Some Facts

Queen Elizabeth 2 Ship Facts

Length: 963 feet

Beam: 105 feet, 2.5 inches

Beam at Bridge Wings: 117 feet, 5.5 inches

Draft: 32 feet

Height (Keel to Funnel): 204 feet, 1.5 inches

Gross Tonnage: 70,327 tonnes

Guest Capacity: 1,778

Crew: 1,016

Top Speed: 32.5 knots

Power: Diesel electric Propulsion: 9-cylinder 58/64 medium speed turbo-charged diesels driving two 400-ton GEC electric motors.

Strength: Extra thick steel hull for strength and stability for Atlantic crossings.

Stabilizers: Four Denny Brown

Cost: £29,091,000 Since her launch, we have spent 15 times that amount in refitting!

Some Comparisons:

QE2 has:

sailed 5.5 million nautical miles - that's more than any other ship ever, and the equivalent of travelling to the moon and back 13 times

carried almost 2.1 million guests

completed 24 Full World Cruises

QE2 is:

the fastest merchant ship in operation - QE2 can go faster backwards than most cruise ships can go forwards!

much loved - An estimated one million people turned out to see her when she called at Liverpool for the first time in 1990