Iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya uCunard wamkele omnye wabasebenzi ababemdala njengoko wayelungiselela ukubhiyozela iminyaka yakhe yokuzalwa eyi-100 kwinyanga enye uCunard aza kubhiyozela ngayo iminyaka eli-100 yokuhamba ngomkhombe kwiSixeko saseSouthampton.
Ngo-Novemba u-2019 uphawula inkulungwane ukusukela oko yaphula irekhodi i-superliner RMS. I-Mauretania ivule iSouthampton yokubonisa inkonzo ye-transatlantic; Ukuqhagamshela ihabhubhu yokuhambisa inqanawa kunye neNew York City.
Owayesakuba yintsimbi kaCunard, uJohn 'Jack' Jenkins MBE, osandula ukunika intetho echukumisayo kumsitho wesikhumbuzo se-D-Day ePortsmouth obuzinyaswe nguKumkanikazi uKumkanikazi, u-HRH iNkosana yase Wales kunye noMongameli wase-US uDonald Trump, bamkelwe kutshanje kwi Cunard's I-iconic yolwandlekazi i-liner u-Queen Mary 2 ngu-Captain Aseem Hashmi MNM kwisidlo sasemini sokubhiyozela. Ngelixa babekhwele, uKaputeni wamema uMnu Jenkins ukuba ahlole intsimbi yenqanawa- ukuqinisekisa ukuba bayayifumana imigangatho ephezulu yenkonzo ye-Cunard ye-1930.
Abasebenzi bakaKumkanikazi uMary 2 baphumelela ngokulula ukuhlolwa, nangona uMnu Jenkins wakhawuleza ukubonisa ukuba ukusebenza kwibhodi iMauretania kwahluke kakhulu kunanamhlanje.
"Ndikhumbula olunye uhambo lwam lokuqala, xa sasikhwele eWest Indies," utshilo uMnu. Jenkins Recalls. "Ukufika kwethu kwizibuko kwakufuneka ndihambe ndihamba ngeplanga, kuba sasingenayo inkqubo ye-tannoy ngelo xesha, ndize ndibethe intsimbi sithi, 'Zonke iindwendwe eziselunxwemeni, zonke iindwendwe eziselunxwemeni'."
Wazalelwa ngexesha apho iinqanawa zolwandle yayikuphela kwendlela yokuhamba, uMnu Jenkins wajoyina i-Cunard kwi-1933 njenge-bellboy kunye nomqhubi ophakamisa. RMS. I-Mauretania yayiyinqanawa yokuqala yeCunard eyabekelwa yona-yona kanye inqanawa eyasungula i-Cunard's Southampton hub ngonyaka wokuzalwa kwakhe.
Emva kokuba uMauretania ethathe umhlala-phantsi ngo-1934, uMnu. Jenkins wakhwela inqanawa i-Cunard i-Ascania de kwaqhambuka iMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi. Ukujoyina iinzame zemfazwe, walwa e-D-Day ngo-1945, ngaphambi kokuba abuyele e-UK ayokuthatha ikhosi kumkhosi wenqanawa yomrhwebi.
“Kwakulilungelo elikhulu ukwamkela kwakhona uMnu. Jenkins kwintsapho yakwaCunard,” watsho uKapteni uHashmi. “Kuzive ngathi yeyona ndlela ifanelekileyo ukuqalisa imibhiyozo yethu yekhulu leminyaka, apha eSouthampton, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo sivuyisana noMnu. Mna kunye namalungu enkampani yeenqanawa sikunandiphe ukuphulaphula amabali okuba ubomi babunjani enqanaweni, yaye sijonge phambili kwithuba lokuphinda senze oko.”
Ukusuka ngo-Novemba 18, 2019, uKumkanikazi uMary 2 uza kwenza iTransatlantic Crossing esuka eSouthampton iye eNew York - ngembeko yobudlelwane bekhulu leminyaka phakathi kweSixeko neCunard.
Iindwendwe kolu hambo lokubhiyozela ziya kuhamba umbulelo odlulileyo kumboniso ohamba elwandle ovela eSouthampton's Sea City Museum, kunye nothotho lweentetho zokuphucula ebhodini. Umbhali-mbali wase-Maritime kunye nombhali uChris Frame, uya kudityaniswa yingcali yembali yengingqi uPenny Legg, elowo esenza intetho yeentetho ezizodwa malunga nembali ende nebalaseleyo yeCunard neSouthampton.
