| Ship
Facts
Builder - Upper
Clyde Shipbuilders, Glasgow
Launch date
- 20 September 1967 Passenger accommodation - 1,750
Christened:
September 20, 1967, by HRH Queen Elizabeth II
Builders:
John Brown & Co. Shipyard (Clydebank) Ltd.
Keel Laid:
July 4, 1965
Maiden Voyage:
May 2, 1969
Port of Registry:
Southampton, EnglandSignal Letters: GBTT
Official Number:
336703
Number of
funnels - 1
Number of
masts - 1
Construction
- Steel
Propulsion
- Twin screw
Engines -
Nine 9-cylinder medium speed turbo-charged diesels
Service speed
- 28.5 knots
Maximum Speed:
32.5 knots
Tonnage
and Dimensions
Tonnage:
Gross Tonnage
-- 70,327
Net Tonnage
-- 37,182
Dimensions
Length Overall:
293.2 m (962 ft)
Height (keel
to funnel base): 41 m (134 ft)
Width Overall:
32 m (105 ft)
Height to
funnel structure: 21.2 m (69.5 ft)
Bridge height
of eye: 28.9 m (95 ft)
Height (keel
to masthead): 62.1 m (204 ft)
Bridge to
stem: 72.6 m (238 ft)
Bridge to
stern: 220.9 m (725 ft)
Draft
Light draft:
7.9 m (26 ft)
Loaded draft:
9.9 m (33 ft)
Freeboard:
9.1 m (30 ft)
Loaded Freeboard:
7.2 m (23.5 ft)
Displacement:
37,333 tons
Loaded Displacement:
48,923 tons
Machinery
Diesel Engines:
9 x 9 Cylinder
58/64 (580 mm bore/640 mm stroke) medium speed, running at 400 rpm, connected
to individual alternators rated at 10.5 megawatts each. Builders: MAN.
Augsburg, West Germany.
Electric Motors:
2 x 350 tons,
one on each propeller shaft, rated at a maximum of 44 megawatts each at
144 rpm.Boilers:
9x Exhaust
Gas. 2x Oil Fired.
Output at
Propellers: 2 x 44 MW.
Propellers:
2x outward turning LIPS Controllable Pitch.
Bow thrusters:
2 stone kamewa, 100 h.p. per unit 6.65' vpp.
Stabilizers:
4 Denny Brown.
Fuel consumption:
18.05 tons
per hour (433 tons per day) on 9 diesels.
Rudder weight:
80 tons
Anchors
Forward: 2
at 12 1/2 tons
Cables: 2
at 4" x 12 shackles
Aft: 1 at
7 1/4 tons
Cables: 1
at 3" x 8 shackles
Tank Capacities
Fresh water:
1,852.0 tons
Diesel oil:
206.8 tons
Ballast: 4,533.0
tons
Fuel oil:
4,381.4 tons
Laundry water:
489.0 tons
Lubricating
oil: 335.7 tons
Feed water:
113.8 tons
Other "City
at Sea" Features
Steiners Beauty
Salon
13-car garage
Hospital with
complete medical services
The Greenery
Florist
Kennels
Laundry facilities
Daily newspaper
published onboard
13 decks
4,500 square
yards of deck space
13 elevators
Micron Computer
Learning Center
Micron Business
Center
QE2 Spa at
Sea
Health Spa
on Six Deck
Fitness Center
on Seven Deck
QE2 Signature
Shop
Seven restaurants:
Queens Grill; Princess Grill; Britannia Grill; Caronia Restaurant; Mauretania
Restaurant; The Lido and Pavilion
Royal Shopping
Promenade
Eight bars
Foreign exchange
bank
Tuxedo Rental
Shop/Louis Feraud
20 channel
television including Cable News Network
Children's
playroom
Direct dial
capabilities via Comsat
Email service
for passengers
Financial
Fax service for passengers |