Queen Elizabeth 2 as a floating hotel in Dubai on 5 March 2020
History
Name Queen Elizabeth 2
Namesake Queen Elizabeth II
Owner
1969–1971: Cunard Steamship Company Ltd
1971–1998: Trafalgar House
1998–2008: Carnival Corporation & plc
2008 onwards: Istithmar World, Dubai
Operator
1969–2008: Cunard Line
2008–2022: PCFC Hotels
2022–present: Accor[1]
Port of registry
1969–2008: United Kingdom Southampton, United Kingdom
2008–2018: Vanuatu Port Vila, Vanuatu
2008 onwards: United Arab Emirates Dubai, UAE
Route North Atlantic and cruising during Cunard service
Ordered 1964
Builder John Brown and Company (Upper Clyde Shipbuilders), Clydebank, Scotland
Cost £29,091,000
Yard number 736
Laid down 5 July 1965
Launched 20 September 1967 by Queen Elizabeth II
Completed 26 November 1968 (Sea trials commenced)
Maiden voyage 2 May 1969
In service 1969–2008
Out of service 27 November 2008
Identification
IMO number: 6725418
1968–2009: Callsign: GBTT, British ON 336703
2009–present: Callsign: YJVW6, MMSI number: 576059000
Status Floating hotel & museum at Mina Rashid, Dubai
General characteristics
Tonnage
(1968): 65,863 GRT, 37,218 NRT [2]
(1994): 70,327 GRT, 37,182 NRT
Displacement 49,738[3]
Length 963 ft (293.5 m)
Beam 105 ft (32.0 m)
Height 171 ft (52.1 m)
Draft 32 ft (9.8 m)
Decks 10
Installed power
3 × Foster Wheeler ESD II Boilers (original design)
9 × MAN B&W 9L58/64 (1987 refit)
Propulsion
Two Brown-Pametrada Steam Turbines (original design)
Two GEC propulsion motors (2 × 44 MW) (1987 refit)
Two five-bladed variable-pitch propellers (post powerplant replacement)
Speed
34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) max
28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph) service
20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) astern
Capacity
1,777 passengers
1,892 (all berths) passengers
Crew 1,040