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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 |
Some comparisons:
qm ii
is five times longer than Cunard's
first ship, Britannia (230 ft.)
qm ii
is more than twice as long as the
Washington Monument is tall (550 ft.)
qm ii
is 147 feet longer than the Eiffel
Tower is tall ( 984 ft.)
qm ii
is more than 3 ½ times as long as
Westminster Tower (Big Ben) is high (310 ft.)
qm ii
is only 117 feet shorter than the
Empire State Building is tall (1248 ft.)
qm ii
is more than three times as long as St.
Paul's Cathedral is tall (366 ft.)
qm ii
is as long as 36 double-decker London
buses (31 ½ ft. each)
qm ii
's
whistle will be audible for ten miles.
qm ii
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. |
