Key facts
- Name
- Queen Mary 2
- Namesake
- RMS Queen Mary
- Owner
- Carnival Corporation & plc
- Operator
- Cunard Line
- Port of registry
- Southampton , United Kingdom (2004–2011) Hamilton , Bermuda (2011–present)
- Ordered
- 6 November 2000
- Builder
- STX Europe Chantiers de l'Atlantique , Saint-Nazaire , France
- Yard number
- G32
- Laid down
- 4 July 2002
- Launched
- 21 March 2003
- Christened
- 8 January 2004 by Elizabeth II
- Completed
- 22 December 2003
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RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2) is a British ocean liner which was the flagship of the Cunard Line since April 2004 and, as of 2026, remains the only ship built for service as an ocean liner still in active service. Queen Mary 2 sails regular transatlantic crossings between Southampton and New York City, in addition to short cruises and an annual world voyage.
She was designed by a team of British naval architects led by Stephen Payne, and was constructed in France by Chantiers de l'Atlantique. At the time of her construction, Queen Mary 2 was the longest, at 1,131.99 ft (345.03 m), and largest, with a gross tonnage of 148,528 GT, passenger ship ever built. She no longer holds these records after the construction of Royal Caribbean International's 154,407 GT Freedom of the Seas (a cruise ship) in April 2006, but remains the largest ocean liner ever built.