QE2 Fun Facts

Fun facts about the QE2 drawn from the Cunard website in 2001 (the link is long-since dead).

FOOD & BEVERAGE

• QE2 sends all its used cooking oil ashore for reconstituting into animal feed.
• 277 meters of cling film is used every year, enough to go around the Queen Elizabeth 2 nearly 731 times.
• Heineken and Becks together account for almost 50% of the beer consumed.
• Pound for pound, the most expensive food item on board is saffron (2.5 times the value of Beluga caviar).
• The number of tea bags used each day would supply a family for an entire year.
• To eat QE2’s daily consumption of breakfast cereal, two people would have to eat at least one packet a day for more than a year.
• Enough fruit juice is used in one year to fill up QE2’s swimming pools nearly 8 times.
• Approximately 600,000 litres of beverage are consumed annually.
• If all the cigarettes smoked annually on board (6.5 million) were placed in a line, the line would be 370 miles long which is equivalent to the distance from London to Edinburgh.

On a six-day transatlantic crossing, the following beverages are consumed

• Gin: 600 bottles (7 brands)
• Rum: 240 bottles (5 brands)
• Vodka: 129 bottles (3 brands)
• Brandy: 240 bottles (10 brands)
• Liqueurs: 360 bottles (18 types)
• Sherry: 240 bottles (5 brands)
• Port: 120 bottles (4 brands)
• Fruit juice: 25,720 cans

The ship carries:

• 203 different wines from 11 countries and 4 continents
• 171 spirits and liqueurs
• 37 champagne labels
• 59 brands of cigarettes
• 21 brands of cigars.

The kitchens and dining rooms have:

• Glassware: 51,000 items
• Crockery / dishes: 64,000 items
• Cutlery: 35,850 items
• Kitchenware: 7,921 items
• Tableware: 64,531 items (condiment sets, serving trays and a variety of other pieces in silver and stainless steel).

Linen consumption on a transatlantic voyage:

• Tablecloths: 2,932
• Blankets: 4,300
• Oven cloths: 1,000
• Sheets: 11,600
• Pillow cases: 3,100
• Laundry bags: 3,250

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