MS Queen Elizabeth

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Career
MS Queen Victoria, sister ship of the Queen Elizabeth
Name:	MS Queen Elizabeth
Owner:	Carnival Corporation & plc^{[citation needed]}
Operator:	Cunard Line
Port of Registry:	United Kingdom
Ordered:	October, 2007
Builder:	Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy
Cost:	UK£350 million (approx.)^[1]
Yard number:	6187
Status:	On Order
General characteristics
Tonnage:	92,000 gross tons
Length:	294m (964.5 ft.)^{[citation needed]}
Installed power:	4 × MaK 12 M 43 C diesels 2 × MaK 8 M 43 C diesels^[2] combined 64 MW^[3]
Capacity:	2,092 passengers

MS Queen Elizabeth is a new modified Vista class cruise ship announced by Cunard Line. The ship will be built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri at its Monfalcone shipyard, with delivery expected in 2010. Queen Elizabeth will be a sister ship to MS Queen Victoria, though slightly larger, at 92,000 gross tons. Capable of carrying up to 2,092 passengers, she will be the second largest Cunard ship ever built, after Queen Mary 2.^[1]

Queen Elizabeth II granted Cunard Line permission to use the name Queen Elizabeth.

The naming of the ship as Queen Elizabeth will see a situation identical to that between 1940 and 1948 - during those years, Cunard's Queen Elizabeth was in service at the same time as the Royal Navy battleship Queen Elizabeth. In 2012, two years after this ship joins the fleet, the RN plan to introduce into service the new aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth.

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^ ^a ^b Cunard Line: Cunard to Build "Queen Elizabeth"; October 10, 2007
^ Cunard chooses MaK engines for new Queen Elizabeth. Cruise Business Review. Cruise Media Oy Ltd (2008-03-11). Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
^ Jewels for the Crown – Caterpillar powers the new “Queen Elizabeth”. Caterpillar - press release (2008-03-10). Retrieved on 2008-03-11.

v • d • e Cunard ships

Present ships	RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (1967) · RMS Queen Mary 2 (2004) · MS Queen Victoria (2007)

Future ships	MS Queen Elizabeth (2010)

Past ships	RMS Britannia (1840) · SS Servia (1881) · RMS Etruria (1884) · RMS Umbria (1884) · RMS Campania (1892) · RMS Lucania (1893) · RMS Carpathia (1903) · RMS Carmania (1905) · RMS Lusitania (1907) · RMS Mauretania (1907) · RMS Ascania (1911) · RMS Albania (1911) · RMS Laconia (1912) · RMS Alaunia (1913) · RMS Aquitania (1913) · SS Orduna (1914) · RMS Albania (1920) · RMS Antonia (1921) · RMS Scythia (1921) · RMS Andania (1922) · RMS Berengaria (1922) · RMS Laconia (1922) · RMS Lancastria (1922) · RMS Majestic (1922) · RMS Ascania (1923) · RMS Aurania (1924) · RMS Carinthia (1925) · SS Laurentic (1927) · RMS Britannic (1929) · RMS Olympic (1934) · RMS Queen Mary (1936) · RMS Mauretania (1939) · RMS Queen Elizabeth (1940) · RMS Caronia (1949) · RMS Saxonia (1954) · RMS Ivernia (1955) · RMS Carinthia (1956) · RMS Sylvania (1957) · MS Cunard Adventurer (1971) · MS Cunard Ambassador (1972) · MS Cunard Countess (1975) · MS Cunard Princess (1976) · MS Sagafjord (1983) · MS Caronia (1983) · MS Royal Viking Sun (1994)

v • d • e Vista class cruise ships and derived designs

Original Vista class	Zuiderdam · Oosterdam · Westerdam · Noordam · Arcadia

Enlarged Vista class	Queen Victoria · *Queen Elizabeth* (2010)

Signature class	Eurodam (2008)

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