[Psycho_Bunny]

It's pretty nit-picky but "Queen Mary II" would look so much classier.

[Howlin]

I'll "pick" with you....I agree.

[HostileTerritory]

I guess they want to be clear that the ship is the second of the name "Queen Mary", in honor of George V's wife, and not named for the sovereign Queen Mary II of the late 1600s.

I agree that some grace is lost.

[tjwmason]

It's pretty nit-picky but "Queen Mary II" would look so much classier.

It would also be most improper.

This is the second vessel named the Queen Mary (Queen Mary 2), not the first vessel named for the second Queen Mary (which is what Queen Mary II would mean).