| Name: |
Queen Mary 2 |
| Namesake: |
Queen Mary |
| Owner: |
Carnival[1] |
| Operator: |
Cunard Line |
| Port of registry: |
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| Ordered: |
6 November 2000 |
| Builder: |
STX Europe Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire, France |
| Cost: |
- UK £460 million
- (€700 million)
- (US$900 million)
|
| Yard number: |
G32[3] |
| Laid down: |
4 July 2002 |
| Launched: |
21 March 2003 |
| Christened: |
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| Completed: |
23 December 2003 |
| Maiden voyage: |
12 January 2004 |
| Identification: |
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| Status: |
In service |
| Designer: |
Stephen Payne |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Ocean liner |
| Tonnage: |
148,528 GT[4][5] |
| Displacement: |
79,297 tonnes[4] |
| Length: |
1,132 ft (345 m) |
| Beam: |
- 135 ft (41 m) waterline,
- 147.5 ft (45.0 m) extreme (bridge wings)[6]
|
| Height: |
236.2 ft (72.0 m) keel to (top of) funnel |
| Draught: |
33 ft (10.1 m) |
| Decks: |
14 passenger, 18 total decks[7]
[8] |
| Installed power: |
4 x Wärtsilä 16V 46C-CR / 16,800 kW (22,848 mHP), 2 x GE LM2500+ / 25,060 kW (34,082 mHP) |
| Propulsion: |
- Four 21.5 MW Rolls-Royce/Alstom "Mermaid" electric propulsion pods:
- 2 fixed and 2 azimuthing
|
| Speed: |
30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)[9] |
| Capacity: |
2,695 passengers (2016 refit onwards) 2,620 passengers (original design) |
| Crew: |
1,253 officers and crew |