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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 |
| Port of registry |
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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 |
| Identification |
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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 |
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| 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 |
RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2) is a British transatlantic ocean liner. She has served as the flagship of Cunard Line since succeeding Queen Elizabeth 2 in 2004.[9][10] The ship was officially named Queen Mary 2 by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004 after the first RMS Queen Mary of 1936. With the retirement of Queen Elizabeth 2 in 2008, Queen Mary 2 is the only ocean liner in service in the world. It has a regular service between Southampton, England, and New York City, United States, and an annual world cruise.[11][12]
She was designed by a team of British naval architects led by Stephen Payne, and was constructed in France by Chantiers de l'Atlantique. At the time of her construction, Queen Mary 2 was the longest, at 1,131.99 ft (345.03 m), and largest, with a gross tonnage of 148,528 GT, passenger ship ever built. She no longer holds these records after the construction of Royal Caribbean International's 154,407 GT Freedom of the Seas (a cruise ship) in April 2006, but remains the largest ocean liner ever built.
Queen Mary 2 was intended for regular scheduled crossings of the Atlantic Ocean; the final construction cost was approximately $300,000 per berth. The cost was increased by the high quality of materials; having been designed as an ocean liner, 40% more steel was required than for a standard cruise ship.[13] Queen Mary 2 has a maximum speed of just over 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) and a cruising speed of 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph), which is faster than a contemporary cruise ship. Instead of the common diesel-electric configuration, Queen Mary 2 uses integrated electric propulsion to achieve her top speed. Diesel engines, augmented by gas turbines, are used to generate electricity for electric motors for propulsion and for on-board use.
Queen Mary 2's facilities include fifteen restaurants and bars, five swimming pools, a casino, a ballroom, a theatre, and the first planetarium at sea.
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- ^ Jivanda, Tomas (7 March 2014). "Queen Mary 2, the largest and most expensive ocean liner ever built celebrates tenth birthday". The Independent. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ McDaniel, Colleen. "New Cruise Ships in 2014". www.cruisecritic.com. Cruise Critic. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ Queen Mary 2 Cruises Cunard Retrieved 21 January 2012
- ^ Sloan, Gene (6 March 2017). "Peek inside the last of the great ocean liners". USA TODAY. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "The History, Construction and Design of Queen Mary 2". Sealetter Travel Inc. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2006.