Welcome to a Conversation with Cunard QM2’s designer Stephen Payne.
I was thrilled to have this conversation with Naval architect Stephen Payne – the designer of Cunard’s Queen Mary 2. We talked about his passion for Ocean Liners, cruise ships and of course the QM2!
Stephen shares his history with ocean liners, from first stepping aboard QE2 in 1969 to sailing on the SS. France and later realising his dream and becoming a naval architect.
Stephen worked on Carnival’s Holiday class & Fascination class, Holland America’s Statendam and Rotterdam as well as the Costa Atlantica before being selected to lead the team to design Queen Mary 2 – the world’s largest, longest, tallest and most expensive ocean liner!
Stephen shares some of the secrets of QM2 including:
– QM2’s maximum speed,
– how QM2 handles on the Atlantic,
– how QM2 handles a force 12 storm,
– the role James Cameron’s 1997 Titanic movie played in Carnival buying Cunard,
– some information about the engines including the gas turbines and Diesel engine setup and
– the legacy of QM2.
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Image attributions from this video:
— All unacknowledged images & video are Chris Frame / Rachelle Cross images & video.
— Image inset of Stephen Payne aboard QE2 and thumbnail images of QM2 under construction and Stephen with a model of SS. France is courtesy Stephen Payne.
— Many images are courtesy of Ian Boyle at and acknowledged throughout.
— Image of Carnival Fantasy: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license:
Carnival Fantasy docked at Charleston, South Carolina. Image by Ron Cogswell on July 10, 2012, using a Nikon D80 and minor Photoshop effects –
— SS Rotterdam image: This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication @ Wikimedia Commons:
— Seawise University in Hong Kong: Seawise University (formerly RMS Queen Elizabeth) in Victoria Harbour (Hong Kong) Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic @ Wikimedia Commons: Barry Loigman, M.D. (User:Bloigman)
Stephen Payne QM2 Interview : A Conversation with Dr Stephen Payne designer of Cunard Queen Mary 2.
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