Queen Mary Statistics

• Gross Tonnage : 81237 ( = 8,123,700 cubic square feet).
  
• Length : 1019.5 feet.
  
• 12 Decks.
  
• 1957 Passengers.
  
• 1174 Crew.
  
• 24 lifeboats, all with motors. Most carried 145 people each.
  
• Rudder : 140 tons.
  
• Over 2000 portholes.
  
• Over 10,000,000 rivets.
  
• First Voyage May 1936... Last Voyage December 1967.
  
• Normal speed 29 knots (33mph).
  
• 4 manganese bronze propellers weighing 35 tons each.
  
• 4 steam turbine engines of 40,000 horse power each.
  
• Fuel consumption (crude oil) : 13 feet to the gallon.
  
• Fuel capacity : 3,000,000 gallons.