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The RMS Queen Mary was the first Ocean Liner to be named after a Queen of England and became the first Queen of the CUNARD Fleet.

Standing at 181 feet tall and 1019 feet long she was definately one of the largest ships of her time and despite her size moved at a respectable 28.5 knots.

During her Oceanliner carrer before WW2 the Queen Mary had a feirous rivalry with the French vessel, SS Normandie, both ships repeatably breaking each other's speed records until War broke out.

The Queen Mary is still around today but as a floating hotel and is the only Queen left from that time era as unfortunately her sister was destroyed by a fire in the 60s.
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~Kipfox32 May 3, 2013
I Visited Her and stayed on her from April 16-19th I DIDN'T WANNA LEAVE SHE IS BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT.....!!!!!
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~Lex-the-Pikachu May 3, 2013
she was one our best
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Mood: Love ~AndysLife Mar 4, 2013  New member Student Filmographer
Very Well, I Really love your works.
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~Lex-the-Pikachu Mar 4, 2013
thank you
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~Duncandu83 Mar 1, 2013
can you do the queen elizabeth
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~wingstopboy Jan 17, 2013  Student General Artist
Actually the first Cunard liner named for a queen of England was Berengaria, wife of Richard I, the lionhearted, true she was Spanish but she was the English queen, which was about a decade before QM was even constructed.
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~Lex-the-Pikachu Jan 17, 2013
well it was the first i knew off to be called Queen (name)
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~wingstopboy Jan 17, 2013  Student General Artist
True.
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~Lusitaniafan1 Aug 22, 2012
the Queen Mary traveled at speeds up to 31.1 knots. It's incredible that a ship of her size can move that fast. She also sank HMS Curacoa after she rammed into her side. Queen Mary split the Curacoa in half and she sank in 6 minutes. The Queen Mary retreaded, her crew thinking that there were U-boats in the area. They left the survivors in the water.
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~omega-steam Aug 1, 2012  Student Digital Artist
I visited the Queen when I went for my Carnival cruise to Ensenada, Baja. She was very lovely and very photogenic.
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