RMS Queen Mary 2
Transatlantic cruise ship
The RMS Queen Mary 2 is a modern British transatlantic ocean liner and is the flagship of Cunard Lines. She is currently the only ocean liner still in service.
Queen Mary 2 in Boston
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Queen Mary 2 |
Namesake | RMS Queen Mary |
Owner | Carnival Corporation & plc[3] |
Operator | Cunard Line |
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Ordered | 6 November 2000 |
Builder | STX Europe Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire, France |
Yard number | G32[4] |
Laid down | 4 July 2002[2] |
Launched | 21 March 2003[2] |
Christened | 8 January 2004[2] by Elizabeth II |
Completed | 22 December 2003[1] |
Maiden voyage | 12 January 2004[2] |
In service | 2004–present |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | 149,215 GT[3] |
Displacement | 79,287 tonnes[5] |
Length | 1,132 ft 0 in (345.03 m)[3] |
Beam | |
Height | 236.2 ft (72.0 m) keel to (top of) funnel |
Draught | 33 ft 10 in (10.3 m)[3] |
Decks | 14 passenger, 18 total decks[6][7] |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | Integrated electric propulsion; diesel generators & gas turbines used to generate electricity to drive four Rolls-Royce/Alstom Mermaid propulsion units (4 × 21.5 MW) |
Speed | Max speed 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)[8] Service speed 26 knots |
Capacity |
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Crew | 1,253 officers and crew |
References
change- ↑ "Queen Mary 2 (9241061)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "QUEEN MARY 2 TECHNICAL INFORMATION" (PDF). Cunard.com. Cunard. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Queen Mary 2 (9241061)". Ships In Class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ↑ Cunard Production Services (2009). "Queen Mary 2: G32 nightclub". Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
- ↑ United States Coast Guard Maritime Information Exchange, Search for "Queen Mary 2", Retrieved 18 July 2016
- ↑ "Queen Mary 2 – Ship Facts". Cunard Line. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ↑ "Queen Mary 2: A ship of superlatives". Cunard Line.
- ↑ "Queen Mary 2". Maritime Matters. Archived from the original on 5 August 2003.