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Maintenance work at anchor cable months after anchor loss

On Jan 11, 2020, the utility vessel 'VOS Vanguard' (IMO: 9809693) entered the Weymouth Bay in Devon to carry out maintenance work on the 'Queen Victoria' anchor cable after the loss of its starboard anchor and chain in October 2020 in gale forece winds. The anchor and chain were recovered and reattached by a specialist anchor recovery barge company. Report with photos and video: https://www.thetraveltrunk.net/queen-victoria-lost-anchor-in-devon-storm/

Bad weather forces cruise ship cancellation

Cunard cruise liners Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth have cancelled their calls in Bermuda because of bad weather. The two ships were due to arrive in Dockyard on Sunday and signal the beginning of the island’s 2018 cruise season. However the Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre reported today that both vessels had cancelled their Bermuda calls “due to weather encountered on crossing”. Heavy weather in the Atlantic has forced Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth to head straight to their next ports of Port Everglades and New York respectively. http://www.royalgazette.com/tourism/article/20180110/bad-weather-forces-cruise-ship-cancellation

Medevac off Isle of Wight

A passenger who was believed to have suffered a stroke was airlifted from the "Queen Victoria" off the Isle of Wight on Jan 7, 2018, aroudn 9 p.m. The ship was around seven miles off St Catherine's Point. Zhe elderly man was airlifted from the ship by s Voastguard helicopter and taken to Southampton General Hospital. The ship continued on its way to Bermuda.