Queen Elizabeth ship launched

11th October 2010. MS Queen Elizabeth is a cruise ship of the Cunard Line fleet, owned by Carnival Corporation & plc and operated by Carnival UK. A Vista class ship, Queen Elizabeth is the sister ship of MS Queen Victoria. With modified design from other Vista class vessels, she is slightly larger than Queen Victoria, at 92,000 gross tons, largely due to a more vertical stern. Capable of carrying up to 2,092 passengers, she is the second largest Cunard ship ever built, after RMS Queen Mary 2. The ship's name was announced by Cunard on 10th October 2007, so that the company would have three vessels once again after the retirement of QE2. In 2014, four years after this ship joins the fleet, the Royal Navy plans to introduce into service the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. The first master of Queen Elizabeth is Captain Chris Wells.