Cunard LINE appoints new Commodore

Captain Berne pool of broadcasting corporations Warner - Hamburg, 24 January 2007 - captain Berne pool of broadcasting corporations Warner (58) the Commodore of the Cunard fleet - consisting of the Queen Mary 2, the Queen Elizabeth 2 and starting from December of the Queen Victoria - was appointed. It start thereby the follow-up of Commodore Ronald Warwick, which separated in the year 2006 from the service of the shipping company and stepped into the retirement. Warner, since 2004 captain of the Cunard flagship Queen Mary 2, is thereby immediately a highest-ranking Cunard officer.

Captain Warner was born in Yorkshire/North England and is since 40 years officer to sea, of it since eleven years captain. Warners father possessed a small boat in Whitby at the northeast coast of England and often carried its boy forward on routes, then Berne pool of broadcasting corporations Warners love for the navigation developed. Whitbys of most famous sailors was by the way a captain James Cook, which as the first of this port from to expeditions applied 1760. Captain Warner is a direct descendant of Sir Thomas Warner, that already the Atlantic in 17. Century drove on. Sir Thomas discovered 1623 pc. of cement in the year, took it in the name of king James I. in possession and became there 1625 first governor general.

Given first schooling to at the age of eight years Berne pool of broadcasting corporations Warner in Terrington resound, a boarding school close York, and visited later the Denstone college in Staffordshire. In the vacations it made trips with its father quite often after Southampton, where it got the large cruise ships of that time to face - particularly the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth - like it into the port of the city ran in. Impressed of these ships at that time ten-year one decided to aim at a career at the British merchant fleet. With 16 years Warner changed into the navigation school of the university of Southampton, in order to study as preparation on teachings with one of the British shipping companies for one year navigation and navigation. Afterwards Warner began four years old training as the officer on the cadet school of the shipping company P&O Cruises. 1966 drove Berne pool of broadcasting corporations Warner for the first time to sea - on that to 7000 gross register ton ship Somali from London into the far east. At the end of its cadet time in the year 1969 it drove for the first time on a passenger liner, the Oriana . In the early Siebzigern it was employed as a junior deck Officer on board the P&O of ship Iberia and received to 1975 its captain letter. After P&O had bought the enterprise Princess Cruises, Warner drove as a senior Officer on board the Pacific Princess again, admits from the TV-series Love Boat.

1984 were appointed Warner the first Offzier on the Royal Princess. During his work on board captain Warner met his Mrs. Tina. The two married 1988 and live today in Leek Wootton. They have two sons - Tom and Charles - which spend their vacations gladly together with their father on board. 1994 were appointed Warner the captain Iceland Princess. Since then it led the command on seven different passenger liners, until it became after the purchase of P&O Cruises by the Cunard Mutterkonzern Carnival 2004 captain of the Queen Mary 2 .

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Cunard LINE is one of the most renowned marks in the range of the luxury cruises. Under the flag of the British shipping company at present the legendary Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) and the Queen Mary 2 (QM2) crosses, at present largest and most expensive cruise ship. In December 2007 the Queen Victoria, a luxury liner for 1.850 passengers, in service is placed.

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