A voyage to remember ‘Titanic’ aboard Marco Polo

PRESS RELEASE

1 March 2012

A voyage to remember ‘Titanic’

To commemorate the anniversary of the Titanic sinking 100 years ago Cruise and Maritime Voyages (CMV) has a special 7 night cruise discovering Britain’s maritime heritage. CMV’s Marco Polo sails from London Tilbury on the 10 April tracing the starting points of Titanic’s maiden voyage and ports associated with the famous liner. Titanic experts including David Lawrence and David Scott-Beddard will lecture on board and a special exhibition of Titanic and maritime memorabilia is included in the fare from £449pps.
Managing Director of CMV Richard Bastow, said “This one-off cruise will explore the history of Titanic’s maiden voyage and all the lecturers on board will be British maritime heritage experts. We’re also collating an exciting exhibition of over 150 White Star Line artefacts, including some original Titanic memorabilia.”
Highlights of the exhibition include a Titanic lifeboat plaque, a poster advertising the Titanic sailing and a lettercard from the rescue ship Carpathia containing a written poem from a survivor. There will also be memorabilia from other British Lines including Canadian Pacific, Orient Line, Royal Mail Lines, Shaw Savill and Union Castle in the exhibition to give a broader maritime heritage theme.
Every day of the cruise will have ‘The Line (or Ship) of the Day’ and to continue the British Maritime Heritage theme, each night the dining room will feature selected dishes from an original menu of that specific historic liner. In addition to the lecture programme there will be an ocean liner heritage quiz running throughout the cruise with a prize to be awarded on the last day, along with a memorabilia raffle.
After sailing down the Thames, you will cross to Cherbourg in France, then on to Cobh in Ireland, where 100 years ago passengers joined Titanic at both ports on her ill-fated sailing. The ship cruises off the Old Head of Kinsale (close to Cobh) where another great ocean liner Lusitania was lost after a German U-Boat attack. You will stay overnight in Cobh (Cork) which in April 1912, when it was called Queenstown, was the final call Titanic made before setting sail for America.

Belfast is the next call where passengers have the opportunity to visit the Titanic Quarter and the local authorities are laying on a special event for Marco Polo passengers to mark the occasion. The next call is Liverpool (Pier Head) where there is a new Titanic exhibition in addition to the old headquarters of the White Star Line the owners of Titanic. In Liverpool an 80 strong choir will join the ship to mark this unique visit with a special performance.

There is also more information on CMV TV www.cruiseandmaritime.tv/themed-cruises/british-maritime-heritage.html

The price is per person based on two people sharing an inner cabin on a full board basis with afternoon teas, lectures and entertainment. Gratuities of £5pp per night are not included.

For more information, contact Triton Cape Sea Travel on 021 4439030 or email info.nclsa@galileosa.co.za
Please Note:

The recent increases in the cost of oil particularly in the past month have had a significant impact on the operating costs of the CMV cruise fleet.

Due to escalating Brent Crude Oil prices , we have reluctantly taken the decision to impose a fuel supplement of GBP£5.00 per passenger per night with a maximum supplement of GBP£120.00 per person for all new bookings taken effective from Thursday 1st March 2012.

We would reiterate that this non-commissionable fuel supplement applies only to all new bookings and at this time , no surcharge will apply to existing passengers booked.