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100-648: Examples of "jinxing" in the 21st-century press include the suggestion a ship might be "jinxed". The connection was made with two cruise liners, the MS Queen Victoria and the Emerald Princess , after misfortunes. In the 20th century, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne was sometimes said to be jinxed, having twice struck a friendly ship, with considerable loss of life. The Online Etymology Dictionary states that "jynx", meaning

200-568: A bulbous bow to reduce drag and thereby increase speed, range, and fuel efficiency . While of a design similar to that of Queen Elizabeth 2 , Queen Mary 2' s funnel has a slightly different shape, because a taller funnel would have made it impossible for the ship to pass under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City at high tide. The final design permits a minimum of 13 feet (4.0 m) of clearance under

300-522: A Pinch (1912), Christy Mathewson explained that "a jinx is something which brings bad luck to a ball player." Baseball's most common "jinx" belief is that talking about a pitcher's ongoing no-hitter will cause it to be ended. See also Curse of the Bambino . MS Queen Victoria MS Queen Victoria ( QV ) is a Vista-class cruise ship operated by the Cunard Line and is named after

400-404: A bow to bow formation performing a birthday salute to Queen Mary 2 . Later on, all three sisters gather for a fireworks display in which Queen Mary 2 led the vessels back down the channel. On 25 May 2015 the three "Queens" were at Liverpool celebrating 175 years of the formation of the Cunard Line , which was formed and based in the city. At low tide, the three ships stopped in line in

500-452: A call at Sydney , Queen Victoria was illuminated in pink in support of breast cancer research. On 9 December 2010 Cunard announced its first female captain, Faroese -born Inger Klein Olsen, who took command of Queen Victoria on 15 December. At the end of October 2011 Queen Victoria and her fleet mates changed their registries to Hamilton, Bermuda , to host weddings on board. Also

600-593: A casino, a ballroom, a theatre, and the first planetarium at sea. Queen Mary 2 is the flagship of Cunard Line. She was constructed to replace the ageing Queen Elizabeth 2 , which was the Cunard flagship from 1969 to 2004 and the last major ocean liner built before Queen Mary 2 . Queen Mary 2 had the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) prefix conferred on her by the Royal Mail when she entered service in 2004, as

700-620: A celebratory fireworks display, marking the first time three Cunard "Queens" had been present in the same location. Cunard declared that this would also be the only time the three ships would ever meet, owing to the QE2 's impending retirement from service in late 2008, though the ships did meet again in Southampton on 22 April 2008, resulting from a change in Queen Elizabeth 2 ' s schedule. In May 2008, Queen Victoria struck

800-465: A celebratory fireworks display; Queen Elizabeth 2 and Queen Victoria made a tandem crossing of the Atlantic for the meeting. This marked the first time three Cunard Queens have been present in the same location. Cunard stated this would be the last time these three ships would ever meet, due to Queen Elizabeth 2' s impending retirement from service in late 2008. However this would prove not to be

900-627: A charm or spell, was in usage in English as early as the 1690s. The same source states that "jinx", with that specific spelling, is first attested in American English in 1911. Jynx/jinx is traced to the 17th-century word jyng , meaning "a spell", and ultimately to the Latin word iynx , also spelled jynx , as 'j' and 'i' are the same letter in Latin. The Latin iynx came from the Greek name of

1000-710: A combined 67,200  kW (90,100  hp ) at 514 rpm, and two General Electric LM2500 + gas turbines , provide a further 50,000 kW (67,000 hp); these drive electric generators , which in turn provide the power to drive four 21,500 kW (28,800 hp) Alstom electrical motors located inside the podded propulsors (and thus entirely outside the vessel's hull). Such an arrangement, known as integrated electric propulsion (IEP), provides for economical cruising at low speed combined with an ability to sustain much higher speeds when required, and has been common in naval vessels for several decades. The Queen Mary 2' s gas turbines are not housed along with her diesels in

1100-474: A cruise to South America. Upon departure from Fort Lauderdale, one of her propeller pods was damaged when it struck a channel wall, forcing the ship to sail at a reduced speed, which resulted in Commodore Warwick's decision to skip several calls on its voyage to Rio de Janeiro . Many of her passengers threatened to stage a sit-in protest because of the missed calls, before Cunard offered to refund

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1200-470: 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. Diesel engines, augmented by gas turbines , are used to generate electricity for electric motors for propulsion and for on-board use. Queen Mary 2 ' s facilities include fifteen restaurants and bars, five swimming pools,

1300-442: A day there, she headed first upriver into the harbor, using her bow thrusters and swivel-pod motors to negotiate the tight turnaround to come back down close to the cityfront. A 21-gun salute and bagpipe band honored the ship. From Halifax, the ship sailed to Boston and was there for a full day at the cruise terminal (Boston was the terminus of the original crossing in 1840). In the evening the ship backed out into Boston Harbor , where

1400-674: A fireworks display was presented before Queen Mary 2 sailed away. After a night and day at sea, the vessel entered New York Harbor early the morning of 14 July and docked at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. Later in the evening the vessel sailed to the lower harbor, between the Statue of Liberty and the Battery, for the Forever Cunard Queen Mary 2 Light Show. When COVID-19 started to spread around in

1500-549: A first ever circumnavigation of Australia, to Japan, then back to Southampton along the south coastline of Eurasia and through the Suez Canal. Three years after the first Cunard Royal Rendezvous on the same date, Queen Mary 2 met up with Queen Victoria and the then brand-new MS  Queen Elizabeth for another Royal Rendezvous in New York City on 13 January 2011. Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth made

1600-474: A gesture to Cunard's history. Queen Mary 2 is not a steamship like many of her predecessors, but is powered primarily by four diesel engines , with two additional gas turbines providing extra power when required; this integrated electric propulsion configuration is used to produce the power to drive her four electric propulsion pods as well as the ship's hotel services. The spaces for these prime movers are also split, and controls are also backed up, with

1700-595: A glass case, aft of the Chart Room lounge. On 10 January 2007, Queen Mary 2 started her first world cruise, circumnavigating the globe in 81 days. On 20 February, she met her fleet-mate, Queen Elizabeth 2 , also on her 2007 world cruise, in Sydney harbour. This is the first time two Cunard Queens had been together in Sydney since the original Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth served as troop ships in 1941. Despite

1800-474: A greater passenger capacity. As is the case with many modern passenger ships, many of the major public rooms on board Queen Mary 2 are on the lowest public decks of the ship, with the passenger cabins stacked above. Deck 2, the lowest passenger deck, contains the Illuminations theatre, cinema and planetarium (the first at sea); Royal Court Theatre; Grand Lobby; "Empire Casino"; "Golden Lion Pub"; and

1900-613: A locked steamer trunk, the first United States copy of J. K. Rowling 's book Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , autographed by the author. In a promotional press release for the event, Cunard said that this marked the first time a book had been transported to its international launch on an ocean liner. The signed copy was given to the West Asheville Library, located in the city of Asheville, North Carolina . In January 2006 Queen Mary 2 embarked on

2000-456: A modified Vista-class cruise ship, and Queen Elizabeth retains the same design with some minor changes. Nonetheless, Ian McNaught, who was Queen Victoria ' s captain in 2009, has asserted that the ship is a liner based on her classic décor. An order for a Vista-class vessel was transferred by Carnival Corporation & plc , parent company to Holland America , Cunard and P&O from its Holland America Line to Cunard with

2100-657: A pier in Malta after her thrusters malfunctioned. However the damage was minimal, allowing the ship to continue operating, but repairs resulted in her missing a port of call in La Goulette . Queen Victoria completed her third world cruise in 2010 when she was joined by Captain Chris Wells, who was aboard to familiarise himself with the Vista-class ship before taking command of Queen Elizabeth in late 2010. During

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2200-441: A replacement satellite phone , drogue anchor and groceries. Queen Mary 2 changed her course by 20 degrees and only added 14 nautical miles (26 km) to the overall distance of the crossing. On 6 July 2013 Queen Mary 2 departed New York en route to Southampton on her 200th transatlantic voyage. On board speakers were Stephen Payne OBE —the ship's designer—and presenter and newsreader Nick Owen , who presented talks about

2300-488: A replica of the first American combat submarine within 200 feet (61 m) of Queen Mary 2 , which was docked at the cruise ship terminal in Red Hook, Brooklyn . The replica was created by New York artist Philip "Duke" Riley and two out-of-town residents, one of whom claimed to be a descendant of David Bushnell , who had invented it. The Coast Guard issued Riley a citation for having an unsafe vessel, and for violating

2400-523: A strong connection between Boston and the Cunard Line. It is believed that the cup was presented to Sir Samuel Cunard sometime in 1840, but for much of its life it was missing. It was discovered in an antique shop in 1967 and returned to Cunard, where it was placed aboard Queen Elizabeth 2 . In 2004, when Queen Mary 2 became the flagship, the Boston Cup was placed aboard Queen Mary 2 . It is in

2500-399: A suite, and dine in the "Queens' Grill". Those in the two latter categories are grouped together by Cunard as "Grill Passengers", and they are permitted to use the "Queens' Grill Lounge" and a private outdoor area on deck 11 with its own whirlpool. This feature is also present on both Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth . However, all other public areas can be used by all passengers. As

2600-513: A tandem crossing of the Atlantic for the event. All three ships met in front of the statue of Liberty at 6:45 pm for Grucci fireworks. The Empire State Building was lit up in red to mark the event. On 5 June 2012, the three met again, but this time in Southampton to celebrate the Diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II . Queen Mary 2 has rendezvoused with ocean rowing teams in

2700-595: A wrap-around exterior promenade. The decks above these contain mostly passenger cabins until 9 Deck, on which are the Cunard Health Club and spa, Winter Garden lounge, Lido Restaurant, and two outdoor pools. On 10 Deck is the Commodore Club, Churchill Lounge (for smokers) and Yacht Club nightclub. The Queen's Grill and Princess Grill, with their attached lounge and an open courtyard between, are on 11 Deck. The Queen Victoria operates similarly to both

2800-399: Is 1,100,000 litres (290,000 US gal) per day with a capacity of 1,890,000 litres (500,000 US gal) so that there is ample spare capacity. The ship could easily be supplied by only two of the three plants. Potable water tanks have a capacity of 3,830,000 litres (1,010,000 US gal), enough for more than three days of supply. If the engines are running on low load (when

2900-551: Is a post-Panamax ship, too wide to use the Panama Canal before its expansion in 2016. As a result, she had to circumnavigate South America to transit between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The decision not to constrain her width to transit the Panama Canal was taken as Queen Elizabeth 2 only transited once a year, during the world cruise. Cunard decided to pass up the convenience of the occasional passage in favour of

3000-423: Is a British ocean liner . She has served as the flagship of the Cunard Line since January 2004, and as of 2024, is the only active, purpose-built ocean liner still in service. Queen Mary 2 sails regular transatlantic crossings between Southampton and New York City , in addition to short cruises and an annual world voyage. She was designed by a team of British naval architects led by Stephen Payne , and

3100-497: Is fixed, but the aft pair can swivel through 360°, removing the need for a rudder . Queen Mary 2 is the first quadruple-propeller passenger ship completed since the SS France in 1961. Queen Mary 2 carries eight spare blades on the foredeck, immediately forward of the bridge screen. In addition to the primary thrusters, the ship is also fitted with three bow thrusters , with a power output of 3.2 MW each. These allow

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3200-416: Is not a traditional ocean liner , as she does not have the heavy plating throughout the hull . However, the bow was constructed with heavier plating to cope with the transatlantic run, and the ship has a high freeboard . The Queen Mary 2 had cost approximately $ 300,000 US per berth, nearly double that of many contemporary cruise ships, so Cunard made the economic decision to base Queen Victoria on

3300-452: Is supplied primarily by steam and cooling water from the ship's gas turbines and diesel engines, or if needed by steam from the ship's two oil-fired boilers. The traditional multiple-effect distillation technology has been improved for the ship's plant, so that scaling of plates is reduced, vastly reducing maintenance required. The desalinated water has a very low salt content of less than five parts per million. Average total water production

3400-481: Is the son of William (Bil) Warwick, who had also been a senior Cunard officer and the first captain of Queen Elizabeth 2 . The ship returned to Southampton late from her maiden voyage after bow doors covering the thrusters failed to shut in Portugal. During the 2004 Summer Olympics Queen Mary 2 sailed to Athens and docked at Piraeus for two weeks for use as a floating hotel, serving the then Prime Minister of

3500-645: The Queen Mary 2 and the former Queen Elizabeth 2 , both of which follow the same practice of separating passengers into different restaurants based on the price of the cabin they booked (the Britannia as standard for regular cabins, the Princess Grill as middle for those in junior suites, and the Queen's Grill as superior for deluxe suite occupants), are actually ships divided into three classes, despite

3600-610: The American Dialect Society suggests that the word should be traced back to an American folksong called Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines written by William Lingard in 1868. In 1887, the character Jinks Hoodoo, described as "a curse to everybody, including himself" appeared in the musical comedy Little Puck , and the name was quickly picked up by the press. One of the uses of the word "jinx" has been in

3700-542: The Canary Islands , Queen Victoria embarked on her first world cruise , circumnavigating the globe in 107 days. (The first ship to have previously done so—also named Victoria —took 1,153 days in 1519 to 1522.) The first leg of this voyage was a tandem crossing of the Atlantic with Queen Elizabeth 2 , to New York City, where the two ships met Queen Mary 2 near the Statue of Liberty on 13 January 2008, with

3800-517: The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II . On 6 May 2014 all three Queens met up for the first time in Lisbon , Portugal , in preparation for Queen Mary 2 ' s 10th birthday. All three on departure sailed in a one-line formation to Southampton. On 9 May both Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria led in single file, Queen Mary 2 up the Southampton channel, with both ships docking in

3900-632: The SS ; Normandie and SS  France of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique . The QM2's keel was laid down on 4 July 2002, in the construction dock at Saint-Nazaire , France, with the hull number G32 . Approximately 3,000 craftsmen spent around eight million working hours on the ship, and around 20,000 people were directly or indirectly involved in her design, construction, and fitting out. In total, 300,000 pieces of steel were assembled into 94 "blocks" off

4000-511: The engine room deep in her hull, but instead are in a soundproofed enclosure directly beneath the funnel. This arrangement allows the turbines to be supplied with sufficient air without having to run large diameter air ducts the height of the ship, which would have wasted valuable interior space. The propulsors are Rolls-Royce Mermaid azimuth thruster type podded propulsion units , each with one forward-facing low-vibration propeller with separately bolted blades. The forward pair of thrusters

4100-579: The undefaced Red Ensign rather than the Bermuda Red Ensign. Carried aboard Queen Mary 2 is the Boston Cup. Sometimes referred to as The Britannia Cup , this artefact was created for Sir Samuel Cunard in Boston , United States, to commemorate the arrival of his first vessel RMS  Britannia . Cunard had selected Boston as the American port for his Atlantic service, which resulted in

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4200-534: The wryneck bird, iunx , associated with sorcery; not only was the bird used in the casting of spells and in divination , but the Ancient Romans and Greeks traced the bird's mythological origins to a sorceress named Iynx , who was transformed into this bird to punish her for a spell cast on the god Zeus . A "Mr Jinx" appeared in Ballou's monthly magazine – Volume 6, page 276, in 1857. Barry Popik of

4300-671: The "Queen's Grill Lounge", and the "Queen's Grill" and "Princess Grill" restaurants for higher-fare passengers. The public rooms on Deck 8 include the à la carte "Verandah Restaurant" an 8,000-volume library (the largest of any cruise ship ), a book shop and the upper part of the Canyon Ranch Spa. Also on Deck 8 is a large outdoor pool and terrace at the stern. The kennels , located aft on starboard side of Deck 12, are available only for transatlantic crossings. They can accommodate up to twenty-two dogs (the kennels will also take cats) in small and large cages. The King's Court area on

4400-531: The Britannia Restaurant takes up the full width of the ship on two decks, a 'tween deck, called Deck 3L, was devised to allow passengers to walk from the Grand Lobby to the Queen's Room without traversing the dining room mid-meal. The deck consists of two corridors that run beneath the upper balcony of the restaurant on Deck 3, and above the main dining area on Deck 2. This is why the balcony of

4500-528: The Britannia has tiers that step up towards the hull. This arrangement is illustrated on the hull where there is a stack of three rows of windows in the area where the main restaurant sits, the two upper and lower most rows illuminate the dining room, while the centre row serves Deck 3L. There is a similar arrangement through the Royal Court Theatre. As well, the passages that run on either side of Illuminations on Deck 3 ramp upwards to compensate for

4600-511: The Canyon Ranch Spa Club, and on Deck 12. The Pavilion Pool on Deck 12 is covered with a retractable magrodome . In common with liners such as RMS  Queen Mary , there is a continuous wrap-around promenade deck (Deck 7). This passes behind the bridge screen and allows passengers to circumnavigate the deck while protected from the winds; one circuit is 620 m (2,030 ft) long. The flanking promenades are created by

4700-513: The Chef's Galley, which offers an interactive experience to food preparation. The passengers' dining arrangements on board are dictated by the type of accommodation in which they choose to travel. Around 85% of passengers are in Britannia class, and, therefore, dine in the main restaurant. However, passengers can choose to upgrade to either a "junior suite", and dine in the "Princess Grill"', or

4800-593: The Mermaid pod propulsion systems fitted to Queen Mary 2 were inherently defective in design, and that Rolls-Royce knew about the design deficiencies and deliberately conspired to mislead, deceive and defraud in the course of winning the contract. In January 2011, the court awarded Carnival US$ 24 million (approximately UK£15 million at the time of verdict). Queen Mary 2 has a fully integrated bridge system designed by British firm Kelvin Hughes , which controls

4900-796: The Seas , which has a service speed of 22.6 knots (41.9 km/h; 26.0 mph); Queen Mary 2 ' s normal service speed is 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph). While the hull of a cruise ship will typically have a block coefficient of 0.73 (1.0 would represent a rectangular block) Queen Mary 2 is more fine-lined, with a block coefficient of 0.61. Cunard completed a design for a new class of 84,000  GT , 2,000 passenger liners on 8 June 1998, but revised them upon comparing those specifications with Carnival Cruise Line 's 100,000  GT Destiny -class cruise ships and Royal Caribbean International 's 137,276  GT Voyager class . In December 1998, Cunard released details of Project Queen Mary ,

5000-481: The Statue of Liberty at 6:45 pm for a Grucci fireworks display. The Empire State Building was lit up in red to mark the event. In March 2011 Queen Victoria passed the former Cunard retired ocean liner Queen Mary for the first time. The Queen Mary is permanently docked in Long Beach, California and operated as a hotel. On 5 June 2012 all three Queens met again but this time in Southampton to celebrate

5100-569: The United Kingdom Tony Blair and his wife Cherie , French President Jacques Chirac , then United States President George W. Bush , and the United States Olympic men's basketball team. According to Cunard, Queen Mary 2' s passengers have also included jazz musician Dave Brubeck and singers Rod Stewart , Carly Simon , and James Taylor . One 2005 transatlantic crossing saw Queen Mary 2 carrying, in

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5200-425: The aft section of 10 Deck. Queen Victoria ' s theatre is the first at sea to have private boxes. There is also has a Winter Garden lounge with a retractable glass roof and a two-story library with a connecting spiral staircase. In May 2017, Queen Victoria underwent a second major overhaul, which added new cabins aft, as well as refurbishing other spaces and adding new dining facilities. The modifications saw

5300-554: The bench. "Cross-eyed girl sittin' over there back o' third. See her ? She's got Th' Dasher. Holy smoke, look at them eyes!" Like the discreet and experienced manager he was, McNabb did not chasten his men in this hour of peril. He treated the matter just as seriously as they, condoling with The Dasher, bracing up the Yeggman, execrating the jinx and summoning all his occult strategy to outwit it. And later referenced in Pitching at

5400-457: The bridge. As Queen Mary 2 is too large to dock in many ports, passengers are often ferried to and from the ship in tenders , which can also be used as lifeboats. These are stored at sea in davits alongside the lifeboats. To transport passengers ashore the tenders pull up to one of four loading stations, each of which has a large hull door that opens hydraulically to form a boarding platform, complete with railings and decking. Queen Mary 2

5500-545: The case, as the three Queens met in Southampton on 22 April 2008. Queen Mary 2 rendezvoused with Queen Elizabeth 2 in Dubai on Saturday 21 March 2009, after the latter ship's retirement, while both ships were berthed at Port Rashid . With the withdrawal of Queen Elizabeth 2 from Cunard's fleet and its docking in Dubai, Queen Mary 2 became the only ocean liner left in active passenger service. On 3 August 2007 three men were stopped by police while escorting and piloting

5600-500: The change in deck elevation between the entrance to Illuminations and an elevator bank forward of the room. More than 5,000 commissioned works of art are visible in Queen Mary 2' s public rooms, corridors, staterooms and lobbies, having been created by 128 artists from sixteen countries. Two of the most notable pieces are Barbara Broekman's tapestry , an abstract depiction of an ocean liner, bridge, and New York skyline which spans

5700-519: The context of baseball ; in the short story The Jinx (1910) – later collected in the book The Jinx: Stories of the Diamond (1911) – Allen Sangree wrote: By th' bones of Mike Kelly, I'll do it! Yes, sir, I'll hoodoo th' whole darned club, I will. I'll put a jinx on 'em or my name ain't Dasher, an' that goes! And again But the ball players instantly knew the truth. "A jinx, a jinx," they whispered along

5800-513: The covered games deck above the bridge, a feature which is present on the Queen Elizabeth . During the 2017 refit, Queen Victoria was fitted with additional cabins at the stern which makes her more similar in appearance to Queen Elizabeth . This addition also made more space available around a newly re-designed aft lido pool area, and reduced the size of aft-facing balconies. Queen Victoria ' s public rooms are mainly located on

5900-422: The departure of Queen Mary 2 to Saint Peter Port , Guernsey . On 2 July 2015, Queen Mary 2 began a 175th Anniversary Crossing in Southampton. She sailed first to Liverpool, leaving that city after a fireworks display on 4 July, the actual anniversary date of Cunard's first transatlantic voyage. Queen Mary 2 followed the route of the original ship Britannia , calling first at Halifax, Nova Scotia. After

6000-443: The dry dock, which were then positioned and welded together to complete the hull and superstructure. After floating out on 21 March 2003, the Queen Mary 2 was fitted out in the large fitting out basin ("Bassin C"), the first ship to use this huge dry dock since the shipyard built large tankers in the 1970s, such as MV  Gastor . Her sea trials were conducted during 25–29 September and 7–11 November 2003, between Saint-Nazaire and

6100-511: The early arrival time of 5:42 am, the Queen Mary 2' s presence attracted so many viewers that the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Anzac Bridge were blocked. With 1,600 passengers leaving the ships in Sydney, Cunard estimated the stopovers injected more than $ 3 million into the local economy. On 10 January 2012, the ship embarked on a three-month world cruise from Southampton, travelling south and then east around Africa,

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6200-433: The fact that all other public rooms are used by all passengers equally. Though this situation is similar on Queen Elizabeth 2 and Queen Mary 2 , it is further enhanced on Queen Victoria by the fact that Grill Passengers (those dining in the Princess Grill or Queen's Grill) also have two private outdoor areas on 10 and 11 Decks with the specific name "Grills Terrace", a feature which also appears on Queen Mary 2 at

6300-416: The former British monarch Queen Victoria . The vessel is of the same basic design as other Vista-class cruise ships , including Queen Elizabeth . At 90,049  gross tonnage  (GT) she is the smallest of Cunard 's ships in operation. Her facilities include seven restaurants, thirteen bars, three swimming pools, a ballroom , and a theatre. Unlike many previous Cunard ships, Queen Victoria

6400-702: The full height of the Britannia Restaurant, and the British sculptor John McKenna's sheet bronze relief mural in the Grand Lobby, a seven square metre portrait of the ship fabricated in bronze inspired by the Art Deco mural in the main dining room of the original Queen Mary . The 10th Deck Pavillion features a glass ellipse sculpture by Tomasz Urbanowicz called "Blue Sun Setting in the Ocean". Queen Mary 2's power plant comprises four sixteen-cylinder Wärtsilä 16V46CR EnviroEngine marine diesel engines , generating

6500-570: The hull of the ship. Concentrated salt solution ( brine ) is discharged to the sea closer to the ship's stern together with cooling water from the engines. On 12 January 2004 Queen Mary 2 set sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton , England, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida , in the United States, carrying 2,620 passengers. She was under the command of captain Ronald Warwick, who had previously commanded Queen Elizabeth 2 . Warwick

6600-564: The intent that the vessel would become the Queen Victoria Fincantieri laid down the keel in 2003, but Carnival reassigned the hull again to become the P&;O ship Arcadia . The new Queen Victoria ordered from Fincantieri in 2004 was 11 metres (36 ft 1 in) longer, 5,000 tons larger, with an increased passenger capacity of 2,000. and features which had proved successful on Queen Mary 2 . The keel

6700-522: The intention of preventing a single failure from disabling the ship. Like her predecessor Queen Elizabeth 2 she is built for crossing the Atlantic Ocean, and is also regularly used for cruising. In the winter season she cruises from New York to the Caribbean. Queen Mary 2' s 30-knot (56 km/h; 35 mph) open ocean speed sets the ship apart from cruise ships, such as MS  Oasis of

6800-426: The largest ocean liner ever built. Queen Mary 2 was intended for regular crossings of the Atlantic Ocean; the final construction cost was approximately $ 300,000 per berth. The cost was increased by the high quality of materials; having been designed as an ocean liner, 40% more steel was required than for a standard cruise ship. Queen Mary 2 has a maximum speed of just over 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) and

6900-508: The liner was officially named by Queen Elizabeth II . In June 2016, Queen Mary 2 underwent a $ 132 million/£90 million renovation at Blohm+Voss over 25 days. Major changes include the addition of fifteen single-occupancy staterooms, thirty additional balcony staterooms, and ten more animal cages for an enlarged kennels. According to Blohm+Voss, the refit included the installation of exhaust gas scrubbers and filters to reduce emissions. Queen Mary 2' s principal naval architect

7000-420: The lower level of the "Britannia Restaurant". Deck 3 holds the upper levels of "Illuminations", the "Royal Court theatre" and the "Britannia Restaurant", as well as a small shopping arcade, "Veuve Cliquot champagne bar", the "Chart Room", "Sir Samuel's" wine bar, the "Queen's Room", and the "G32" Nightclub. The other main public deck is Deck 7, on which are the "Canyon Ranch Spa", "Carinthia Lounge", "King's Court",

7100-487: The lower-level public decks of the ship, 2 Deck and 3 Deck. Unlike Queen Mary 2 , however, there is no central circulation access, the main corridors being to the port side . The ship does have the similar grand lobby staircase with an artwork feature as on the Queen Mary ships, a relief portrait of the ship situated on the staircase sculpted by British sculptor John McKenna . 1 Deck, the lowest passenger deck, holds

7200-461: The lowest level of a three-storey stairwell lobby, as well as of the Royal Court Theatre. On 2 Deck can be found the mid-level of the Royal Court Theatre, casino , Golden Lion Pub , Queen's Room, Verandah à la carte restaurant, Chart Room bar, and lower level of both the library and Britannia Restaurant. The topmost level of the theatre, Royal Arcade, Midships Lounge, and upper level of the library and formal dining room are all on 3 Deck, along with

7300-653: The middle of the River Mersey , bow to stern, manoeuvred 180 degrees in full synchronisation with each other, which was described as a river dance, and then formed an arrow side by side. Queen Mary 2 was in the centre with her bow in line with the Cunard Building at the Pier Head . The Royal Air Force Red Arrows aerobatics team performed a flypast in Vic formation , emitting red, white and blue smoke, over

7400-434: The middle of the Atlantic. On 30 July 2010 she met up with Artemis Investments , whose rowing crew were Don Lennox , Livar Nysted , Ray Carroll , Leven Brown . Carroll had been a former engineer and was patched through via marine VHF radio and Queen Mary 2's public address system to speak to the captain and crew. On 26 September 2013 Queen Mary 2 resupplied solo-rower Mylène Paquette and her vessel Hermel with

7500-402: The need to step the superstructure to allow space for lifeboats . By SOLAS standards, these should have been lower on the hull (15 m (49 ft) above the waterline), but for the sake of appearance as well as to avoid the danger of large waves damaging the boats, Payne convinced SOLAS officials to exempt Queen Mary 2 from this requirement, and the boats are 25 m (82 ft) above

7600-552: The offshore islands of Île d'Yeu and Belle-Île. The final stages of construction were marred by a fatal accident on 15 November 2003, when a gangway collapsed under a group of shipyard workers and their relatives who had been invited to visit the vessel. In total, 16 people were killed and another 32 people injured after a 15-metre (49 ft) fall into the drydock. Construction was completed on schedule. On 22 December 2003, Queen Mary 2 left Saint-Nazaire and arrived in Southampton, England, on 26 December 2003. On 8 January 2004,

7700-406: The original RMS  Queen Mary , which is permanently docked at Long Beach, California . Escorted by a flotilla of smaller ships, the two Queens exchanged a "whistle salute" which was heard throughout the city of Long Beach. Queen Mary 2 met the other serving Cunard liners Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth 2 on 13 January 2008 near the Statue of Liberty in New York City harbour, with

7800-531: The passenger capacity increase to 2,081 from 1,988. Changes included a new Britannia Club restaurant, updated Chartroom, refreshed Winter Garden, refreshed Yacht Club and new outdoor pool area. Queen Victoria can carry 3,000 tons of heavy fuel and 150 tons of marine gas oil, consuming 12 tons per hour for maximum output. Although the ship burns heavy fuel, it uses low- sulphur fuel in certain jurisdictions. On Queen Victoria 's 21 December 2007 voyage, 122 guests and 11 crew on board contracted norovirus . It

7900-438: The project to develop a liner that would complement Queen Elizabeth 2 . Harland and Wolff of Northern Ireland , Aker Kværner of Norway, Fincantieri of Italy, Meyer Werft of Germany, and Chantiers de l'Atlantique of France were invited to bid on the project. The contract was finally signed with Chantiers de l'Atlantique, a subsidiary of Alstom , on 6 November 2000. This was the same yard that built Cunard's former rivals,

8000-493: The reinstallation of the repaired propeller pod. At the same time, sprinkler systems were installed in all of the vessel's balconies to comply with new safety regulations which had come into effect since the MS Star Princess fire. Additionally, both bridge wings were extended by two metres to improve visibility. After completing the journey around South America, on 23 February 2006, Queen Mary 2 met her namesake,

8100-514: The security zone around Queen Mary 2 . On 19 October 2011, Queen Mary 2 had her registry changed to Hamilton, Bermuda , from her previous home port of Southampton, to allow the ship to host on-board weddings. This marked the first time in its 171-year history that Cunard has not had a ship registered within the UK. Bermuda is a member of the Red Ensign Group and the ship continues to fly

8200-533: The ship is open twenty four hours a day, serving as a buffet restaurant for breakfast and lunch. The overall space is divided into quarters, with each section decorated according to the theme of the four separate alternate dining venues that are "created" each evening through lighting, tableware, and menus: Lotus, which specialises in Asian cuisine ; the Carvery, a British style grille; La Piazza, with Italian food ; and

8300-406: The ship is running at a slow speed) the engine jacket cooling water temperature is insufficient to heat the seawater to run the desalination plants. In that case steam from oil-fired boilers is used to heat the sea water. This is uneconomical as generating steam is expensive. It may be cheaper, therefore, to buy water in a particular port than to produce it on board. The seawater intakes are located in

8400-413: The ship to turn in its own length while in port, to conduct more complex docking manoeuvres. The propulsor pods fitted to Queen Mary 2 have been prone to failure, attributed to the motors' thrust bearings, which continued to show a tendency to fail even after numerous attempts at redesign. In January 2009, Carnival, through its Cunard division, sued Rolls-Royce in the United States. The line alleged that

8500-405: The ship's 4 January 2010, 12 January 2010, and 21 February 2018 voyages. On 14 May 2008, on Queen Victoria 's first visit to Grand Harbour , Valletta , Malta , the throttles malfunctioned during berthing, resulting in the vessel colliding with the pier. She remained in port for an extra night whilst repairs were carried out to the stern. Queen Mary 2 RMS Queen Mary 2 ( QM2 )

8600-450: The ship's design. On 25 May 2015, all three Queens met, once again, at Liverpool , in order to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the shipping line. After arriving at Liverpool the previous day, Queen Mary 2 made a brief excursion to the entrance of the River Mersey to welcome her two fleetmates into port in the early afternoon. The three Cunarders then sailed, in formation, towards Liverpool. The ships spent several hours together, before

8700-546: The ship's navigation systems, radar, dynamic positioning system, and engine monitoring system. Kelvin Hughes supplied many of the ship's components, including the Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) and eight multifunction display units. Fresh water aboard Queen Mary 2 is supplied by three Alfa Laval multiple effect plate (MEP) evaporators, each with a capacity of 630,000 litres (170,000 US gal) per day. The plants' energy

8800-413: The ship's superlatives, and represented Queen Victoria as "Cunard's most luxurious ship." The same day, the ship was officially named by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall , continuing the tradition of Cunard "Queens" being named by royalty. The bottle of champagne failed to break upon impact with Queen Victoria ' s hull, which according to nautical superstition is a bad omen. However, a backup bottle

8900-556: The superstructure, which are to recall the appearance of the crossovers of the forward decks on the first Queen Mary . Queen Mary 2 has 14,164 square metres (152,460 sq ft) of exterior deck space, with wind screens to shield passengers in rough seas. The ship was originally constructed with five swimming pools. However, the shallow "Splash Pool" on Deck 13 was removed during the ship's 2016 refurbishment to make room for additional staterooms. Two of her remaining four swimming pools are outdoors. There are indoor pools on Deck 7, in

9000-455: The traditional placing of coins on the mast – in this case a Euro and a gold Queen Victoria sovereign were welded beneath the radar mast. Queen Victoria departed the Port of Venice on 24 August 2007 to commence her sea trials , and, after handover to Cunard , arrived in Southampton , United Kingdom , to fanfare and media attention on 7 December; much of the coverage was focused on

9100-414: The vessels. An estimated 1.3 million people lined the river banks to witness the spectacle. Queen Victoria ' s exterior design closely resembles that of Vista-class ships built for various cruise companies. A feature which distinguishes her from her younger fleet mate, Queen Elizabeth , is the more angled sloping stern, as compared to the newer ship's vertical one. In addition to this she lacks

9200-569: The voyage costs. Queen Mary 2 continued to operate at a reduced service speed and several itinerary changes were necessary until repairs had been completed after the ship returned to Europe in June, where Queen Mary 2 paid a went into drydock and the damaged propeller pod was unseated. In November, Queen Mary 2 was drydocked once more at the Blohm+Voss yard in Hamburg (drydock Elbe 17 ) for

9300-443: The waterline. Payne's original intention was for a stern profile with a spoon shape, similar to most previous liners, but the mounting of the propeller pods required a flat transom . The compromise was a Costanzi stern  – a combination of the two, which provides the transom required for azimuthal pod propulsors and has better seaholding characteristics in a following swell. In common with many modern ships, Queen Mary 2 has

9400-496: The word "Southampton" across the stern was replaced by Hamilton. In January 2011, two years after the first Cunard Royal Rendezvous, on the same date, Queen Mary 2 met up with both Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth for another Royal Rendezvous in New York City on 13 January 2011. Both the Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth made a tandem crossing of the Atlantic for the event. All three ships met in front of

9500-653: The world in 2020, Queen Mary 2 was in the midst of a world cruise. In early February, Cunard cancelled the Asian leg of the voyage, and the vessel stopped in Singapore only to refuel and sailed to Australia. On 15 March, Cunard cancelled the remainder of the voyage, disembarked all passengers at Fremantle , and then the ship returned to Southampton. It stopped briefly on 2 April in Durban to disembark six South African crew members before continuing to its home port. Due to

9600-403: Was Carnival 's in-house designer, Stephen Payne . He intended many aspects of the ship's design to resemble notable aspects of former ocean liners, such as the ship's predecessor Queen Elizabeth 2 and her predecessors Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth . These include the three thick black lines known as " hands " that wrap around either edge of the ship's bridge screen, and at the stern end of

9700-538: Was constructed in France by Chantiers de l'Atlantique . At the time of her construction, Queen Mary 2 was the longest , at 1,131.99 ft (345.03 m), and largest , with a gross tonnage of 148,528  GT , passenger ship ever built. She no longer holds these records after the construction of Royal Caribbean International 's 154,407  GT Freedom of the Seas (a cruise ship ) in April 2006, but remains

9800-644: Was immediately successful. Captain Paul Wright was appointed as the first master of Queen Victoria in October 2006. Captain Christopher Rynd became secondary master. Captain Ian McNaught briefly commanded Queen Victoria before transferring to Seabourn . Queen Victoria undertook her maiden voyage, a 10-day cruise to northern Europe, on 11 December 2007. Following this and a cruise to

9900-407: Was laid on 12 May 2006. Eighty prefabricated steel "blocks", each complete with interior structure, cabling, and ducts, and each weighing 325 tons, were then added. The completed hull with superstructure was floated out on 15 January 2007, after having a bottle of Prosecco smashed against her side by Maureen Ryan, a Cunard employee who has served on all four "Cunard Queens". The ceremony also saw

10000-564: Was officially attributed to a guest who had already contracted the virus prior to boarding the ship. The outbreak was also popularly attributed to the Duchess of Cornwall's initial failure to break the champagne bottle during the ship's christening , which is a bad omen in naval tradition. While most recovered, 30 were still reported to be ill at that time. This was not reported on the CDC 's website, which recorded three more norovirus outbreaks on

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