The largest twin-screw vessel, QE2 is the Cunard Line's flagship and is currently in service. Her maiden voyage was on May 2nd 1969.
She operates a transatlantic service between Southampton and New York, occasionally calling at Cobh or Cherbourg westbound. She is auxiliary equipped, with two Stone Kamewa bow thrusters athwartship, and has a bulbous bow. She is fitted with Denny-Brown motion stabilisers, and is fully air-conditioned. She has ten lounges, a promenade deck 750ft in length, 11 bars and a theatre seating 530 people.
Limited to 850 copies, signed and numbered by the artist and countersigned by Captain Alan Bennell.
Price - £20 + carriage.
One of a set of six Cunard Liners prints. Full set only £75 + carriage.
Overall size : 17" x 13.5"
Facts and Figures of the Queen Elizabeth 2
Builder : John Brown and Co. Ltd., Upper Clydebank, Glasgow.
Gross tonnage : 67,139 tons
Overall length : 963 ft
Breadth : 105 ft
Height : Keel to funnel base 143 ft, keel to masthead 204 ft
Number of decks : 13
Deck space : 4,500 sq. yds.
Passenger lifts : 24
Crew : 1,000
Normal speed : 28 1/2 knots
Propellers : 2 (6-bladed)
Engines : 9 diesels
Maiden Voyage : Southampton-Le Harve-Cobh-New York on May 2nd, 1969.