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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

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