Take a look at our special site all about Queen Mary 2. The Daily Echo has charted the progress of the famous ship from them time that the first piece of steel was cut, the keel was laid and when the huge Cunarder first went into the water at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Brittany.

Then there was the ship's dramatic arrival in her home port of Southampton, the spectacular Royal naming ceremony by the Queen togehther with the fireworks and celebrations as the liner left on her maiden voyage and subsequent visits to Southampton.