What happened to the Queen Mary 2?
Thirteen people were killed in the French port of St Nazaire yesterday when a crowded gangway leading to the brand new Queen Mary 2 – the world’s largest passenger ship – collapsed. Thirty-two others were injured, 10 of them severely.
Is Queen Mary the sister ship of Titanic?
“The Queen Mary would have been Titanic’s successor, as indeed she was for her near-identical twin sister ship, Olympic.” Alongside the photographs are display cabinets containing over 150 genuine artefacts from Titanic, its identical twin sister, Olympic and the rescue ship, Carpathia.
What was the frequency of Queen Mary 2?
Meeting of the Queens. Queen Mary 2, being 345 metres (1,132 ft) long, was given the lowest possible frequency (70 Hz) for her regulation whistles, in addition to the refurbished 55 Hz whistle on permanent loan. Fifty-five Hz is the “A” note an octave above the lowest note of a standard piano keyboard.
How big is the deck of Queen Mary 2?
Queen Mary 2 has 14,164 square metres (152,460 sq ft) of exterior deck space, with wind screens to shield passengers as the ship travels at high speeds. Three of the ship’s four swimming pools are outdoors. One of the pools on Deck 12 is covered with a retractable magrodome.
How big is the Titanic compared to the Titanic II?
Titanic II is a planned ocean liner intended to be a functional modern-day replica of the Olympic-class RMS Titanic. The new ship is planned to have a gross tonnage (GT) of 56,000 while the original ship measured about 46,000 gross register tons (GRT).
What was the name of the ship in the movie Titanic?
The RMS Queen Mary, which in the movie was used as the RMS Titanic II For the film, RMS Queen Mary docked as a hotel ship and tourist attraction in Long Beach, California was used as a stand-in for RMS Titanic II during the departure scenes and some of its interiors.