Queen Elizabeth II

Japanese: クイーン・エリザベス2世号 - くいーんえりざべすにせいごう
Queen Elizabeth II

…However, the transition was so rapid that the future of passenger ships was unclear in the late 1950s, and construction of luxury passenger ships that would become the stars of Atlantic shipping continued. The France (France) and the Queen Elizabeth II (England) were ships built with this idea in mind, and can be said to be the last passenger ships that inherited the tradition of Atlantic regular passenger ships. Meanwhile, from around the 1960s, Italy began building ships that would mark the beginning of a new era of passenger ships. …

From the Queen Elizabeth

...Its sister ship is the Queen Mary.
[Queen Elizabeth II]
A passenger ship of the Cunard Steamship Company, laid down in 1965 and completed in 1969. Overall length 293.5m, width 32m, gross tonnage 65,863 tons.

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Japanese:

…しかし,その移行があまりにも早かったため,1950年代後半では客船の将来についての見通しがつかず,大西洋航路の花形になろうとする豪華客船の建造が続いている。フランス号(フランス),クイーン・エリザベス2世号(イギリス)はこのような考え方で建造された船で,大西洋定期客船の伝統を受け継いだ最後の客船といえよう。 一方,60年前後からイタリアでは客船新時代の発端となるような船の建造が行われている。…

【クイーン・エリザベス号】より

…姉妹船にクイーン・メアリー号がある。
[クイーン・エリザベス2世号]
 1965年起工,69年完成した,キュナード汽船会社の客船。全長293.5m,幅32m,総トン数6万5863トン。…

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