2006-12-21 02:39:49 · 7 answers · asked by valex 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
The largest passenger ship is the Freedom of the Seas operated by Royal Caribbean. The longest is the Queen Mary 2 operated by Cunard. The Emma Maersk is the longest container ship @ 1302 feet long, operated by the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group. As far as the Freedom ship, I doubt it will ever happen. I've been watching that one for years and it hasn't happen yet. Just like World City. A ship that would have had the equivalent of 3 hotels built on it. It had some pretty big names involved with it but never happened.
2006-12-21 03:47:20 · answer #1 · answered by DialM4Speed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These days, cargo vessels are the largest ships around, and the king of these crafts is the oil tanker Jahre Viking, which logs in at 1,503 feet long and 226 feet wide. It boasts a gross tonnage of 565,000 tons!
However, you mentioned the Titanic, so to compare apples to apples, the two largest passenger ships in the world are currently run by Royal Caribbean International Cruises. The Voyager of the Seas and the Explorer of the Seas are 1,020 feet long and 158 feet wide. Both have a gross tonnage of 140,000 tons and carry roughly 3,000 passengers and 2,000 crew members. See if you can spot the ice rink, rock climbing wall, and in-line skating track on this handy diagram from a Popular Mechanics article. We here at Ask Yahoo! have personally witnessed one of these beauties, and they are indeed massive.
By comparison, the Titanic was 883 feet long, 93 feet wide, and weighed 45,000 tons. It boasted a squash court, swimming pool, and a gymnasium with a mechanical horse. The Titanic could hold 3,500 passengers and crew members but carried life boats for just over 1,000. There were approximately 2,200 unfortunate souls aboard when the "unsinkable" ship encountered the iceberg.
As we all know, records are meant to be broken. How Stuff Works presents this intriguing article about a planned "floating city" that will be roughly the size of a mile-long stretch of 25-story-tall buildings. Passenger capacity? Fifty thousand.
2006-12-21 02:42:32 · answer #2 · answered by Melli 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The biggest ship in the worl is no longer in use as a ship it is the gulf and being used as a storage and offloading platform for oil tankers its name has changed many times it is over 1/4 a mile long 1504 ft the name is Knock Nevis.
The biggest cruise liner is still the Queen Mary2 at 1132 ft
the freedom of the seas is close but no cigar at 1112
2006-12-21 06:36:33 · answer #3 · answered by William O 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cargo vessels are currently the largest ships around, and the biggest is the oil tanker Jahre Viking, which logs in at 1,503 feet long and 226 feet wide. It boasts a gross tonnage of 565,000 tons.
The largest passenger ships is the $800 million Queen Mary 2. The keel was laid in July 2002. It is 1,138 feet long and 238 feet high — as tall as a 21-story building and can accommodate 2,600 passengers..
All of these will be outdone if the "Freedom" ship is completed.
Nearly a mile long and 25 stories high, the world’s largest ship—Freedom— will soon be taking shape.
Freedom will eventually be home to 50,000 residents, 4,000 businesses and 15,000 employees. Many residents will own their personal condominium, ranging in price from $185,000 for a 750-sq. ft. unit to $6 million for a 5,100-sq.ft.oceanside penthouse.3Time-share rentals will also be available.
2006-12-21 02:49:18 · answer #4 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The longest ship is a supertanker called knock nevis.... its 1,504 ft or 458 metres long.... its owner is first olsen tankers.
In March 2004, the ship was sent by her new owner, Fred. Olsen Production a.s (FOP), a wholly owned subsidiary of First Olsen Tankers, to the shipyard Dubai Drydocks to be refitted as a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO). There, she was given her current name, Knock Nevis, she was called jahre Viking before. The ship is now permanently moored in the Qatar Al Shaheen oil field in the Persian Gulf, operating as a FSO.
2006-12-21 02:46:56 · answer #5 · answered by 2 good 2 miss 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chevron has the most important deliver interior the international (oil tanker) that's in accordance to tonnage, not length, i will't save in options the call besides the indisputable fact that it ought to't make it in to the l. a./lengthy sea coast harbor. The QM2 is the most important cruise deliver
2016-12-01 01:12:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the biggest ship I believe I might be mistaken was the TITANIC
2006-12-21 02:41:28 · answer #7 · answered by lizzalicious 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋