TV star Angela Rippon was godmother
at the
christening before fireworks lit up the sky over Tilbury on the Thames last week — Columbus is the biggest cruise
ship to call the Essex port its home.
The
christening of the four new Viking Longships represents the first time in modern history that four cruise
ships have been
christened at once, with Viking Odin and Viking Idun
christened in Amsterdam and Viking Njord and Viking Freya
christened via satellite from the Neptun shipyard in Germany.