
Queen Mary 2 in Southhamton

Queen Mary 2 in Hamburg

Queen Mary 2 adalah sebuah kapal penumpang Cunard Line yang namanya berasal dari kapal Cunard awal RMS Queen Mary, yang sendiri diambil dari nama Mary dari Teck. Pada saat dibangun pada tahun 2003, Queen Mary 2 merupakan kapal penumpang terbesar yang pernah dibuat dalam setiap dimensinya. Namun, dia akan kehilangan gelarnya kepada Freedom of the Seas milik Royal Caribbean International pada Mei 2006. Kemewahannya termasuk 15 restoran dan bar, lima kolam renang, sebuah kasino, sebuah ballroom, dan sebuah planetarium.

Queen Mary 2 under construction, her radar mast in the right foreground
Queen Mary 2 merupakan kapal "flagship" dari Cunard dan melakukan perjalanan-perjalanan transatlantik yang tetap. Kapal ini dibuat untuk menggantikan RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, yang merupakan kapal "flagship" Cunard dari 1969 sampai 2004. RMS Queen Mary yang pertama berlayar mengarungi Samudra Atlantik dari 1936 sampai 1967.

RMS Queen Mary 2 in San Francisco Bay

QM2 next to QE2 with Queen Victoria in the front

QM2 dan QE2 berlabuh di New York, 25 April 2004
Name: RMS Queen Mary 2
Owner: Cunard Line[1]
Operator: Cunard Line
Port of Registry: Southampton, United Kingdom
Ordered: 6 November 2000
Builder: Chantiers de l'Atlantique
Cost: UK £460 million
(€700 million)
(US $900 million)
Laid down: 4 July 2002
Launched: 21 March 2003
Christened: 8 January 2004
Maiden voyage: 12 January 2004
Identification: IMO number 9241061, Callsign GBQM
Status: in service
General characteristics
Tonnage: 148,528 GT[2]
Displacement: 76,000 tonnes (approx)
Length: 345 m (1,132 ft)
Beam: 41 m (135 ft) waterline,
45 m (147.6 ft) extreme (bridge wings)
Height: 72 m (236.2 ft) keel to funnel
Draft: 10 m (32.8 ft)
Decks: 13 passenger decks[3]
Installed power: 117 MW (157,000 horsepower) CODAG
Propulsion: Four 21.5 MW electric propulsor pods:
2 fixed and 2 azimuthing
Speed: 29.62 knots (54.86 km/h/34.09 mph)[4]
Capacity: 2,620 passengers
Crew: 1,253 officers and crew .
Freedom of the Seas


Freedom of the Seas cruising the river Elbe in Germany
Freedom of the Seas in San Juan Puerto Rico

The ship under construction at Aker Yards in Turku.

M/S Freedom of the Seas adalah sebuah kapal pesiar Royal Caribbean International dan merupakan kapal penumpang terbesar di dunia. Kapal ini dapat menampung 4.300 penumpang, dilayani lebih dari 1300 awak, di 15 dek.

Solarium

the gym on Freedom of the Seas

H2OZone (children's pool) aboard Freedom of the Seas

Royal Promenade aboard Freedom of the Seas

Freedom of the Seas at port
Name: Freedom of the Seas
Namesake: Royal Caribbean's Freedom Class of cruise ships
Owner: Royal Caribbean International
Operator: Royal Caribbean International
Port of Registry: Bahamas
Ordered: September 2003
Builder: Aker Yards (Turku, Finland)
Cost: US $~800,000,000 (~750m Euro or GB£520m)
Laid down: November 9, 2004
Christened: May 12, 2006 at Bayonne, NJ
on New York Harbor by Katherine Louise Calder[1]
Maiden voyage: 4 June 2006 (Caribbean)[1]
In service: 4 June 2006
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class and type: Freedom Class, cruise ship
Tonnage: 154,407 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 1,111.9 ft (338.91 m)
Beam: 126.64 ft (38.60 m) waterline 184 ft (56.08 m) extreme (bridge wings) ,
Height: 209 ft (63.7 m or 15 decks high)
Draught: 28 ft (8.53 m)
Decks: 18 total decks, 15 passenger decks
Installed power: Six Wärtsilä 46 V12 diesels each rated at 12.6 MW (~17,000hp) driving electric generators at 514 rpm.
Propulsion: Three ABB Azipod podded electric propulsion units, two of them azimuthing, one fixed. 4 additional bow thrusters.
Speed: 21.6-knot (40 km/h/25 mph)
Capacity: 4,370 passengers
Crew: 1,360 crew .
Explorer of the Seas

MS Explorer of the Seas is one of five Voyager-class cruise ships from Royal Caribbean International. It can handle over 3100 guests, including scientists making use of a built-in atmospheric and oceanographic laboratory operated by the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Voyager-class ships are the third largest passenger ships in the world, after Cunard's Queen Mary 2 and Royal Caribbean's own Freedom of the Seas.
Placed in Service: October 28, 2000
Status: in service
Tonnage: 137,308 GT (gross tonnage) [1]
Length: 1,020 feet (311 meters)
Beam: 157.5 feet (48 meters)
Decks: 15
Speed: 23.7 knots
Complement: 3,114 passengers, 1,180 crew
Registry: Nassau, Bahamas

















