Umkhumbi wasolwandle ohamba phambili kaCunard u-Queen Mary 2 ube nomhlangano ongandile e-New York Harbour namuhla futhi uhloniphe umthuthi wezindiza we-British Royal Navy u-HMS Queen Elizabeth ngesikhathi lo mkhumbi wezindiza evakashele e-US okokuqala ngqa. kanye ne-United Kingdom kanye nomfelandawonye wabo ozibophezele.
I-Luxury cruise line I-Cunard yinkampani eyaziwa ngomlando wayo ocebile kanye nendima ebalulekile kuzo zombili iziMpi Zomhlaba. Njengoba sinezimpande ezijulile e-England nase-US, kuwudumo kumkhiqizo ukwamukela inkampani yenethiwekhi yeRoyal Navy esikhumulweni sayo sasekhaya sase-US e-Brooklyn, eNew York.
UCunard wethula umzila wokuqala weposi wasebukhosini owawunqamula i-Atlantic ngo-1840, oxhumanisa abantu phakathi kweNyakatho Melika ne-United Kingdom,” kusho uJosh Leibowitz, u-SVP Cunard North America. "Siyaqhubeka nokuhamba ngomkhumbi okuhleliwe phakathi kwamazwe womabili, okwenza ukuhlangana neRoyal Navy ngapha kwechibi kube umcimbi obaluleke kakhulu."
Ngemva kokubingelela umthuthi wendiza, iNdlovukazi uMary 2 yaphuma yaya olwandle ukuze iqale ubusuku obuyisikhombisa i-Transatlantic Crossing eya eNgilandi, uhambo lokusayina lomugqa. I-HMS Queen Elizabeth ichithe amasonto adlule yenza izivivinyo zayo zokuqala ngezindiza zempi ze-F-35B Lightning II emkhunjini futhi lapho isuka eNew York, umkhumbi wamathani angu-65,000 uzobhekisa amabombo e-East Coast futhi uqhube isigaba sesibili sezivivinyo zentuthuko.
