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Ocean liners - QUEEN MARY - 1936 |
| - | laid down | : | 27-Dec-1930 | |
| - | built | : | John Brown&Company of Clydebank | , Scotland |
| - | launch | : | 26-Sep-1934 | No. 534 |
| - | service | : | 24-Mar-1936 | |
| - | commissioned by | : | Cunard White Star Ltd. | |
| - | blue riband | : | 30.57 kn (August 1936) | - 31.69 kn (August 1938) |
| - | displacement | : | 81,237 gross tons | ( | BRT) |
| - | anchors | : | 4 | ( | 16 t weight) |

| - | shaft horsepower | : | 212,000 shp | ||
| - | speed | : | 28.5 kn | ||
| - | turbine steam engine | : | 4 | ( | 4x 50,300 hp) |
| - | screws | : | 4 | ( | 4 leafs) |

| - | overall length | : | 1019 ft | 6 in | ( | 310,74 m) |
| - | waterline length | : | 1004 ft | ( | 306,01 m) | |
| - | beam | : | 118 ft | ( | 35,97 m) | |
| - | draught | : | 38 ft | 10 in | ( | 11,84 m) |
| - | height keel-foremast | : | 237 ft | ( | 72,24 m) |
| 1936 | / | 1957 | |||
| - | cabin class | : | 776 | / | 711 |
| - | tourist class | : | 784 | / | 707 |
| - | third class | : | 579 | / | 577 |
| - | officers and crew | : | 1101 |

| - | lifeboats | : | 20 |
| life saving capacity per boat | : | 145 | |
| - | with wireless | : | 2 |
| life saving capacity per boat | : | 136 | |
| - | rigged as accident boat | : | 2 |
| capacity per boat | : | 47 |
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