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| New liner arrives in Southampton | New liner arrives in Southampton |
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| A new £300m cruise ship, which will eventually replace the QE2, has arrived in Southampton ahead of a naming ceremony. | |
| Queen Victoria travelled up Southampton Water and docked at 0930 GMT. | Queen Victoria travelled up Southampton Water and docked at 0930 GMT. |
| The 16-deck, 90,000-tonne super cruiser boasts such amenities as a theatre, a museum and a two-storey library. | The 16-deck, 90,000-tonne super cruiser boasts such amenities as a theatre, a museum and a two-storey library. |
| Built in Italy she will be named by the Duchess of Cornwall on Monday, joining the Queen Mary 2 and QE2 in Southampton-based Cunard's fleet. | Built in Italy she will be named by the Duchess of Cornwall on Monday, joining the Queen Mary 2 and QE2 in Southampton-based Cunard's fleet. |
| The firm is decommissioning the QE2, which has carried two million passengers across five million miles (eight million km). | |
| The liner will leave service next year to become a floating hotel in Dubai from 2009. | |
| Queen Victoria will depart from its Southampton home on a 10-night tour of Northern Europe on 11 December. | Queen Victoria will depart from its Southampton home on a 10-night tour of Northern Europe on 11 December. |
| She was built at the Fincantieri shipyard, near Venice. | She was built at the Fincantieri shipyard, near Venice. |