Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ four ocean ships sounded their horns and shone their search lights in Scotland’s Firth of Forth last week, to support the Royal Navy’s ‘Shine A Light’ campaign to mark VE Day.
At 3pm, shortly after the broadcast of Sir Winston Churchill’s victory speech, Balmoral, Braemar, Boudicca and Black Watch joined the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels up and down the country in sounding their horns.
Later, at 10pm, after the address from Her Majesty The Queen, all four ships joined the Royal Navy in shining their search and spot lights into the night sky.
Peter Deer, Managing Director at Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, said: “The VE Day bank holiday was set to be a day full of celebrations right across the UK as together we mark 75 years since the end of the Second World War.
“Sadly, the current world climate means that many of those celebrations will not be able to go ahead, but by shining our lights and sounding our horns in support of the Royal Navy’s ‘Shine A Light’ campaign, we can commemorate this historic day, and show our thanks to Forth Ports who have supported us in true Great British spirit while our ships are in their waters.”
