RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Cruises

RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, also called QE2, is Cunard Line's cruise ships from Great Britain, who has been sailing since 1969 This ship is a ship crossing the ocean leaders world until succeeded by RMS Queen Mary 2 in New York-Southampton lane on January 2004. 

During the Falklands War in 1982, the ship was carrying 3,000 soldiers and 650 volunteers. Later, that year, the QE2 back into the ocean crossing vessel and then painted with classic Cunard colors. 

QE2 in the port of Southampton in July 2000

QE2 is now bought by a company in the Emirates, and the plan on November 11, 2008 will sail to Dubai, refurbished, and used as a floating hotel at Palm Jumeirah.

Commanded: 1964 

Start constructed: July 5, 1965 

Launched: 20 September 1967 

Named: 20 September 1967 

  by Queen Elizabeth II 

Maiden voyage: May 2, 1969 

Byggkostnad: 29.091 million brittiska Pund (£) 

technical specifications 

Weighting: 70 327 tons 

Length: 293.5 m (963 ft) 

Width: 32.03 m (105.1 ft) 

Depth: 9.87 m (32.4 ft) 

Altitude: 52.2 m (171 ft) 

Power: 10,625 kW at 400 rpm 

Engine: Turbo Diesel motors 9 MAN 9-cylinder that drives the propeller 2 for advanced 

Maximum speed: 33 knots (20 knots when it backwards) 

Capacity: 1,756 passengers and 1,015 crew