RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner which sailed the Atlantic Ocean for Cunard Line (then the Cunard White Star Line). At the time of her 1930s construction by John Brown and Company in Clydebank, Scotland, the Queen Elizabeth was the largest passenger liner ever built.
Slightly larger than her running mate, the Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth's record size was not exceeded for fifty-six years. She first entered service as a troopship for World War II, and later served in her intended role as an ocean liner until her retirement in 1968.
Together with the Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth maintained a two-ship weekly transatlantic service from Southampton to Cherbourg to New York for over twenty years. Following a fire, she was scrapped in Hong Kong in 1975.
Tonnage: 83,673 gross tonsDisplacement: 83,000+ tonnes
Length: 1,031 ft (314 m)
Beam: 118 ft (36 m)
Height: 233 ft (71 m)
Draft: 38 ft (11.6 m)
Speed: 28.5 knots (53 km/h)
Capacity: 2,283 passengers
Crew: 1,000+ crew