I-Cunard Line kunye neMundomar Cruises Babhiyozela iminyaka yabo eyi-175 basebenza eBarcelona, kutyelelo lweKumkanikazi uVictoria, apho isidlo sangokuhlwa sasibanjelwe kwindawo yokutyela yaseVerandah ekwakukho kuyo iqela labameli bohambo, cofa (ndiyavuma kwaye ndiyavuma ukuba abamenywanga) kunye neendwendwe ezikhethekileyo.
Inkampani yeCunard Line yazisa ngefayile yayo Kwihlabathi liphela ngo-2017 nohambo oluza kwenziwa nguKumkanikazi uMary 2, uKumkanikazi uVictoria kunye noKumkanikazi uElizabeth kunyaka olandelayo kunye nezo zibandakanya.
Isindululo esitsha se Umgca weCunard uthetha ukuba wazi okanye ujonge kwimbali yenkampani yokuhambisa, othe ukusukela ngonyaka we-1839 wahambela iilwandlekazi neelwandle zehlabathi, eqaqambisa iinkonzo zayo zokunethezeka kumaziko alo, inkonzo yayo enononophelo, ubuhle kunye nentuthuzelo yee-suites zayo kunye neekhabhathi kunye nokudityaniswa kokutya okucokisekileyo kangangokuba kukhuphisana nezona ndawo zokutyela zibalaseleyo Ihlabathi.
Ngexesha le-2017, ookumkanikazi abathathu benkampani yokuhambisa baneendlela ezahlukeneyo zokuhamba ngeenqanawa kwihlabathi liphela. Nge UMariya uMariya 2 Ungaphila a Igosa lamazwekazi ama-5, apho utyelele amazwe angama-27, amazibuko angama-39 eminxeba, iiNdawo zeLifa leMveli ezingama-38 zifumanisa imimangaliso yendalo. Ukuhamba kucwangciselwe uJanuwari 10 kwaye ziintsuku ezili-121 zokuwela kwelona nqanaba liphezulu.
El UKumkani uVictoria iya kwenza Ukuhamba unqumla iilwandlekazi ezintathu, ukuwela inqanawa iAtlantic ukuya eMelika, ufike kwiPasifiki usiya eAustralia naseNew Zealand. Abo bathatha isigqibo ngale ndlela baya kuhamba nge-10 kaJanuwari.
Ekugqibeleni i UElizabeth Elizabeth Uya kuhamba ngomkhumbi Ukujonga ekuphumeni kwelanga. Ukhenketho luqala ngokufikelela kunxweme lwase-Afrika nase-Australia, uhambo lujolise kukwahlukahlukana okutyebileyo kwaseAsia kukhenketho olupheleleyo lwaseJapan. Olu hambo luza kuthatha iintsuku ezili-122 ukusukela nge-10 kaJanuwari kuye kumhla we-11 kuMeyi, kutyelelwa amazwe angama-25, amazibuko angama-42 okufowuna kunye namanqaku angama-40 athathelwa ingqalelo ziiNdawo zeLifa leMveli leHlabathi.