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The side launch of French ship Duc de Bourgogne at Rochefort on 20 October 1751. The liturgical aspects of ship christenings, or baptisms, continued in Catholic countries, while the Reformation seems to have put a stop to them for a time in Protestant Europe. By the 17th century, for example, English launchings were secular affairs.
Keel-related traditions from the times of wooden ships are said to bring luck to the ship during construction and to the captain and crew during her later life. They include placing a newly minted coin under the keel and constructing the ship over it, having the youngest apprentice place the coin, and, when the ship is finished, presenting the ...
Trainor helped launch the ship during a three-night preview sailing ahead of its official debut on Friday. As part of her duties, she took part in the ship’s naming ceremony and performed a ...
Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning. The term is most commonly applied to placing a warship in active duty with its country's military forces. The ceremonies involved are often rooted in ...
Cunard’s new ship Queen Anne will have an official naming ceremony in Liverpool on Monday. The cruise line’s 249th ship will sail into the Mersey, escorted by fire tugs, at 7am and will be ...
Construction began with the steel cutting ceremony on 1 February 2019. [8] The keel was laid on 3 May 2019. The coin ceremony was announced on the same day, featuring a coin being placed under the first block out of 79 total blocks of the vessel. [9] Odyssey of the Seas floated out of Meyer Werft's shipyard on 28 November 2020.
The city was announced as the godparent of the ship as a recognition of the cruise line’s long-lasting bond with its ‘spiritual home’. Mel C ‘proud’ to represent Liverpool at ceremony ...
Ship Class / type Notes 26 January Netherlands: Ferus Smit Westerbroek Arklow Grace: For Arklow Shipping [1] [2] 25 February Germany: Meyer Werft: Papenburg: Silver Ray: Nova-class cruise ship For Silversea Cruises [3] [4] March Egypt: Viking Hathor: River Cruise Ship For Viking Cruises [5] 12 April Netherlands: Ferus Smit Westerbroek Arklow Guard