RMS Queen Mary
retired British ocean liner
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Summary
RMS Queen Mary is an ocean liner[1]. It ranks in the top 0.52% of ocean liner entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,451 views/month, #1 of 194).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Long Beach[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Instance of: passenger vessel[5], preserved watercraft[6]
- Owned by: Cunard Line[7]
- Named after: Mary of Teck[8]
- Manufacturer: John Brown & Company[9]
- Has use: hotel[10], restaurant[11], museum ship[12]
- Commons category: IMO 5287938[13]
- Shipping port: Liverpool[14]
- Port of registry: Liverpool[15]
- Yard number: 534[16]
- Coordinate location: 33.753056, -118.189722[17]
- Service entry: 1936[18]
- Significant event: ship launching[19], ship naming ceremony[20]
- Official website: http://www.queenmary.com/[21]
- Location of creation: John Brown & Company[22]
- Maximum capacity: 2280[23]
- Heritage designation: National Register of Historic Places listed place[24]
- Official name: RMS Queen Mary[25], Queen Mary[26]
- Native label: A landmark of Long Beach, California and preserved tribute to luxury travel in a bygone era, the historic Queen Mary ocean liner has closed to undergo what the city calls “critical repairs” necessary to preserve the historic ship.[27]
- Length: 310.74[28]
- Speed: 33[29]
- Beam: 36.14[30]
- Draft: 11.9[31]
- Call sign: GBTT[32], GB5QM[33]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for RMS Queen Mary include Queen Mary 2[34], a cruise ship[35].
Why It Matters
RMS Queen Mary has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]
Entities named for it include Queen Mary 2[34], a cruise ship[35].