; ▁and ▁Queen ▁Elizabeth ▁ 2 ▁( 1 9 6 7 ), ▁floating ▁lux ury ▁hotel ▁and ▁museum ▁at ▁M ina ▁R ash id , ▁Dub ai ▁since ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁ ▁Two ▁former ▁ocean ▁lin ers ▁remain ▁in ▁service ▁as ▁cru ise ▁ships , ▁operating ▁under ▁Cru ise ▁& ▁Mar itime ▁Vo y ages : ▁ ▁( 1 9 6 5 ) ▁( former ly ▁MS ▁Alexand r ▁P ush kin ), ▁and ▁ ▁( 1 9 4 8 ) ▁( origin ally ▁MS ▁Stockholm , ▁which ▁coll ided ▁with ▁ ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 ). ▁ ▁Character istics ▁ ▁Size ▁and ▁speed ▁ ▁Since ▁their ▁beginning ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁ocean ▁lin ers ▁must ▁meet ▁growing ▁dem ands . ▁The ▁first ▁lin ers ▁were ▁small ▁and ▁over c row ded , ▁leading ▁to ▁uns an it ary ▁conditions ▁on ▁board . ▁El imin ating ▁these ▁phen omena ▁required ▁larger ▁ships , ▁to ▁reduce ▁the ▁crow ding ▁of ▁passengers , ▁and ▁faster ▁ships , ▁to ▁reduce ▁the ▁duration ▁of ▁trans at l antic ▁cross ings . ▁The ▁iron ▁and ▁steel ▁h ull s ▁and ▁steam ▁power ▁allowed ▁for ▁these ▁adv ances . ▁Thus , ▁ ▁( 1 , 3 4 0 ▁G RT ) ▁and ▁ ▁( 1 8 , 9 1 5 ▁G RT ) ▁were ▁constructed ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 8 ▁and ▁ 1 8 5 8 ▁respectively . ▁The ▁record ▁set ▁by ▁Great ▁Eastern ▁was ▁not ▁be aten ▁until