Cunard Royal Rendezvous

QUEEN MARY

QUEEN ELIZABETH

Overall Length

1,019 ft.

964.5 ft.

Gross Tonnage

81,237 tons

 90,000 tons

Date Launched

26 September 1934

11 October 2010
(Royal Naming Ceremony)

Maiden Voyage

27 May 1936

12 October 2010

Height

181 ft. from keel to
smokestack top

211.9 ft. (to the top of the
funnel light mast)

Number of Decks

12

16

Passenger Capacity

1,957

2,068

Officers & Crew

1,174

997

Propulsion

Steam Turbines

Diesel/electric / Gas Turbines

Cruising Speed

28.5 knots (55.17 km./hr.

23.7 knots

Whistles

3 - Steam type.
Two on forward funnel,
one on middle funnel

Smokestacks
(Funnel)

3

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