Our colleagues at North Edinburgh Community News got a great shot of P & O’s Britannia yesterday from Newhaven. (Thanks to them for the photo above!)
There were also some good photos posted on Twitter and it seems that the Evening News sent someone out to the ship to have a look round.
At 12noon, the P&O Cruises Britannia took part in a “ships’ horn” welcome which could be heard across the city with the cruise liner and other ships in Newhaven and the Port of Leith sounding their horns to mark the occasion.
In a ceremony on board the new Britannia, Captain Paul Brown was presented with a gift from the City of Edinburgh by the Deputy Lord Provost Steve Cardownie who welcomed the ship and her passengers to Scotland’s beautiful capital city.
Edinburgh’s Deputy Lord Provost, Steve Cardownie, said: “The two Britannia’s – one with 5,000 passengers and crew on board and the other with 300,000 visitors a year in Edinburgh and indeed the UK’s number one attraction – is great news for the Capital’s ports. The new deep water anchorage that has been opened at the site is a positive step towards further reinvigorating the Newhaven and Leith area, and the city will certainly benefit from the increase in visitor footfall. It really is a spectacle to see them sitting side-by-side in Edinburgh’s waters.”
Fancy a dip? Some fresh pictures from inside the huge luxury liner Britannia http://t.co/sTf2BjEW5z pic.twitter.com/Aq9Yh2kPto
— Edinburgh News (@edinburghpaper) July 9, 2015
The UK’s largest cruise ship #Britannia was berthed nearby its namesake @britanniayacht today: http://t.co/Z0ukC8D40z pic.twitter.com/i93IH4RV9b
— STV Edinburgh (@STVEdinburgh) July 8, 2015
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Courgettes and bananas are 2 of my favourite foods, what am I going to do now? I’ll starve.
No idea what this has to do with Britannia!! 🙂
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