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QE2 Emerges as Crown Jewel of Cunard Line
The Elizabethan age on the seas arrives with the Queen Elizabeth 2 poised to be the finest ship in the world. At 65,863 tons and 963 feet, QE2 will cruise at 28.5 knots, consume half the fuel of predecessors, and sail through Suez and Panama Canals with a three-strong engine set and 110,000 shaft horsepower. Launched in 1967 by Queen Elizabeth II, the ship carries about 2,000 passengers and marks a shift in maritime prestige for Cunard.
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High Seas
Cunard
Long Beach
California
Port Everglades
Florida
Atlantic
Suez
Panama
H.M. Queen Elizabeth II