Contracts for Queen Mary 2

Rolls-Royce PLC
10 May 2001



                                        May 10, 2001

             ROLLS-ROYCE WINS TWO MORE CONTRACTS FOR QUEEN MARY 2



Rolls-Royce has won two new contracts to supply podded propulsion systems and
deck machinery for Queen Mary 2, the new luxury cruise liner to be built for
Cunard Line at Alstom Chantiers de l'Atlantique in France. It has also won
contracts to supply podded propulsors to three other cruise ships. The total
value of these contracts is approximately £15 million.

Dr Saul Lanyado, President - Marine for Rolls-Royce, said: 'These contracts
bring the total value of equipment orders we have won in Commercial Marine so
far this year to more than £170 million. They are also another illustration of
the wide range of products we are able to offer to the cruise and ferry
industry. We have now won three contracts to supply equipment for Queen Mary 2
and we are very pleased to be playing a major part in this prestigious
project.'

Rolls-Royce will supply four MermaidTM podded propulsion systems for Queen
Mary 2, the largest ocean liner ever built. This will be the first four-pod
installation to date and will consist of two fixed and two azimuthing pod
units delivering a combined output of more than 85MW. They will provide a
speed of nearly 30 knots with low noise and vibration levels and maximum
manoeuvrability. The MermaidTM units will be delivered in December 2002.

Rolls-Royce has also won a contract to supply the deck machinery for Queen

Mary 2. It will supply eight double drum Rauma Brattvaag mooring winches and
two separate windlasses. The winches and windlasses will be electrically
driven using frequency converter drive and they will have an auto-tensioning
function. The pull of the mooring winches will be 25 tonnes per drum and the
diameter of the anchor chain will be 114 mm. All the equipment will be
delivered by September 2002.

These successes follow the announcement in March that Rolls-Royce will supply
Brown Brothers stabilisers for the same vessel.

In addition, Rolls-Royce has won contracts for a further six MermaidTM podded
propulsion systems to be supplied for three other ships being built by Alstom
Chantiers de l'Atlantique in France.

MSC Cruise, Italy's largest privately owned cruise line, is to increase its
fleet with two new ships. Each of the 60,000 tonne vessels will be equipped
with two rotating MermaidTM pod propulsion systems rated at 10 MW per unit.

The two MermaidTM units for the first ship will be delivered in May 2002 and
those for the second vessel in mid-2003.

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Also currently under construction at Alstom Chantiers de l'Atlantique, is a
68,000 tonne luxury cruise liner for NYK (Nippon Yusen Kaisha). The ship will
be powered by diesel engines and two rotatable MermaidTM pod propulsion
systems, rated at 13.5 MW per unit.

Developed by Rolls-Royce and Alstom Power Conversion, MermaidTM is the most
powerful and flexible marine propulsion system in the world. Each system is
optimized by the Rolls-Royce Hydrodynamic Research Centre in Kristinehamn in
Sweden to the hull form and performance specifications of the vessel, ensuring
maximum manoevrability with minimum noise and vibration levels. Alstom Power
Conversion supplies the electric drives.



Notes to Editors

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company has established leading positions in civil aerospace, defence, marine
and energy markets. Its core gas turbine technology has created one of the
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Rolls-Royce is the global leader in marine power systems with a broad product
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new products and capabilities for energy markets which include the oil and gas
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and marine propulsion and is involved in all the major future programmes in
these fields. These include the Trent aero and industrial engines, the
Eurofighter Typhoon and Joint Strike Fighter combat engines, the WR21 marine
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