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QM2
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A SHIP OF SUPERLATIVE COMPARISONS
| Length: | 345 meters / 1132 feet |
| Beam: | 40 meters / 135 feet |
| Beam at Bridge Wings: | 45 meters / 147.5 feet |
| Draft: | 10 meters / 32 feet ten inches |
| Height (Keel - Funnel): | 72 meters / 237 feet |
| Gross Registered Tonnage: | Approximately 150,000 tons |
| Passengers: | 2620 |
| Crew: | 1254 |
| Top Speed: | Approximately 30 knots (34.5 mph) |
| Power: | 157,000 horsepower, Environmentally friendly, gas turbine/diesel electric plant |
| Propulsion: | Four pods of 20 MW each. 2 fixed and 2 azimuthing. |
| Strength: | Extra thick steel hull for strength and stability for Atlantic trade |
| Stabilizers: | Two sets |
| 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 - enter service in January 2004.
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