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2. Queen Mary 2 - Wikipedia

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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.

3. RMS Queen Mary - Wikipedia

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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.

4. RMS Mauretania (1938) - Wikipedia

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   RMS Mauretania was a British ocean liner that was launched on 28 July 1938 at the Cammell Laird yard in Birkenhead, England, and was completed in May 1939.She was one of the first ships built for the newly formed Cunard-White Star company following the merger in April 1934 of the Cunard and White Star Line.

5. Hales Trophy - Wikipedia

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   Cunard's Queen Mary, Blue Riband holder in 1936 and again from 1938 until 1952, did not receive the award for various reasons. Following the retirement of United States in 1969 the award languished, until revived in 1990 for the Incat built passenger/car ferry Hoverspeed Great Britain when she established a new speed record for a commercial ...

6. Blue Riband - Wikipedia

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   The final step in the quest for trans-Atlantic speed was the Concorde, which set a record in 1996 of a second under two hours 53 minutes, at an average speed of 1250 mph (Mach 1.9), [22] but by this time airlines were aware that cost and comfort were more important to passengers than speed, and the emphasis shifted to aircraft like the Boeing ...

7. RMS Aquitania - Wikipedia

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   The Queen Mary entered service in 1936. [52] Author C. R. Bonsor writing in 1963 states, "from 1936 on it became necessary to squeeze the maximum speed out of Aquitania in order to make her a suitable running mate for Queen Mary thus 24 knot passages became regular". [53]

8. MS Queen Elizabeth - Wikipedia

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   Speed: 23.7 knots (43.9 km/h; 27.3 mph) ... RMS Queen Mary 2 met up with Queen Victoria and the then brand new Queen Elizabeth for another Royal Rendezvous in New ...

9. Seawise Giant - Wikipedia

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   RMS Queen Mary 2, 1,132 feet, ... It took 9 km (5 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles) for the ship to stop from that speed, and the turning circle in clear weather was about 3 km ...