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Queen Mary 2 has a maximum speed of just over 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) and a cruising speed of 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph), which is faster than a contemporary cruise ship. Instead of the common diesel-electric configuration, Queen Mary 2 uses integrated electric propulsion to achieve her top speed.
The flag was supposed to withstand wind speeds of 30 miles per hour (48 km/h), but it ripped apart three days later, when there was a wind speed of 16 mph (26 km/h). [138] The flag had been stuck against the bridge's suspender cables, so any slight wind would have caused the cables to make tears in the flag. [ 137 ]
Name Length overall DWT GT/GRT In service Status Notes Image Reference Valemax (68 ships) : 360–362 m (1,181–1,188 ft) 380,000–400,000 DWT 200,000 GT 2011– In service
The Queen Mary 2, launched in 2004, was built to make long transoceanic voyages, allowing it to travel the world. In 2024, it steamed out of New York on Jan. 3 to Southampton in the United Kingdom.
RMS Queen Elizabeth's size record stood for the longest time at over 54 years. This is a timeline of the world's largest passenger ships based upon internal volume, initially measured by gross register tonnage and later by gross tonnage. This timeline reflects the largest extant passenger ship in the world at any given time.
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RMS Queen Mary [3] is a retired British ocean liner that operated primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line.Built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, she was subsequently joined by RMS Queen Elizabeth [4] in Cunard's two-ship weekly express service between Southampton, Cherbourg and New York.
Well don't count boat travel out if you're hoping to bring your pet. A woman on the Queen Mary 2 recently shared the fancy digs her two dogs shared while on the ship and TBH it's actually pretty nice.