Pictured: Queen Mary 2 dwarfs iconic オペラ house as she ドッキングする／減らす／ドックに入れるs in Sydney Harbour

By Mail on Sunday Reporter
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Squeezed into her 寝台／地位 in Sydney Harbour, the magnificent ocean liner Queen Mary 2 dwarfs everything around her.?

Even the Sydney オペラ House, one of the world's most iconic structures, seems to 縮む into the background? -? at least from this 視野? -? as the mighty ship moves in for an 夜通し stop during a 90-day 一連の会議、交渉／完成する-the-world voyage.

Now in her fifth year of service, the £550million QM2 is truly a magnificent feat of 工学 and still a 記録，記録的な／記録する-breaker when it comes to ocean liners.?

大きくする ? Squeezed into her berth in Sydney Harbour, the magnificent ocean liner Queen Mary 2 dwarfs everything around her.

The Queen Mary 2: The 規模 of the epic ocean liner is （疑いを）晴らす against the Sydney Harbour 背景

At 1,132ft, she is the longest ever built. She is also the tallest, at 236ft from keel to funnel. The ship's 橋（渡しをする） is 164ft wide.

力／強力にするd by four ディーゼル engines and two gas turbines producing 157,000 horsepower, she can reach a 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） of 30 knots (34.5mph).?

On board, there are 17 spacious decks, the same number of restaurants and 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業s, a six-storey 入り口 ロビー replete with glass elevators, four swimming pools, a casino and a nightclub. She is also home to the world's only floating planetarium.

The Cunard ship is served by a 乗組員 of 1,253 and can carry 2,620 乗客s. During her first year 巡航するing the world's oceans, her guests 消費するd 38,000lb of smoked salmon, 249,000lb of potatoes, 1.7million eggs, 346,000 gallons of fruit juice, 1.35million teabags and 55,000lb of coffee.

The first Queen Mary was built at the famous Clyde shipyard of John Brown & Company and 開始する，打ち上げるd in 1934 by the Queen's grandmother, Queen Mary.

That ship was retired in 1967 but her whistle? -? which can be heard ten miles away? -? has been 寄付するd to the QM2.

It is a sad 思い出の品 of Britain's 拒絶する／低下する in shipbuilding that Queen Mary 2 was built at the Alstom Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St Nazaire, Western フラン.

Next year, the Queen Elizabeth, which is 存在 built in Italy, will join the Cunard (n)艦隊／(a)素早い.

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