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Length: |
345 meters / 1132 feet |
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Beam: |
40 meters / 135 feet |
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Beam at Bridge Wings: |
45 meters / 147.5 feet |
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Draft: |
10 meters / 32 feet ten inches |
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Height (Keel to Funnel): |
72 meters / 237 feet |
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Gross Registered Tonnage: |
Approximately 150,000 tons |
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Passengers: |
2620 |
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Crew: |
1254 |
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Top Speed: |
Approximately 30 knots (34.5 mph) |
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Power: |
157,000 horsepower, Environmentally friendly, gas turbine/diesel
electric plant |
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Propulsion: |
Four pods of 20 MW each. 2 fixed and 2 azimuthing. |
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Strength: |
Extra thick steel hull for strength and stability for Atlantic trade
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Stabilizers: |
Two sets |
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Cost: |
Estimated 800 million dollars |
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QM2 is five times longer than Cunard's
first ship, Britannia (230 ft.)
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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 36 double-decker London
buses (31 ½ ft. each)
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QM2's
whistle will be audible for ten miles.
QM2 is being built in the Alstom Chantiers de
L'Atlantique shipyard in Sainte-Nazaire, France. This is the same yard that
built the
France
(now the Norway), Normandie,
Ile de France and some of the other great
liners of the past. At a total estimated cost of $800 million USD, she will
also be the most expensive ship ever built. She is expected to enter service
in January 2004. |
