Queen Mary - Queen Mary

Japanese: クイーン・メアリー号 - クイーンメアリーごう(英語表記)Queen Mary
Queen Mary - Queen Mary
A passenger ship built in 1936 by the British Cunard Steamship Company for the North Atlantic route. It is 311m long, 36.2m wide, and has a gross tonnage of 81,235 tons. It is powered by a steam turbine with 160,000 horsepower and a speed of 29 knots. It can accommodate approximately 2,140 passengers. In 1938, it set blue ribbon records with an average speed of 31.69 knots in the eastbound direction and 30.99 knots in the westbound direction, which it held until it was broken by the American United States in 1952. During World War II, it was used as a troop transport, and in 1947 it resumed service as a passenger ship between Southampton and New York, but was sold to the United States in 1967 and is currently used as a floating hotel and museum in Long Beach.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
1936年イギリスのキュナード汽船会社が北大西洋航路用に建造した客船。全長311m,幅36.2m,総トン数8万1235トン。主機は蒸気タービンで出力16万馬力,航海速力29ノット。旅客定員約2140名。38年東回りで平均速度31.69ノット,西回りで30.99ノットのブルーリボン記録を樹立,52年アメリカのユナイテッド・ステーツ号に破られるまで長く保持した。第2次世界大戦中は兵員輸送船として使用され,1947年から客船として再びサザンプトン~ニューヨーク間に就航したが,67年アメリカに売却,現在はロング・ビーチで洋上ホテル兼博物館として利用されている。

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