History repeating as Queen Elizabeth (the third) takes to the seas

Cunard’s newest cruise liner, the MS Queen Elizabeth, hit the seas for the first time January 5. The Queen Elizabeth is the third Cunard vessel to bear the name, following the original Queen Elizabeth, retired in 1969, and the Queen Elizabeth II (QE2), the world’s most iconic cruise liner, which retired in 2008. She will be the second-largest Cunard liner ever built (following the Queen Mary 2), and is due to depart on her maiden voyage, now sold out, on October 12, 2010.