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!

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!

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!

This is larger than the Titanic by far. Interestingly (to me), many of the
lake freighters which sift by my small city of Brockville on the St.
Lawrence Seaway are longer than the Titanic. Perhaps it was a big ship _for
its time_.

With some difficulty, I found a QM2 specifications page at www.
cunard.co.uk, which said this:

====

Length: 345 meters / 1,132 feet
Beam: 41 meters / 135 feet
Beam at Bridge Wings: 45 meters / 147.5 feet
Draft: 10 meters / 32 feet 10 inches
Height (Keel to Funnel): 72 meters / 236.2 feet
Gross Tonnage:
Approximately 150,000 gross tons
Passengers: 2,620
Crew: 1,253
Top Speed: Approximately 30 knots (34.5 mph)
Power: 157,000 horsepower, environmentally friendly, gas turbine/diesel
electric plant
Propulsion: Four pods of 21.5 MW each; 2 fixed and 2 azimuthing
Strength: Extra thick steel hull for strength and stability for Atlantic
crossings
Stabilizers: Two sets
Cost: Estimated $800 million dollars

====

Charles T. Low
- remove "UN"
www.boatdocking.com
www.ctlow.ca/Trojan26 - my boat

====

"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!

This is larger than the Titanic by far. Interestingly (to me), many of the
lake freighters which sift by my small city of Brockville on the St.
Lawrence Seaway are longer than the Titanic. Perhaps it was a big ship _for
its time_.

With some difficulty, I found a QM2 specifications page at www.
cunard.co.uk, which said this:

====

Length: 345 meters / 1,132 feet
Beam: 41 meters / 135 feet
Beam at Bridge Wings: 45 meters / 147.5 feet
Draft: 10 meters / 32 feet 10 inches
Height (Keel to Funnel): 72 meters / 236.2 feet
Gross Tonnage:
Approximately 150,000 gross tons
Passengers: 2,620
Crew: 1,253
Top Speed: Approximately 30 knots (34.5 mph)
Power: 157,000 horsepower, environmentally friendly, gas turbine/diesel
electric plant
Propulsion: Four pods of 21.5 MW each; 2 fixed and 2 azimuthing
Strength: Extra thick steel hull for strength and stability for Atlantic
crossings
Stabilizers: Two sets
Cost: Estimated $800 million dollars

====

Charles T. Low
- remove "UN"
www.boatdocking.com
www.ctlow.ca/Trojan26 - my boat

====

"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!

"Charles T. Low" wrote in message
...
This is larger than the Titanic by far. Interestingly (to me), many of the
lake freighters which sift by my small city of Brockville on the St.
Lawrence Seaway are longer than the Titanic. Perhaps it was a big ship
_for
its time_.

It and its two sisterships the Olympic and Britannic were the longest liners
in the world beating the previous best of the Cunard Liner Mauretania by 92
feet 6 inches.
--
Ken Heaton & Anne Tobin
Cape Breton Island, Canada
kenheaton AT ess wye dee DOT eastlink DOT ca

With some difficulty, I found a QM2 specifications page at www.
cunard.co.uk, which said this:

====

Length: 345 meters / 1,132 feet
Beam: 41 meters / 135 feet
Beam at Bridge Wings: 45 meters / 147.5 feet
Draft: 10 meters / 32 feet 10 inches
Height (Keel to Funnel): 72 meters / 236.2 feet
Gross Tonnage:
Approximately 150,000 gross tons
Passengers: 2,620
Crew: 1,253
Top Speed: Approximately 30 knots (34.5 mph)
Power: 157,000 horsepower, environmentally friendly, gas turbine/diesel
electric plant
Propulsion: Four pods of 21.5 MW each; 2 fixed and 2 azimuthing
Strength: Extra thick steel hull for strength and stability for Atlantic
crossings
Stabilizers: Two sets
Cost: Estimated $800 million dollars

====

Charles T. Low
- remove "UN"
www.boatdocking.com
www.ctlow.ca/Trojan26 - my boat

====

"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!

"Charles T. Low" wrote in message
...
This is larger than the Titanic by far. Interestingly (to me), many of the
lake freighters which sift by my small city of Brockville on the St.
Lawrence Seaway are longer than the Titanic. Perhaps it was a big ship
_for
its time_.

It and its two sisterships the Olympic and Britannic were the longest liners
in the world beating the previous best of the Cunard Liner Mauretania by 92
feet 6 inches.
--
Ken Heaton & Anne Tobin
Cape Breton Island, Canada
kenheaton AT ess wye dee DOT eastlink DOT ca

With some difficulty, I found a QM2 specifications page at www.
cunard.co.uk, which said this:

====

Length: 345 meters / 1,132 feet
Beam: 41 meters / 135 feet
Beam at Bridge Wings: 45 meters / 147.5 feet
Draft: 10 meters / 32 feet 10 inches
Height (Keel to Funnel): 72 meters / 236.2 feet
Gross Tonnage:
Approximately 150,000 gross tons
Passengers: 2,620
Crew: 1,253
Top Speed: Approximately 30 knots (34.5 mph)
Power: 157,000 horsepower, environmentally friendly, gas turbine/diesel
electric plant
Propulsion: Four pods of 21.5 MW each; 2 fixed and 2 azimuthing
Strength: Extra thick steel hull for strength and stability for Atlantic
crossings
Stabilizers: Two sets
Cost: Estimated $800 million dollars

====

Charles T. Low
- remove "UN"
www.boatdocking.com
www.ctlow.ca/Trojan26 - my boat

====

"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!

Thanks for the information!

Thanks for the information!

Thanks for your response!