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Queen Mary |
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Queen Mary 2 |
| Overall Length: |
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1,019 ft. |
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1,132 ft. |
| Gross Tonnage: |
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81,237 tons |
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151,400 tons |
| Date Launched: |
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26-Sep-34 |
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December 2003 |
| Maiden Voyage: |
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27-May-36 |
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12-Jan-04 |
| Height |
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181 ft. from keel to smokestack top |
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236.2 ft. from keel to funnel |
| Number of Decks: |
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12 |
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17 |
| Passenger Capacity: |
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1,957 |
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2,620 |
| Officers and Crew: |
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1,174 |
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1,253 |
| Propulsion: |
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Steam Turbines |
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Diesel-electric / Gas Turbines |
| Horsepower: |
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160,000 |
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157,000 |
| Cruising Speed: |
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28.5 knots (55.17 km./hr.) |
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28.5 knots (55.17 km./hr.) |
| Whistles: |
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3 - Steam type. Two on forward funnel, one on middle funnel |
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2 - Typhoon located at the forward and end of the funnel |
| Smokestacks: |
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3 |
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1 |
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Some comparisons: |
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QM2 is 113 feet longer than the original Queen Mary |
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QM2 is more than twice as long as the Washington Monument is tall (550 ft.) |
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QM2 is 147 feet longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall (984 ft.) |
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QM2 is more than 3 ½ times as long as Westminster Tower (Big Ben) is high (310 ft.) |
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QM2 is only 117 feet shorter than the Empire State Building is tall (1248 ft.) |
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QM2 is more than three times as long as St. Paul's Cathedral is tall (366 ft.) |
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QM2 is as long as 41 double-decker London buses (31 ½ ft. each) |
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QM2's whistle will be audible for 10 miles |
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