queen Elizabeth, from 2010; Queen Anne, from 2024. Three are conventional cruise ships. Only one runs the line, and it is the first.

A house born in Canada

Cunard was founded in 1840 by Samuel Cunard, a Nova Scotian, after winning the first British transatlantic mail contract in 1839. It is the oldest brand in our whole catalogue, and the only one born in Canada. Carnival Corporation acquired 62 % in 1998 and the rest in 1999. We will not say what the fare covers: the formula changes from one departure to the next, and we have not measured it. Ask for the written list of the exact departure.

Frequently Asked Questions

Four ships — 4 hulls, that is the whole fleet — and 383 distinct departures across 299 dates and 685 routes, from 13 July 2026 to 4 January 2029. Queen Elizabeth leads with 327 records, ahead of Queen Mary 2 with 206.
No, and that is the thing to understand before booking. She is a transatlantic ocean liner: strengthened hull, high freeboard, high service speed, because she crosses the North Atlantic in every season. She was delivered in 2003 and entered service in 2004. A cruise ship avoids bad weather; this one goes through it.
There are no ports. Seven days at sea, one hour of time change a day, and the ship as the whole programme. Those who love it talk about it for the rest of their lives; those who wanted ports are bored by the third day. It is worth knowing which of the two you are before paying.
Yes, and it is now the only shipping company operating a scheduled passenger service between Europe and North America. That is not a selling point, it is a fact of the timetable: the crossing comes back on fixed dates, in both directions.
From 1840, and from a Nova Scotian. Samuel Cunard founded the house after winning the first British transatlantic mail contract in 1839. Carnival Corporation acquired 62 % in 1998 and the rest in 1999. It is the oldest brand in this catalogue, and the only one born in Canada.
Queen Mary 2, from 2004; Queen Victoria, from 2007; Queen Elizabeth, from 2010; and Queen Anne, from 2024. Three are conventional cruise ships; only Queen Mary 2 is a liner.
It is enormous for a fleet this size, and there is a reason: this house makes long voyages that are also sold in segments, so one departure counts several tracks. Read the route, not just the ship's name.
We will not say it in the line's place. What the fare covers changes here from one departure, market and cabin grade to the next, and we have not measured it departure by departure. Ask your advisor for the written list of the exact departure before booking, not after.
One ship on one date. If the same ship leaves on the same day, that is one departure, not two. Our database holds more records than departures, and what we publish is the number of departures.
No. Everything given here — number of hulls, number of departures, dates, routes — comes from OUR inventory, measured on 31 August. A zero with us is not a zero with them.
Often, yes. Your advisor can look beyond what appears here. The online catalogue is a way in, not the limit of what exists.
The line usually offers a postponement, another ship or a refund, depending on its contract. This is not a classroom hypothesis: deliveries do slip. Have the rule spelled out in writing before paying a deposit on a hull that does not yet exist.
It depends on the departure and the market, not on the line. If French matters to you, say so before booking: it is checked departure by departure.
On these fleets, yes: few ships, few cabins, and the best go early. Booking far ahead fixes a choice but commits money in advance. Talk cancellation terms through with your advisor before you decide.
Your agency, and it alone. Voyages AquaTerra operates under a licence from Quebec's Office de la protection du consommateur, your payments pass through a trust account, and the compensation fund for travel agency clients covers your departure. That holds whichever line you choose.
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