Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi John, The Queen Mary II is quite a bit bigger than the Queen Elizabeth and is too big to dock at Ocean Terminal in HK - they are building a new cruise terminal at the site of the old Kai Tak airport to take the big ones like the QM II. Ship's details: Entered Service 2004 Country of Registry Great Britain Speed 28 knots Gross Tonnage 151,400 GRT (Queen Elizabeth 90,900GRT) Guest Capacity 2,620 (QE 2,068) No. of Crew 1253 (QE 996) Length 1,132 feet (QE 964.5 feet) Width 131 feet (QE 106 feet) Draft 32 feet (QE 25.9 feet) Cheers Howard > Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:44:26 +0000 > From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Queen Elizabeth in town > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > The Queen Mary II was in Wellington a couples of weeks back, largest > ship ever in the harbour. It usually goes to Christchurch but was > obvioulsy unable to at the moment. > > Not a very special picture, but gives an idea of the size - that > round thing is the Westpac Stadium (aka the cake tin) which seats > 36,000 people....... > > Shot with 35mm (what I had with me), but might put a cropped image > up this evening > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Chiaroscuro/Misc/QueenMary2.jpg.html > > john > ________________________________________ > > > Hrmm. > > Your ship is bigger than my ship! > > http://www.bobbaron.com/W_L2001336Ship.jpg > > --Bob