Cunard Queen Victoria Ship facts

Name: MS Queen Victoria

Owner: Cunard Line

Operator: Cunard Line

Port of registry: Southampton, United Kingdom

Route: Transatlantic, Europe, Asia, or world cruises

Ordered: 3 December 2004

Builder: Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy

Cost: UK£270 million (approx.)

Laid down: 12 May 2006

Launched: 15 January 2007 (float-out)

Christened: 10 December 2007 by HRH The Duchess of Cornwall

Completed: Final Quarter of 2007

Acquired: Final Quarter of 2007

Maiden voyage: 11 December 2007

In service: Final Quarter of 2007

Identification: Callsign GBQV IMO number: 9320556

Status: In Service

General characteristics

Tonnage: 90,000 gross tons

Length: 964.5 ft (294 m)

Beam: 106 ft (32.3 m) waterline, 120 ft (36.6 m) extreme (bridge wings)

Height: 205 ft (62.5 m) keel to funnel

Draft: 26.2 ft (8.0 m)

Decks: 16 total, 12 passenger

Installed power: 63.4 MW Sulzer ZA40 diesel plant

Propulsion: Two 16.7 MW Azipods

Speed: 23.7 kn (43.9 km/h; 27.3 mph) maximum service at 18 kn (33.3 km/h; 20.7 mph)

Capacity: 2,014 passengers

Crew: 900 officers and crew