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Queen Victoria (ship)

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Queen Victoria has been the name of several ships:

  • PS Queen Victoria (1838), a wooden paddlewheel steamer that was wrecked in 1853 off Bailey Lighthouse, Howth, with the loss of over 80 people
  • TS Queen Mary, originally sailed as TS Queen Victoria from 1933 to 1935
  • RMS Queen Mary, according to shipping legend, initially supposed to be called Victoria in line with the naming of Cunard's liners, with an ending in -ia, as with Lusitania, Mauretania
  • MS Arcadia (2004), a cruise liner which was intended to be Queen Victoria for Cunard Line
  • MS Queen Victoria, a ship of similar design and specifications to Arcadia that was completed and named in 2007 for Cunard Line

A number of other ships have been named simply Victoria:

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