Queen Victoria (ship)
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Queen Victoria has been the name of several ships:
A number of other ships have been named simply Victoria:
- PS Queen VictoriaPS Queen Victoria (1838)thumb|right|as depicted in the [[The Nation |Nation newspaper]]The PS Queen Victoria was a paddle wheel steamer built in 1838 for the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company and which was shipwrecked in 1853 with the loss of over 80 passengers and crew.-History:Queen Victoria was built by Wilson...
, a wooden paddlewheel steamer that was wrecked in 1853 off Bailey Lighthouse, Howth with the loss of over 80 people - TS Queen MaryTS Queen MaryThe two funnel Clyde steamer TS Queen Mary was built at the William Denny shipyard at Dumbarton for Williamson-Buchanan. The 871 gross tons steamer was powered by three direct drive steam turbines, and carried 2086 passengers making her the largest excursion turbine on the River Clyde.-In...
originally sailed as TS Queen Victoria from 1933 to 1935, 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 VictoriaMS Queen VictoriaMS Queen Victoria is a cruise ship in the Cunard Line fleet, named after Queen Victoria.Queen Victoria is the running mate to Queen Mary 2, and the new Queen Elizabeth. Until November 2008, she also operated alongside Queen Elizabeth 2...
- 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:
- VictoriaVictoria (ship)Victoria was a Spanish carrack and the first ship to successfully circumnavigate the world. The Victoria was part of a Spanish expedition commanded by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, and after his demise during the voyage, by Juan Sebastián Elcano...
, the first ship to circumnavigate the globe - Victoria (F82), a Spanish frigate
- HMS VictoriaHMS VictoriaFour vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Victoria in honour of Queen Victoria:, a wooden paddle sloop launched in India in 1839 and sold in about 1864, a first rate screw ship broken up in 1893, a Coast Guard yawl, sold in 1905, a Victoria-class battleship sunk in a collision with...
, five ships of the British Royal Navy - MV Princess VictoriaMV Princess VictoriaMV Princess Victoria was one of the earliest roll-on/roll-off ferries. Built in 1947, she operated from Stranraer to Larne. During a severe European windstorm on 31 January 1953, she sank in the North Channel with the loss of 133 lives, the deadliest maritime disaster in United Kingdom waters...
, a ferry which sank disastrously in 1953, a Lake Victoria ferryLake Victoria ferriesLake Victoria ferries are motor ships carrying freight and passengers between Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya on Lake Victoria...
built in Glasgow and reassembled in East Africa. - Victoria class submarine, a class of Canadian submarine
- MV Victoria, a P&O cruise ship operated between 1998 and 2002, now named Oceanic II
- MS Victoria IMS Victoria IMS Victoria I is a cruiseferry operated by the Estonian ferry company Tallink on a route connecting Stockholm, Sweden to Tallinn, Estonia via Mariehamn, Finland. She was built in 2004 by Aker Finnyards, Rauma. Although the ship's official name is Victoria I, she is often referred to as Victoria,...
, a cruiseferry belonging to Tallink - MS Kronprinsessan Victoria, a ferry operated by Sessan Linjen and Stena LineStena LineStena Line is one of the world's largest ferry operators, with ferry services serving Scotland, Sweden, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Norway, England, Wales, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland. Stena Line is a major unit of Stena AB, itself a part of the Stena Sphere, a grouping of Stena AB,...
1981-1988, now sailing as MS Stena Europe - MS Crown Princess Victoria, a ferry operated by Stena Line in 1990, now sailing as MS Amusement World
- Victoria (Liberian ship), a Liberian-flag ship bringing Iranian weapons to Gaza.