Biggest cruise ship ever to visit Cork will arrive on Lusitania anniversary

The biggest cruise ship ever to visit Cork will arrive in Cobh on Sunday, coinciding with the town’s commemoration of the sinking of the Lusitania.

The MSC Meraviglia, the flagship of MSC Cruises, will be carrying 5,700 passengers. They are on an 11-day cruise, from Hamburg, which will also take in Scotland and the the Norwegian Fjords.

The 167,600-tonne vessel is bigger in weight that the Independence of the Seas.