The largest cruise ships have the most luxurious and impressive amenities. These are practically giant cities floating on the ocean. Below is a list of the ten largest cruise ships in the world.

Liberty of the Seas(Freedom of the Seas) is a Freedom class cruise ship. Began regular flights in May 2007. This 15-deck ship can accommodate 4,370 passengers, served by a crew of 1,360 people. It was built in 18 months at the Aker Finnyards shipyard in Turku, Finland. It is 338 m long and 56 m wide. Maximum speed 21.6 knots (40 km/h). Gross tonnage - 155,889 GT.


Norwegian Escape (Norwegian Escape) is a cruise ship built at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany in just 17 months in October 2015. It is 325.9 m long, 41.4 m wide, and has a gross tonnage of 165,300 GT. Can accommodate 4,266 passengers and 1,733 crew. The painting on the body is the work of Jamaican artist and conservationist Guy Harvey.


Norwegian Joy is a cruise ship built at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany in 2017 specifically for the Chinese cruise market. Unusual in that he was given a godfather, the Chinese singer Wang Lihom, and not, as is customary, a godmother. "Joy" has a length of 333.46 meters, a width of 41.40 m, and a gross tonnage of 167,725 GT. Capable of accommodating 3,883 passengers and 1,700 crew.


MS Ovation of the Seas is a Quantum class cruise ship. Owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and is operated by Royal Caribbean International. Flying the flag Bahamas with a home port in Nassau. The vessel was laid down on March 5, 2015 at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The launch took place on February 18, 2016. The godmother of the ship was Chinese actress Fan Bingbing. Its first flight took place on April 14, 2016 from Southampton (UK) to Tianjin. The length of the liner is 348 m, width - 48.9 m, gross tonnage - 168,666 GT. Can accommodate 4,180 passengers.


MS Anthem of the Seas (Hymn of the Seas) - cruise ship, company-owned Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. It was laid down on November 20, 2013 at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The launch took place on February 20, 2015. On April 10, 2015 the ship was put into operation. He was christened on April 20, 2015, and the British historian and publicist Emma Wilby became his godmother. The liner made its first voyage on April 22, 2015 from Southampton to the coast of France and Spain. Gross tonnage - 168,666 GT, length - 348 m, width - 49.4 m. Capacity - 4,180 people.


MS Quantum of the Seas is a Quantum class cruise ship of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. It was laid down on August 2, 2013 at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The launch took place on August 9, 2014. On October 28, 2014, the vessel was put into operation, and on October 31 of the same year it was transferred to the service of the customer company’s fleet. The first flight took place on November 2, 2014. American actress Kristin Chenoweth became Quant's godmother. Its first voyage took place on November 2, 2014 from New Jersey along the Atlantic coast of the United States. The length of the liner is 348.1 m, width is 49.4 m. Gross tonnage is 168,666 GT. Passenger capacity - 4,180 people.


MSC Meraviglia is a high-tech cruise ship that entered service on June 3, 2017. Belongs to Italian cruise company MSC Cruises. His baptism ceremony in Le Havre on June 3, 2017 was attended by actor Patrick Bruel, the musical group Kids United and comedian Gad Elmaleh. Sophia Loren became the godmother. The 315.83 m long ship with a gross tonnage of 171,598 GT will be able to accommodate 5,700 passengers.


Oasis of the Seas is one of the largest cruise ships in the world. It was built at the Norwegian shipyard in Turku - STX Europe, commissioned by Royal Caribbean International in October 2009. Its construction cost was approximately US$1.5 billion, making it the most expensive passenger ship in the history of civil shipping. Can carry 6,630 passengers and 2,160 crew members. Its length is 361.6 m, width - 47 m, gross tonnage - 225,282 GT.


MS Harmony of the Seas is a cruise ship built at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France in 2015. Owned by the American company Royal Caribbean International. The vessel is 362.12 m long, 47.42 m wide and has a gross tonnage of 226,963 GT and has 2,744 passenger cabins. The maximum number of people on board is 6,360 passengers and 2,400 crew members.


MS Symphony of the Seas is an Oasis-class cruise ship built at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France between October 2015 and March 2018. Owned by Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. As of June 2017, it is the largest passenger ship in the world. It has a length of 362 m, a width of 65.68 m and a gross tonnage of 228,081 GT. Capable of accommodating 5,518 passengers, as well as a crew of 2,200.

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The key criterion for allocating seats was the maximum length of the ship, but in some cases the choice also depended on the deadweight - the maximum weight that the ship can carry in order not to sink below the dangerous line (deadweight includes not only cargo, but also fuel, the mass of passengers , crew and provisions).

10. Mozah

Length: 345 m

Deadweight: 128900 t

Launched: 2007

Flag: Qatar

Status: in operation

Mozah is the first ship in the Q-Max family of tankers, whose purpose is to transport liquefied natural gas produced in fields near Qatar. Designed and built in South Korea. A total of 14 Q-Max ships are currently in operation.

Q-Max Mozah / ©Nakilat

9. QueenMaryII

Length: 345 m

Deadweight: 19189 t

Launched: 2002

Flag: Bermuda

Status: in operation

One of the biggest passenger airliners in the world, the transatlantic cruise ship Queen Mary 2 is capable of transporting up to 2,620 passengers across the ocean with all the associated amenities. Designed and built by the French company Chantiers de l "Atlantique. In addition to 15 restaurants, a casino and a theater on board, Queen Mary 2 also has the first ship planetarium.

Size comparison between Queen Mary 2 and Airbus aircraft 380, bus, car and person

Queen Mary 2 / ©Tronheim Havn

8.Allure of the Seas

Length: 362 m

Deadweight: 19750 t

Launched: 2008

Flag: Bahamas

Status: in operation

The Oasis class of cruise ships includes two sister ships, both of which are the largest of their class in the world. True, Allure of the Seas is still 50 millimeters longer than Oasis in the Seas, which is why it occupies eighth position. The maximum number of passengers that this liner can carry is 6296 people, and the crew is 2384. To list all the entertainment offered on board, you will need to write a separate article - this is a real floating city: from ice skating rink, golf courses and many shops and bars to a whole park with exotic trees and other unusual plants.

Allure of the Seas / ©Daniel Christensen

7. Vale Sohar

Length: 362 m

Deadweight: 400315 t

Launched: 2012

Flag: Marshall Islands

Status: in operation

This vessel belongs to the family of the largest bulk carriers, which in turn belongs to the Brazilian mining company Vale. Designed to transport ore from Brazil to the USA. A total of 30 similar ships have already been built with deadweight varying between 380 and 400 thousand tons. Sohar is one of the ships of the family with the maximum deadweight.

Vale Sohar / ©Dmitry Lakhtikov

6. T.I.Class

Length: 380 m

Deadweight: 441585 t

Launched: 2003

Flag: Marshall Islands and Belgium

Status: 2 in operation, 2 converted into floating platforms

On this moment The TI Class double hull ships are the largest operating ships in the world by deadweight and gross cargo tonnage. A total of 4 identical ships were commissioned: TI Oceania, TI Africa (flying the flag of the Marshall Islands) and TI Asia, TI Europe (flying the flag of Belgium). In 2010, "Asia" and "Africa" ​​were converted into floating storage and offloading (FSO) platforms and now serve one of the offshore oil fields near Qatar.

TI Asia (right) / ©Naviearmatori.net/Lillo

5. Emma Maersk

Length: 397 m

Deadweight: 156907 t

Launched: 2006

Flag: Denmark

Status: in operation

The first of 8 identical container ships of the E-Class series of the Danish company Moller-Maersk Group. In 2006, when Emma Maersk first set sail, the ship was the largest operating vessel in the world. Transports various cargoes between Northern Europe and Asia through the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal. This ship has a rather bad reputation: during its construction there was a major fire, and in 2013, as a result of damage to one of the engines, it lost control right in the Suez Canal. However, there was no talk of flooding, and control was restored. In Europe, Emma is criticized for using sulfur fuel.

Emma Maersk / ©Maerskline

4 . Esso Atlantic

Length: 406.5 m

Deadweight: 516891 t

Launched: 1977

Flag: Liberia

Once the world's largest ship by deadweight, the oil supertanker Esso Atlantic was built in Japan in the mid-1970s, but made its first voyage for its intended purpose from Liberia, under whose flag it was registered by Esso Tankers. Mainly engaged in the transportation of oil between Europe and the countries of the Middle East. In 2002, it was dismantled for scrap in Pakistan. There was also an almost identical ship, the Esso Pacific, but the Atlantic's deadweight was slightly higher, which is why it took fourth position.

Esso Atlantic / ©Photobucket/Auke Visser

3. Pierre Guillaumat

Length: 414.2 m

Deadweight: 555051 t

Launched: 1977

Flag: France

Status: dismantled for scrap

This supertanker was the largest in terms of deadweight among the family of almost identical French ships Batillus. Built by the French company Chantiers de l "Atlantique, it “lived” for only 5 years and was dismantled for scrap in South Korea in 1983; the same fate befell the rest of the family (Prairial, Bellamya, Batillus). Such a short service life is explained by the fact that The commercial usefulness of the supertanker turned out to be minimal: it could not pass through either the Suez or the Panama Canal.

Postcard featuring Pierre Guillaumat / ©Delcampe

2. Seawise Giant (Knock Nevis)

Length: 458.5 m

Deadweight: 564763 t

Launched: 1979

Flag: Sierra Leone (last country of registration)

Status: dismantled for scrap

Until recently he was the most long ship in history. The Seawise Giant supertanker was so huge that its length was compared to the tallest buildings in the world. The ship could not fit into either the Suez or Panama Canals; even the English Channel turned out to be too big for the “Giant” in terms of tonnage. During the Iran-Iraq War in 1988, the ship was seriously damaged by an Iraqi Air Force missile while it was transporting Iranian oil to Persian Gulf. As a result, the ship sank not far from the coast, but soon after the war the Norman International company was able to tow it to Singapore, where the ship was repaired and put back into service in 1991, with a new optimistic name - “Happy Giant”. Subsequently, the ship was turned into a floating platform, and in 2009, the “Giant” set off on its last journey - to the shores of India, where it was subsequently dismantled for scrap metal.

Length comparison of Seawise Giant (Knock Nevis) with tallest buildings peace

Jahre Viking is one of former names Happy Giant ship / ©Didier Pin?on

1. Prelude

Length: 488 m

Deadweight: 600,000 t

Launched: hull only, 2013

Flag: not received yet

Status: under construction

Prelude is the world's first floating platform not only to transport, but also to produce and liquefy natural gas directly on board. Built by South Korean Samsung Heavy Industries for Royal Dutch Shell. Essentially a mobile gas processing plant, Prelude is already the largest floating structure ever created by man. By 2017, when the construction of all high-tech components on the hull is completed, it is planned to carry out the first drilling of the seabed off the coast of Australia.

Comparison of the length of the Prelude and the tallest buildings

Prelude body / ©AFP/Getty images

The largest and most famous for tragic events passenger ship in the world - this Titanic. Everyone knows the unfortunate story of this greatest achievement of the 20th century. The ship was launched in 1911. During its first voyage, it collided with Atlantic Ocean with an iceberg and sank. , weighing 163 thousand tons, took about one and a half thousand lives with it to the bottom. Only 700 people were saved; they were picked up by a passing ship.

After the Titanic incident, the level of safety on all liners increased. All engineers and designers involved in the construction of passenger ships began to attach paramount importance to the conditions for ensuring the safety of human lives. As you know, one of the reasons for the mass loss of life was the lack of a sufficient number of spare boats on the ship.

The best ships of the 21st century: top 5

The title of “The largest passenger ship in the world” passes from one ship to another every year - the rating is constantly changing. Ship models are constantly being improved, new requirements are being established at the local and international level, and high tech. In this regard, it is possible that in the near future new names of sea giants will be added to the list.

Once upon a time the most big ship there was the Titanic. But today there are ships that are several times the size of the Titanic. In this article we will talk about the largest ship in the world.

Titanic was a cruise ship. Everyone remembers his story. He collided with an iceberg because he was very huge and could not turn sideways in time. It seemed that such liners would not be able to exist; they were very bulky and their fate was not comforting. But it turned out that similar liners can exist, and at the same time be several times larger. Today's most large airliner This is Oasis of the Seas. Photo below:

It really is several times larger than the Titanic. Look at this image:

Royal Caribbean International wanted to build a ship that would be the best for many years to come, and on October 28, 2009, Oasis of the Seas was launched. It immediately became the largest cruise ship in the world. The ship also became the most expensive, as its price was $1.24 billion. The average cost of a ship staying in the port is $230,000. And this is within just a few hours of stay!

The dimensions of the liner are amazing: its length is 360 meters, its width is 66 meters, and its height is at its most high point was 72 meters.

The largest ship: characteristics

They say correctly that this is not just a ship, but a whole Small town. The dimensions of this liner are five times larger than the dimensions of the Titanic. There can be 6,360 passengers and 2,160 crew on board. The ship has a large number of different entertainment centers. Starting from swimming pools to a real theater. The ship has 4 swimming pools, which together make up 23,000 liters of water. There are 12 thousand plants and 56 large trees on the ship. There is a park, a climbing wall, 10 spa cents. It is so huge that it is even divided into themed areas.

The largest ship has several restaurants, its park is similar to the park in New York, so classical American music will be performed there. There is a lot more that can be said about the ship.

Dockwise Vanguard

Of course, Oasis of the Seas is the largest ship, but there is also the Dockwise Vanguard, the world's largest heavy cargo ship.

On February 12, 2013, the ship made its first voyage. Dockwise Vanguard arrived in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2013. The cargo it carried was 56,000 tons, but the maximum load could be 110,000 tons.

The vessel was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries for Dockwise Shipping. It was launched in 2012. In terms of characteristics, it does not surpass the Oasis of the Seas liner. Displacement 91,238 tons, deadweight 117,000 tons. Length 275 meters, width 79 meters, draft 9.5 meters. Maximum speed 14.4 knots, average 12.9 knots.

The method of loading onto the ship is also unique. Special compartments are filled with water and the ship slowly but surely sinks under water. Once the ship is underwater, cargo is loaded onto it.

To maintain the ship, 60 people will be required, who are located in the hold of the ship.

The well-known Costa Concordia, which was wrecked in January 2012 off the coast of the island of Giglia (Tuscany), will be transported using this ship. Let me remind you that the Costa Concordia is several times larger than the Titanic.

The largest ships in the world

The longest ship in the world June 13th, 2016

Modern giant ships can be compared by various indicators: deadweight, width, height, number of passengers. But let's still look at the LONGEST ship on the planet.

The largest ship on the planet and the largest floating structure ever created by man is the Prelude FLING. It is equal in length to the famous Western Wall in Israel. It could accommodate five full-size football fields or 175 Olympic-size swimming pools.

However, its purpose is different: it is the world's first floating factory for the extraction and liquefaction of natural gas.


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The vessel belongs to the Dutch-British oil and gas company Shell, was built in South Korea by Samsung Heavy Industries, and will operate off the coast of Australia, extracting gas from the ocean floor - the first drilling is planned for 2017. In the strict sense of the word, this is not exactly a ship: the Prelude will not be able to sail under its own power, and will have to be towed to the workplace (the information is controversial; there is different information on the Internet). But this monster is unsinkable and indestructible: it was created specifically for service in the “cyclone zone” in the open ocean and is capable of withstanding a hurricane of even the fifth, highest category. The planned service life is 25 years.

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The ship is designed to transport natural gas, process it into liquefied natural gas (LNG), and finally transfer it directly to transport ships. The ship will displace more than 600,000 tons (namely 661,400 tons), and it is planned that the ship will annually transport up to 3.6 million tons (3.9 million tons) of LNG per year. Prelude's total capacity is more than 430 million liters, equivalent to approximately 175 Olympic swimming pools.

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Prelude FLNG will be located approximately 475 km northeast of Broome, Western Australia, for approximately 25 years. Working season in this region lasts from late November to April, but the new giant ship will be able to work all year round, in any weather conditions.

The mooring system allows the platform to slowly turn in the wind so as to reduce the impact of the powerful natural elements.

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The giant platform will go to natural gas production sites by 2017. However, the glory of the Prelude FLNG may soon fade, as company representatives have announced that they are currently developing an even larger ship. "We're developing a huge platform," Bruce Stinson, Shell's general manager, said last week. "It's going to be another floating giant," he noted.

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