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I'm not sure this belongs on a cruising newsgroup, but what the heck...
The Titanic was only 882' 9" long, the Queen Mary (1934) was longer at 1019' 5", wider, higher and almost twice the displacement. http://www.queenmary.com/html/factsa...on=titanicvsqm -- Ken Heaton & Anne Tobin Cape Breton Island, Canada kenheaton AT ess wye dee DOT eastlink DOT ca "Alice" wrote in message ... The newspaper says the Queen Mary 2 is taller than the Statue of Liberty - can generate enough power to light a small city, is longer and heavier than an aircraft carrier - and it cost $800 million to build. It was christened by Queen Elizabeth on Thursday 1/8. It weighs 151,400 tons and has 1300 cabins, more than 900 of which have huge private balconies. The average tab on a transatlantic crossing is $27,499. It has a nigjtclub and a 1,094 seat Royal Court Theatre - a 3-story Brittania Restaurant that seats more than 10,000 among other restaurants on board - a Grand Lobby - a Canyon Ranch SpaClub and Illuminations room which flaunts the first planetarium ever built for star-gazing on the high seas - a Baltimoral Suite, a library and bookstore, and many other surpises. I must check to see if the Titanic was larger! |