Kuphwanyidwa kwa Gang Ganges, Kupha 15 ndi Kuvulaza Oposa 30
Kuchokera pa kukhazikitsidwa kwake mu 2004, Mfumukazi Mary 2 yodutsa sitimayo ya Cunard Line yanyamuka miyanda ya mailosi ndikuchitira alendo ambirimbiri zokayikitsa zokayikira. Komabe, mafilimu ambiri amatha kukumbukira ngozi yoopsa ya 2003 yomwe inachitika pa sitima ya ku France kumene sitimayo inali kumangidwa.
Anthu khumi ndi asanu anaphedwa pa November 15, 2003 ndipo anthu oposa makumi atatu anavulala pamene sitima yapamtunda ya Mega Mary 2 (QM2) inagwa.
Ambiri mwa iwo amene anaphedwa kapena ovulala anali antchito ndi mabanja awo omwe anali kuyendera ngalawayo. Ambiri mwa ovulalawa anali odwala kwambiri m'chipatala chapafupi. Ngoziyi inachitika pamene sitimayo inali pa doko ku Saint-Nazaire, France, atabwerera kale sabata kuchokera kumayesero ake omalizira. Bungwe la Associated Press linanena kuti kagulu kena kamene kankagwirizanitsa sitimayo kupita ku chigwacho chinagwa, kupha anthu omwe anaphedwawo 30-80 mapazi. Gulu la gangway linali litangotumizidwa pa sabata yomweyi chifukwa cha ulendo wapadera wa mabanja a antchito.
Alstom Marine a Chantiers de l'Atlantique anatha zaka ziwiri akumanga $ 780 miliyoni, sitimayo ya 150,000, yomwe imayendetsa sitima ya ku Britain ya Cunard Line, yomwe ili ndi Carnival Corp. Ulendo wautsikana wa QM2 unali pa January 12, 2004 kuchokera ku Southampton ku Ft. Lauderdale . Sitimayo inatchulidwa ndi Mfumu Yaikulu (Queen Elizabeth) ku Southampton pa January 8, 2004.
QM2 ndi Cunard Line flagship, ndipo sitimayo inali sitima yautali kwambiri, yayitali kwambiri komanso yochuluka kwambiri yomwe yanyamulirapo pamene anayamba ulendo wautali mu January 2004--377 mabwalo ambiri ndi mamita 79 pamwamba (kapena kutalika kwa nyumba 21) .
Purezidenti Jacques Chirac wa ku France anapita kukayendetsa sitimayo pa Lamlungu pambuyo pa ngoziyi. Pulezidenti wa ku France, Francois Fillon, adalinso pa malowa Loweruka usiku pambuyo pa ngoziyi.
Sitima imeneyi inalengezedwa kwambiri komanso ikuyembekezeredwa ndi anthu oyendayenda. Sitima ya ngalawa inalandira zopempha zoposa 100,000 zoyendetsa sitimayo pamene inali yomangidwa.
Makampani oposa 800, ambiri a ku France, adathandizidwa pomanga nyumba ya Queen Mary 2 . Sitimayo imanyamula anthu oposa 2600 pazipinda 14, ndipo nyumba zoposa 75% zimakhala ndi zipinda zamatabwa. Mfumukazi Mary 2 ndiyo yokhayo yomwe imalola kuti ziweto ziziyenda pamtunda (ngakhale kuti ziyenera kukhala mu kennel, osati mu kanyumba). Madzi a m'nyanjayi amatha kufika pamitengo 30, kuupanga kukhala imodzi mwa sitima zonyamula mofulumira kwambiri, ndipo imakhala ndi miyendo yoposa 32, yomwe imathandiza kuti sitimayi ikhale yotetezeka m'madzi ena ovuta a m'nyanjayi ya Atlantic.
Kuchokera pangozi yoopsyayi mu 2003, Mfumukazi Mary 2 yanyamuka ulendo wa makilomita zikwi zambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo ulendo wake wambiri ndi ulendo wautali pakati pa Southampton ndi New York City. Zimakhala zomvetsa chisoni pamene zovuta zimachitika, koma ngalawayo yakhala ikukumbutsa bwino alendo ake pa zaka 10 zapitazo.