Queen Victoria arrives in Southampton on Friday 7th December 2007 amidst great excitement and anticipation by onlookers lining the shore as she sails into the City Cruise Terminal.

Over the next four days in Southampton over 7,000 guests from around the globe will visit the ship, before she gracefully departs on her Maiden Voyage on Tuesday 11 December 2007 to Europe's Northern waters.

Choose your viewing point from the map above and witness this momentous occasion as the latest Classic Cunarder arrives in Southampton.