MS Queen Elizabeth
| History | |
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| Bermuda | |
| Name | Queen Elizabeth |
| Namesake | RMS Queen Elizabeth |
| Owner | Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator | Cunard Line |
| Port of registry |
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| Route | Various |
| Ordered | October 2007 |
| Builder | Fincantieri Monfalcone Shipyard, Italy |
| Cost | £350 million (approx.) (US$560 million) |
| Yard number | 6187 |
| Laid down | 2 July 2009 |
| Launched | 5 January 2010 |
| Christened | 11 October 2010 |
| Completed | October 2010 |
| Maiden voyage | 12 October 2010 |
| In service | 2010–present |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Vista-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 90,901 GT |
| Length | 294 m (964 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 32.3 m (106 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Decks |
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| Installed power | |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 23.7 knots (43.9 km/h; 27.3 mph) |
| Capacity | 2,092 passengers lower beds, 2,547 maximum passengers |
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MS Queen Elizabeth (QE) is a cruise ship of the Vista class operated by the Cunard Line. The design is modified compared to earlier ships of the same class, and slightly larger than Queen Victoria, at 92,000 GT.
The ship's name was announced by Cunard on 10 October 2007. Since the retirement of Queen Elizabeth 2 in 2008 the company has operated four vessels. The naming of the ship as Queen Elizabeth brings about a situation similar to that between 1940 and 1948, when Cunard's original Queen Elizabeth was in service at the same time as the Royal Navy battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth.