The oldest operating cruise ship of the world Queen Elizabeth 2 will be sold for scrap to Chinese Buyers. The vessel was a former flagman of Cunard Cruises and the oldest operating cruise ships, but the project for transforming it to floating luxury hotel failed and the Chinese breakers contracted to buy it for 20 million GBP. The ship is now moored in the commercial port of Dubai, as there was a big project to continue operating as floating hotel, but the O2 Arena calculated it as unprofitable. The cruise ship is one of the most interesting and most beautiful cruise ships built ever, having own old-style classical design same as Titanic. During its career Queen Elizabeth 2 carrier more than 2.1 million passengers and sailed more than 5.5 million nautical miles.
The cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2 was built in 1965 and has impressive measurements. The length of the vessel is 293.50 m, the beam is 32.00 m and the summer draft is 9.90 m. The cruise ship has gross tonnage of 70,327 GRT and capacity for 1,756 passengers. The ship is driven by nine MAN 9-cylinder diesel engines and 2 variable pitch propellers. The total power of the engine is 9 x 10,625 kW at 400 rpm. Definitely Queen Elizabeth 2 is one of the most impressive classical designed cruise ships, which was important part of the world maritime industry.