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Launched amid unprecedented fanfare 10 years ago, Cunard’s elegant ocean liner, the Queen Mary 2, continues to embody the allure of transatlantic sailing.

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Queen Mary 2: A decade at sea

Launched amid unprecedented fanfare 10 years ago, Cunard’s elegant ocean liner, the Queen Mary 2, continues to embody the allure of transatlantic sailing.

Launched amid unprecedented fanfare 10 years ago, Cunard’s elegant ocean liner, the Queen Mary 2, continues to embody the allure of transatlantic sailing.

Another view of the Queen Mary 2.

The Queen Mary 2 under construction in Saint-Nazaire, France. The ship was delivered in December 2003.

Carnival Corp. Chairman Micky Arison, then-Cunard President Pamela Conover, Commodore Ronald Warwick, the QM’s captain, and Queen Elizabeth II at the ship’s naming ceremony.

The sweeping staircase in the Queen Mary 2’s lobby.

Pamela Conover and Micky Arison on the bow.

The Queen Mary 2 sailing into Fort Lauderdale.

Service in the Brittania restaurant.

The Queen Mary 2 passes the Queen Mary, which is docked in Long Beach, Calif., as a hotel.

One of the Queen Mary 2’s two duplex suites.

The Veuve Cliquot champagne bar, one of the examples of a branded partnership on the Queen Mary 2.

Katie Couric with Commodore Christopher Rynd in 2007.

Heather Small performed her song “Proud” at the naming ceremony for the Queen Mary 2.