Commodore Warwick hosts his final QM2 voyage

**Ally** · 07-03-2006, 07:45 AM

Commodore Ronald Warwick who retires at the end of this month after 36 years of company service, will host his final crossing on the Cunard flagship Queen Mary 2 from New York on July 24.

The Commodore and his wife Kim will host a variety of functions during the six-day voyage. Special lunches will be held in the Commodore's honour in both New York and Southampton and all passengers will take part in a 'Commodore's Dinner'.

Commodore Warwick followed in the footsteps of his late father, Commodore William Warwick CBE, who sailed as Master of the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, was the first Master appointed to Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1968, and was also promoted to Commodore of the fleet, in 1970.

Commodore Ronald Warwick joined Cunard as a Third Officer in 1970. He first sailed as Captain in 1986 on board Cunard Princess, and also sailed in command of the Cunard Countess and Cunard Crown Dynasty before his appointment as Master of Queen Elizabeth 2 in July 1990. From April 1996 he sailed permanently as senior Master on board QE2 until his appointment as Master-designate of Queen Mary 2 in 2002.

In December 2003 he was promoted to the rank of Commodore of the Cunard Line fleet.

He was awarded the OBE in June 2005 and also holds the rank of Captain in the Royal Naval Reserve, and is a Fellow of the Nautical Institute.