Queen Elizabeth - Queen Elizabeth

Japanese: クイーン･エリザベス号 - クイーンエリザベスごう（英語表記）Queen Elizabeth

The world's largest passenger ship, built by the British Cunard Steamship Company. Construction began in Clydebank, England in 1936, and it was launched in 1938, but in 1940 it was hastily sent to New York to avoid air raids by the German Air Force, where it was completed. It was 314m long, 35.9m wide, had a gross tonnage of 83,673 tons, was powered by a steam turbine with an output of 181,700 horsepower, had a speed of 29 knots, and could accommodate approximately 2,280 passengers. Immediately after completion, it was used as a troop transport, and in October 1946, after the end of World War II, it made its maiden voyage as a passenger ship on the North Atlantic route.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

イギリスのキュナード汽船会社が建造した世界最大の客船。1936年イギリスのクライドバンクで起工，38年進水したが，40年ドイツ空軍による空襲を避けるため急きょニューヨークに回航され，同地で完成。全長314m，幅35.9m，総トン数8万3673トン，主機は蒸気タービンで出力18万1700馬力，速力29ノット，乗客定員約2280名。完成するとすぐに兵員輸送船として使用され，第2次大戦終了後の46年10月に北大西洋航路で客船としての処女航海を行った。

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