Place: St Nazaire

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news

Gas-powered ship to mark ‘new era in ferry travel’

Brittany Ferries has ordered a €270m gas-powered cruise ferry to ply the popular Cork-Roscoff tourist route from spring 2017.

news

New ferry route to France and Spain announced

rugby

Ireland U-20s on brink of title after Spence inspires rout of sorry Scots

rugby

Jones completes stunning comeback as Wales warm up for clash with Canada

business

Luxury liner completes journey three hours late

world

Queen makes a splash as Mary 2 set for high seas voyage

Fanfares and fireworks herald QM2 launch

Seventy years of seafaring were linked today as, amid fanfares and fireworks, the Queen officially named the Queen Mary 2.

Thu, 08 Jan, 2004

Families mourn victims of QM2 disaster

Sobbing family members bearing flowers went to a shipyard today to identify the bodies of 15 people who plunged to their deaths when a crowded gangway leading to the luxury liner Queen Mary 2 suddenly collapsed.

Sun, 16 Nov, 2003

Death toll from gangway collapse rises to 15

Flags flew at half-mast throughout St Nazaire in France today as the industrial port city mourned the deaths of 15 people killed when a crowded gangway leading to the docked luxury ship Queen Mary 2 suddenly collapsed.

Sun, 16 Nov, 2003

Children among victims as 12 die in ship accident

A crowded gangway leading from the dock to the Queen Mary 2 – the world’s largest passenger ship – collapsed today, killing 12 people and injuring 32 others, fire officials said.

Sat, 15 Nov, 2003

11 die in cruise ship accident

Eleven people have died in an accident on the Queen Mary II cruise ship, which is under construction at a shipyard in France, according to TV reports.

Sat, 15 Nov, 2003

Cunard to launch new queen of the seas

THE shape of ships to come was revealed yesterday as Cunard displayed the nearly completed Queen Mary 2, the world’s largest and most expensive cruise liner.

Mon, 17 Mar, 2003