Cunard Line at 175

To celebrate Cunard Line’s ties to Liverpool, England, the line’s ships — Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth — will line up in the city’s River Mersey on May 25, 2015, for the “Three Queens in Liverpool” event. Liverpool was the home of Cunard from 1840 until 1967, and the Cunard Building still stands on the pier head.

To celebrate the 175th anniversary of the first departure of Cunard’s Transatlantic Crossing service, the Queen Mary 2 will retrace the 1840 voyage of the steamship Britannia from Liverpool to Halifax and Boston. The 12-night cruise begins in Southampton on July 2. At press time, some cabins were available, $2,638-$4,059 per person, double. Cunard (800/728-6273).