Queen Mary Vital Statistics
- Gross Tonnage : 81237 ( = 8,123,700 cubic feet).
- Length : 1019.5 feet.
- 12 Decks.
- 1957 Passengers.
- 1174 Crew.
- 24 lifeboats, all with motors. Most carried 145 people each.
- Rudder : 140 tons.
- Over 2000 portholes.
- Over 10,000,000 rivets.
- First Voyage May 1936... Last Voyage December 1967.
- Normal speed 29 knots (33mph).
- 4 manganese bronze propellers weighing 35 tons each.
- 4 steam turbine engines of 40,000 horse power each.
- Fuel consumption (crude oil) : 13 feet to the gallon.
- Fuel capacity : 3,000,000 gallons.
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