Queen Mary 2 Stops in Belfast Lough to Evacuate Ill Passenger

20th September 2025

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The Queen Mary 2, pictured here in Norway, was en route from Liverpool to Scotland when it diverted to Belfast Lough on Saturday morning 20 September Credit: Beagle84/Wikimedia

Belfast Live reports that the Queen Mary 2 made an unscheduled stop at Belfast Lough in Northern Ireland on Saturday (20 September) to evacuate a “critically ill” passenger.

Donaghadee RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat was called to assist as the passenger was moved ashore at Bangor via the cruise liner’s tender.

Launch authority Colin McIlroy said: “Our thanks to our colleagues in Bangor RNLI and Northern Ireland Air Ambulance [who were on standby]. Our thoughts are with the person involved in the medevac, for their recovery.”

Belfast Live has more on the story HERE.

Published in Cruise Liners, Northern Ireland Waters, RNLI Lifeboats, Belfast Lough

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