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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Lisa O'Carroll

‘Perpetual’ cruise to leave Belfast after passengers wait four months in port

Holly Hennessy holds a Siamese cat wrapped in a blanket
Holly Hennessy with her Siamese cat, Captain, as she waits to board with other passengers. ‘I will always have a fond place in my heart for Belfast,’ she said. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA

More than 100 passengers are due to finally leave Belfast on Monday on a three-year round-the-world “perpetual” cruise after being marooned unexpectedly in the city for four months.

They were supposed to have set sail from the legendary Harland and Wolff dockyards in Belfast, best known as the home of the Titanic, on 30 May.

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