Port of Southampton, Southampton, England, United Kingdom, Europe
The Port of Southampton is a major passenger and cargo port located in the central part of the south coast of England. It benefits from a sheltered location, unique double tides, close proximity to the motorway network and good rail links. Owned and operated by Associated British Ports since 1982, the port is the busiest cruise terminal and second largest container port in the UK. The port is located ten miles (16 km) inland, between the confluence of the rivers Test and Itchen and the head of the mile wide inlet (technically a ria or drowned valley), known as Southampton Water. The mouth of the inlet is protected from the effects of foul weather by the mass of the Isle of Wight, which gives the port an advantageous sheltered location. Additional advantages include a densely populated hinterland and close proximity to London, and excellent rail and road links to the rest of Britain which, however, bypass the congestion of London. The average tidal range is approximately 5 feet (1.5 metres), with 17 hours per day of rising water thanks to the port's double tides. These allow the largest container and cruise ships access to the port for up to 80 per cent of the time, according to the container terminal operator DP World Southampton. A common misconception is that the double tide is caused by 'one tide coming up each side of the Isle of Wight'. However, the effect is actually caused as a result of tidal flow through the English Channel. High tide at one end of the Channel (Dover) occurs at the same time as low tide at the other end (Land's End). Points near the centre have one high water as the tidal swell goes from left to right, another as it then goes from right to left, making two for each one at either end, neither as high as the one at each end. The first full-time cruise ship was Ceylon, a P&O liner converted in 1881. Up to this point ship owners had occasionally used liners for off-season cruising. From 1881 the growth of the cruise industry proceeded slowly until the 1970s when major shipping operators became badly affected by the rise in popularity of longhaul jet air travel. Faced with falling demand for their mail and passengers services they turned their business to holiday cruises voyages that usually end where they begin, providing short leisure visits to other ports on the way. In the case of Southampton at the time ships affected included Cunard's QE2 and the P&O vessels SS Oriana and SS Canberra: all originally built as fast liners, they began to offer a growing variety of cruises. Through the 1990s cruising's growing popularity saw huge increases in ship size and numbers as well as terminal capacity, with Southampton becoming one of the busiest cruise ports in the world. Cruise ship sizes have risen substantially in recent years. Currently the largest vessel using the Port of Southampton is Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas, with a length of 338.8m, a gross tonnage of 154,407 and a maximum passenger capacity of 4,375. As a consequence of these high capacities, the passenger port is currently experiencing its busiest period in terms of either tonnage of shipping or number of passengers (but not the actual number of ships). In 2005, the number of passengers using the port totalled 738,000, higher than it had been in any one year of the previous century. Since then it has increased year on year, and the figure for 2010 was 1.2 million passengers, representing 307 calls by passenger ships. On average, each docking is worth £1.25 million to the local economy. The very modern and well-equipped container terminal is operated by DP World Southampton. The container port has 210 acres (85 ha) of land -- not counting the 375 acres (152 ha) in the older Western Docks -- available for port operations. Loading and unloading operations can be performed simultaneously on four large deep-sea container ships, plus one smaller ship 500 ft (150m) in length. This makes it the country's second largest such terminal, after that at Felixstowe. Southampton handles most of the trade from the Far East. The railway line from Southampton has recently been upgraded to a loading gauge of W10 on the route between the container port and the ABP terminal in Birmingham, where it links with lines that have already received this treatment. This allows the railway line to handle the taller containers now in widespread use. Permission has been received from the Marine Management Organisation to extend the container terminal into berths 201 and 202. The quay is to be rebuilt, and will be over 1640 ft (500m) in length. The depth of water in the main channel is to be increased by dredging to 63 ft (16m).
'Royal Princess' British Isles (from Paris) Cruise Southampton departure 13/05/18
Princess Cruises Ship the 'Royal Princess' arrived into Southampton at the QEII Cruise Terminal in the early hours of the 13th May 2018 as part of her current itinerary cruise schedule, she had departed from Le Havre in France on the 12th May for a 12 Nights/ 13 days British Isles (from Paris) Cruise.
Later in the afternoon of the 13th May she departed from the QEII Cruise Terminal just after 17:50pm to continue her current cruise with her next port of call Guernsey, St Peter Port in the Channel Islands. As she left the quayside she played her usual love boat theme on her ships horn as well as a normal 3 blasts while she reversed around dockhead and turn to face the correct direction then sail down Southampton Water and out to sea.
Cunard Queen Elizabeth • Southampton & Rotterdam Arrival • Baltic Sea Cruise • July 28/30, 2017
Cunard's cruise liner Queen Elizabeth in the port of Southampton, England for turnaround on July 28, 2017 as part/end of the 14 night Baltic Highlights Cruise. Views of Southampton Old Town, Queen's Park, QE2 Mile, Holyrood Church, Titanic Memorial Fountain, Bargate, Statue of Mayor John Le Fleming (1295-1336) on the City Walls, the Welcome Aboard Show featuring vocalists Virtuosity with the Royal Court Theatre Orchestra and views of ss Rotterdam (HAL) during the nightly arrival on July 29/30, 2017 of Queen Elizabeth in the port of Rotterdam, Netherlands as part of the Iceland and the Fjords Voyage.
QE2 One Deck Pool Area, Slight Movement 19 Sep 2007
Filmed whilst sailing through The Minch on QE2's 40th Anniversary Voyage around Britain - 19 Sept 2007
SS Canberra victoriously returns home from the Falklands War. Southampton, July 11th, 1982.
After the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982, which initiated the Falklands War, the Ministry of Defence requisitioned the Canberra as use as a troopship. Nicknamed the Great White Whale, the Canberra proved vital in transporting the Parachute Regiment and Royal Marines to the islands more than 9,000 miles from the UK. Whilst the Queen Elizabeth 2 was held to be too vulnerable to enter the war zone, Canberra was sent to the heart of the conflict.
Canberra anchored in San Carlos Water on 21 May as part of the landings by British forces to retake the islands. Although her size and white colour made her an unmissable target for the Argentine Air Force, the Canberra, if sunk, would not have been completely submerged in the shallow waters at San Carlos. However, the liner was not badly hit during the landings as the Argentine pilots tended to attack the Royal Navy frigates and destroyers instead of the supply and troop ships.
When the war ended, Canberra was used to repatriate the Argentine Army, before returning to Southampton to a rapturous welcome. After a lengthy refit, Canberra returned to civilian service as a cruise ship. Her role in the Falklands War made her very popular with the British public, and ticket sales after her return were elevated for many years as a result.
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Rule Britannia!
God save the Queen!
Southampton becomes more and more of tourist destination
Southampton becomes more and more of touristic destination
By: Egle Dementjevaite
Many historical places attracts visitors to Southampton already, but Southampton City Council believes there are more things that could be done to make it even more of touristic destination, especially before 2012 London Olympics.
The tourism industry will be one of the biggest market to benefit from 2012 Games.
In stimulating tourism, the London 2012 Games creates opportunities for airlines, train companies, hotels, restaurants and visitor attractions across the UK. Southampton City Council plans to capitalize on this and maximise the benefits for business in Southampton by drawing people out of London and into Southampton.
The Sea City Museum to be opened in 2012
Southampton is very famous and closely related to Titanic, which pulled away from White Star Dock on 10th April 1912. Five days later in the early hours of 15th April she sank with great loss of life striking on iceberg.
Titanic's first public museum has been opened on the same year after the incident. Many items have been given to the City, relating to the crew members by their families.
Now the new Sea City Museum will open in 2012- 100 years after embarked. The heritage museum will house a Titanic collection. It will reveal stories of the crew members that lost their lives and passengers who were on board.
New place to visit
The huge anchor from the city's beloved cruise- liner the Queen Elizabeth 2, which has a strong connection to Southampton, has been hosted into place in Southampton High Street.
The steel anchor is 4,3 meters high and 2, 7 meters wide.
This will add an important heritage site to the city. It will also raise the profile of the QE2 Mile and ultimately attract more people to Southampton's Old Town.
Nice changes have already been done in the city. But surely there will be more things to come before 2012.
The Queen Mary Aka The Queen Mary Leaves The Clyde (1936)
Full title reads: The Queen Mary leaves the Clyde.
Near Glasgow, Scotland.
Luxury liner, the Queen Mary leaves the docks at Clydebank where she was built for her first trip on the sea. M/S of Queen Mary (wife of late King George V) standing at microphone behind a rain covered window.
Various shots of Queen Mary ship. Tug boats guide the ship out of fitting out bay. She has to be navigated down tricky 15 mile stretch of River Clyde. On board, with two pilots, is Sir Edgar Britten, the Commodore of the Cunard White Star Line.
We hear sounds of crowds cheering and sirens of other vessels sounding as Queen Mary ship moves away from docks. Aeroplanes swoop past over head. Good aerial shot of Queen Mary on River Clyde.
Lots more shots of ship leaving docks. Crowds watch from quayside.
Note: sound track does not match all shots in neg. - looks like neg. has been reedited at some point or maybe some shots are missing. Possibly another version of neg. exists somewhere else? AH 2001.
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British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
View from the bridge of the QE2 of the Eastern Docks and Southampton Waters - 1970's
The Eastern Docks cover over 60 acres (24 hectares) and provide nearly 3 miles (6 km) of quayside. They consist of four dock areas as well as many riverside quays and were opened in stages between 1842 and 1911. Handling cargo and passengers from all over the world, most of Southampton`s traffic passed through the Eastern Docks until 1934 when the Western Docks opened.
RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH CRUISE SHIP WALK AROUND QE SHIP CROATIA PORT SISTER OF QE2
Walk around the ship Croatia port.
Tour of Southampton City Centre part 2. Using gopro software
An early morning Summer tour of Southampton including Red Funnel ferry , QE2 Mile , Oxford St, worlds oldest bowling green, town quay and city walls.
SS Canberra victoriously returns home from the Falklands War. Southampton, July 11th, 1982.
After the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982, which initiated the Falklands War, the Ministry of Defence requisitioned the Canberra as use as a troopship. Nicknamed the Great White Whale, the Canberra proved vital in transporting the Parachute Regiment and Royal Marines to the islands more than 9,000 miles from the UK. Whilst the Queen Elizabeth 2 was held to be too vulnerable to enter the war zone, Canberra was sent to the heart of the conflict.
Canberra anchored in San Carlos Water on 21 May as part of the landings by British forces to retake the islands. Although her size and white colour made her an unmissable target for the Argentine Air Force, the Canberra, if sunk, would not have been completely submerged in the shallow waters at San Carlos. However, the liner was not badly hit during the landings as the Argentine pilots tended to attack the Royal Navy frigates and destroyers instead of the supply and troop ships.
When the war ended, Canberra was used to repatriate the Argentine Army, before returning to Southampton to a rapturous welcome. After a lengthy refit, Canberra returned to civilian service as a cruise ship. Her role in the Falklands War made her very popular with the British public, and ticket sales after her return were elevated for many years as a result.
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Rule Britannia!
God save the Queen!
We Go Aboard The Ocean Queen (1946)
Title reads: We go aboard the Ocean Queen.
Southampton, Hampshire.
Ship Queen Elizabeth begins her first trip as a civilian liner. John Parsons goes aboard to interview personalities. Various shots of the exterior of the ship.
Parsons interviews various crew members and celebrities on board. He interviews Captain Sir James Bisset and the youngest member of the crew, Billy Bath (looks like a porter, cannot be more than about 12 years old). Parsons interviews Frances Day with the ship's Doctor. Nuffield car-king Sir Miles Thomas gives short speech from deck about forging link between UK and USA. Band leader Ambrose and singer Evelyn Dall tell Parsons they are thrilled to bits. Nuremberg judge Sir Norman Birkett admits he feels like a schoolboy. Birkett is with his wife. M/S of Soviet statesman Vyacheslav Molotov on gangplank, followed by his bodyguard.
Various shots of ship leaving docks, escorted out of harbour by tug boats. Great shots of people waving from quayside and from decks.
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British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
Onboard The Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2)
Retired ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is re-opening as a floating hotel that will be docked permanently in Dubai- 10 years after completing its farewell voyage around the U.K.
The ship had a soft opening on April 18, ahead of the full grand opening on October 2018. It is now officially open to the public for room bookings, restaurant reservations and heritage tours.
QE2” was inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Phillip and 30,000 spectators on September 20 at John Brown’s shipyard in Clydebank in 1967, almost four-decades before being sold to Dubai government investment company Istithmar World in 2007 for a sum of $100 million.
The ship can cater to 4,000 people in a single day. It has 224 refurbished rooms and suites, with three decks of executive rooms and suites, live entertainment, a theatre and cinema in addition to 13 restaurants.
The ship has hosted notable passengers like Nelson Mandala, David Bowie, Elizabeth Taylor and Buzz Aldrin. The QE2 was transformed into a troop ship to serve in the Falkland’s war in May 1982, and in 2000 it completed five million miles at sea before becoming the world’s longest serving express liner in 2004.
QE2 Shipping LLC and PCFC Hotels are both wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Government of Dubai’s Ports, Customs & Free Zone Corporation (PCFC).
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Queen Mary 2 Cruise New York 3rd January 2012.wmv
Mac & Kay arrived back in New York on 3rd January 2012, it was -2c, so very cold, it was amazing how the temperature could change within a distance of 600 miles. Now it was back across the Atlantic to the UK, hoping the sea would be kind to us this time.
SS Canberra's Triumphant Return from the Falklands War - July 11, 1982 - CBS Evening News
Celebrating the same day return of the Great White Whale. Canberra was sent into the heart of the Falklands conflict after transporting 3 Commando Brigade to the islands 9,000+ nautical miles from the UK. Massive crowds at Southampton cheered the return home of the ship packed with Royal Marine commandos and honoured those who did not make it back.
Cunard Queen Elizabeth Maiden Voyage (Leaving Southampton) 3/3
12/10/10. Cunards newest cruise liner, the Queen Elizabeth leaves Southampton for Vigo on her maiden voyage. Having just left her berth, she heads up Southampton water, past Fawley and out to sea.... The tug is giving her a fire pump send off. Filmed on a mobile phone.
Tour of Southampton City Centre part 1. Using gopro software
Tour of Southampton City Centre Summer time including Titanic monument , City walls, QE2 mile , West Quay shopping centre and Bargate
Falklands Hand Over 12.05.10
There's been a changing of the guard in the waters around the Falklands with the Type 42 Destroyer HMS York handing over to the Type 23 frigate, Portland.
Braemar Fred Olsen Cruise Line early morning arrival Southampton 28/04/18
Early this morning on the 28th April 2018 the Fred Olsen Cruise Line Ship 'Braemar' arrived at the Queen Elizabeth II Cruise Terminal in Southampton Docks from Rouen in France. She had been on a 15 day round-trip River Cruise to Bordeaux & the Seville Fair, she had a scheduled arrival time of 6:00am.
She will later today make a departure from the QEII Cruise Terminal at 17:00pm for a 8 Night round-trip Scenic Spain Cruise.
????RAW FOOTAGE of Queen Mary 2 in Stormy Weather!????
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