Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Queens

Someone created a time lapse video of the two queens in Sydney Harbour on Sunday. This is almost my view. I am a little bit more directly across from the Opera House.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPIMepZUvkQ


Also, for those that want technical information on the various queens, here is some data from Wikipedia.

Queen Victoria -
Tonnage: 90,000 gross tons
Length: 964.5 ft (294 m)
Beam: 106 ft (32.3 m) waterline, 120 ft (36.6 m) extreme (bridge wings)
Height: 205 ft (62.5 m) keel to funnel
Draft: 26.2 ft (8.0 m)
Decks: 16 total, 12 passenger
Installed power: 63.4 MW Sulzer ZA40 diesel plant
Propulsion: Two 16.7 MW Azipods
Speed: 23.7 kn (43.9 km/h/27.3 mph) maximum,
service at 18 kn (33.3 km/h/20.7 mph)[1]
Capacity: 2,014 passengers
Crew: 900 officers and crew


Queen Mary -
Tonnage: 148,528 gross tons[1]
Displacement: 76,000 tonnes (approx)
Length: 345 m (1,132 ft)
Beam: 41 m (135 ft) waterline,
45 m (147.6 ft) extreme (bridge wings)
Height: 72 m (236.2 ft) keel to funnel
Draft: 10 m (32.8 ft)
Decks: 13 passenger decks[2]
Installed power: 117 MW (157,000 horsepower) CODAG
Propulsion: four 21.5 MW electric propulsor pods:
2 fixed and 2 azimuthing
Speed: approx. 30 knots (56 km/h/35 mph)
Capacity: 2,620 passengers
Crew: 1,253 officers and crew

QE2
Tonnage: 70,327 gross tonnes
Displacement: 48,923 (loaded)
Length: 293.5 m (962.9 ft)
Beam: 32.03 m (105.1 ft)
Height: 52.2 m (171.3 ft)
Draft: 9.87 m (32.4 ft)
Installed power: 9 x 10,625 kW at 400 rpm
Propulsion: 9 MAN 9-cylinder medium speed turbo-charged diesel engines turning two five-bladed variable pitch propellers
Speed: 34 kn (63 km/h/39 mph),
20 kn (37 km/h/23 mph) going astern (figures recorded during sea trials post powerplant replacement).
Capacity: 1,756 passengers
1,892 (all berths) passengers
Crew: 1,015 officers and crew

1 comment:

Paul M. said...

What a brilliant little video!

I particularly like when the second boat comes in, then there's a surge of all the other small boats who have obviously been waiting for the harbour to clear so that they can get past.