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
