RMS Queen Mary Facts

The RMS Queen Mary is one of the most famous ships in the world. She survives today as a floating hotel in California, however the ship spent most of her service life undertaking transatlantic crossings as a Cunard express liner. Queen Mary was one of the largest ships in the world, and as a Blue Riband holder, one of the fastest to ever transit the Atlantic.

General Information

Queen Mary

Image source: Simplon Post Cards
  • Name: Queen Mary.
  • Gross Tonnage : 81,237 gross register tons.
  • Length: 310.7 m [1,019.4 ft].
  • Width: 36.0 m [118 ft].
  • Builders: John Brown Shipyard, Clydebank.
  • Keel Laid: 1 December 1930.
  • Launched : 26 September 1934
  • Launched By: HM Queen Mary.
  • Maiden Voyage: Dep. 27 May 1936.
  • Maximum Passenger Capacity: 2,139 persons.
  • Standard Crew Capacity: 1,101 persons.
  • Port of Registry: Liverpool, UK.
  • Signal Letters: G.B.T.T.
  • Holder of the Blue Riband: 1936; 1938-1952.

Technical Information

  • Length: 310.7 m [1,019.4 ft].
  • Beam: 36.0 m [118 ft].
  • Height: 55.2 m [181 ft].
  • Draft: 11.9 m [39 ft].
  • Propulsion: 24 Yarrow boilers ,4 sets of Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines on 4 shafts, 160.000 shp.
  • Speed: approximately 52.8 km/h [28.5 kn / 32.8 mph] service speed.

Queen Mary Custom Print

This new range of Custom Print from The Cruise Maps is created in partnership with Cunard and marine illustrator Marc-Antoine Bombail. It is a complete collection of seven scale portraits spans 90 years of Cunard history, from Queen Mary (1936) to Queen Anne (2024).

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