R.M.S. Queen Mary 2 Maiden Voyage

Photographs by Theodore W. Scull

The following series of photographs were taken by Ted Scull over the course of maiden voyage of QUEEN MARY 2.
The voyage began in Southampton, England on January 12, 2004 and ended at Port Everglades, Florida on January 26, 2004.

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QUEEN MARY 2 at Southampton on January 8
the day she was named by HM The Queen.

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The January 12 departure from Southampton.

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Chart Room window during the storm, Deck 3.

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QUEEN MARY 2 docked at Funchal, Madeira, January 15.

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The forward superstructure of QUEEN MARY 2at Madeira.

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QUEEN MARY 2 docked at Santa Cruz de Tenerife
January 16, 2004.

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Atrium Decks 2 and 3.

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Bronze and aluminum Bas relief of QUEEN MARY 2
against a sunburst with changing colors.
Positioned in the Atrium at Decks 4, 5 and 6,
interior cabin windows look into the Atrium.

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One of the QM2 deck indicators.

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Cabin 4178, an inside double aft (D5).

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Salt portrait of QM2 on the pier at Las Palmas Jan 17. Posters of this image were given to passengers reboarding the liner.

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QUEEN MARY 2 docked at Las Palmas, Canary Islands.

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Britannia Restaurant.

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The large tapestry is from a design drawn
from a poster of NIEUW AMSTERDAM of 1938.

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Princess Grill port side looking aft.

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Chart Room Deck 3 looking aft.

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Portion of Queens Room, starboard side Deck 3, looking aft.

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Another view of the Queens Room, starboard side.

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Veuve Clicquot Champagne Bar
starboard side facing aft to the Chart Room.

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Kings Court portside view of bay window
alcove on the Promenade Deck.

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Kings Court "Lotus" Asian restaurant at night.

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Commodore Club, port side portion, Deck 9 facing forward.

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Port side entrance to Illuminations.
Art Deco design reflects Radio City Music Hall.

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Library, Deck 8, facing forward.

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Library extreme starboard side, windows face in 3 directions.

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Elevator Foyer and Central Passage, facing forward.

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Samuel Cunard portrait made up of 7000
tiny postcards depicting the Cunard Line fleet.

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Stephen Card painting of R.M.S. MAURETANIA
in Southampton Water outbound to a Norwegian
Fjords and North Cape cruise circ 1965.

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Gordon Bauwens painting of R.M.S. QUEEN MARY
at New York with Moran tugs in attendance.

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A Giclee print on canvas of R.M.S. CAMPANIA
by Stephen Card. The original is on board QE2.

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Portion of Promenade Deck 7, port side aft.

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Looking aft from the Observation Deck.

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Looking down from Obervation Deck 11 to Deck 7, port side.

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Promenade Deck 7.

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Line of 160 wooden steamer chairs, Promenade Deck 7.

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Looking aft to the Deck 8 pool.

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Part of the forward superstructure.

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Another view of the forward area, port side.

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Propellor blades marked with builders number G 32.

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Funnel of QUEEN MARY 2 showing the two whistles one of which is an original whistle from QUEEN MARY of 1936.

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Looking from Deck 13 to Deck 12.

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The port side section of the Observation Deck below the Bridge.

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QUEEN MARY 2 docked at Barbados, January 22.

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Another view of QM2 at Barbados.
The cruise ship EUROPEAN VISION is docked,
under arrest, in the distance.

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QUEEN MARY 2 at Bridgetown, Barbados.

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Three generations - Sam, William and Ronald Warwick.

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Third Officer Ben Lyons at his 25th Birthday Party in the Atlantic Room with Kim Warwick and the Commodore.

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The Commodore Club.
l to r Ted Scull, Jane Lyons, Ben Lyons and Ann Hunt.

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At anchor off St. Thomas.

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QM2 anchored at the Outer Anchorage at St. Thomas.

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Early morning January 26. The arrival at Port Everglades, Florida
and the end of the maiden voyage.