PICTURES: Cunard’s Queen Anne makes head-turning maiden visit to Invergordon
AN air of excitement greeted the arrival in an Easter Ross port today of a massive new cruise liner making her maiden visit.
The Queen Anne, which docked at Invergordon, can carry 3000 guests and 1125 crew.
The 14-decker stands 64 metres above the water and is 322 metres in length – longer than three Hampden Park football pitches put together.
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The Easter Ross port is no stranger to monsters of the deep and has developed a buoyant cruise liner industry which brings hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Highlands every year.
The 221,000 passengers who were reported to have visited in 2023 are predicted to be surpassed in 2024 despite fewer ships – with the Port of Cromarty Firth predicting a total of roughly 230,000 tourists this time round.
The Queen Anne will be named in a spectacular ceremony in Liverpool on Monday, June 3 during what is dubbed The British Isles Festival Voyage.
Cunard ships have previously attracted more than a million spectators to the banks of the Mersey, where the company was established, first for the maiden call of the renowned QE2.
After the late May visit to Invergordon – sure to attract visitors who enjoy the spectacular arrival and departure of mega-liners into and from the Cromarty Firth – she will return again in June 2026 for a 12-night British Isles tour, which begins at Cunard's home port of Southampton.