STATISTICAL COMPARISONS
04 0UEEN MARY 0UEEN ELIZABETH Length (overall): 963 feet 1019 feet 6 inches 1031 feet Beam: 105 feet 118 feet 118 feet Keel to Base of Funnel: 134 feet 125 feet 131 feet Height of Funnel; Overall Height of Ship to Top of Funnel: 67 feet 3 inches 201 feet 3 inches 59 feet 184 feet 58 feet 187 feet Height to Top of Mast: 202 feet 3 inches 238 feet 233 feet Draught: 32 feet 6 inches 39 feet 4} inches 39 feet 8} Inches Gross Tonnage: 58,000 approx. 81,237 82,997 Service Speed: 28} knots 28} knots 28} knots Passenger Capacity: 2025 1948 2082 Machinery: Double reduction geared turbines Single reduction geared turbines Single reduction geared turbines Power: 110,000 shaft h.p. 160,000 shaft h.p. 160,000 shaft h.p. No. of Propellers: 2 4 4 No. of Boilers: 3 27 12 No. of Decks: 13 12 12 Swimming Pools: 2 outdoor 2 indoor 2 indoor 2 indoor 1 outdoor Lifts: 22 20 24 The 04 has over 8000 square yards of open deck space for passengers use, more than any other passenger ship.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31343, 13 April 1967, Page 12
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