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• Captain Ian McNaught                                              
• QE2 Launched Sep 1967
• 70,327 tons gross weight
• 963 feet long
• 105 feet beam
• 9 B&W diesel engines with10,625 kilo watts each
• 2 GEC 44 Holland MW drive motors
• Consumes 1 gal. each 50 feet
• Takes 2 ¾ miles to stop
• Can sail faster astern than most ships forward
• 2 five bladed variable pitch props, 18 ft diameter
• 2 Anchors Forward, 12.5 tons each
• 1 anchor aft, 7.25 tons
• Rudder, 75 tons
• 32 knots max speed
• 28.5 knots cruising
• Can sail for 30 days & cover 2/3 of the globe at 20 knots