Titanic and the largest liner. Zip Line - downhill from one side of the ship to the other
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Royal Caribbean International has commissioned Finnish shipbuilders to build an entirely new class of passenger liners that can hold the palm for years to come. This is how the cruise ship "Oasis of the Seas”, which was launched as the largest passenger ship in the world on October 28, 2009. In addition, the liner won first place in another nomination, as the most expensive ship on the planet. $1.24 billion was spent on its construction, the average cost of staying in the port of such a vessel will cost the owners $230,000.
Liners of the new class "Genesis" the first-born "Oasis of the Seas" and already under construction "Allure of the Seas" surpassed its predecessor "Freedom of the Seas" and became 21 m longer, 8.5 m wider and almost 43 percent heavier .
Passenger ships of the Genesis project have become truly remarkable liners. From bold design to a plethora of innovations and technological advances in passenger amenities, all of which will now help attract new customers for an unforgettable sea voyage.
The liner "Oasis of the Seas" has absorbed all the best that is on the ships of the company "Royal Caribbean International". His first voyage December 05, 2009 years will pass on a grand scale, including the most luxurious party at sea. For its guests, this is an amazing sea voyage, and for the cruise liner "Oasis of the Seas" it is the readiness to withstand any threat: hurricanes, giant waves and even contagious diseases.
The ship was built by the STX Europe shipbuilding company specifically for Royal Caribbean International, the construction of the Oasis of the Seas cost £ 855 million. The length of the vessel is 361 meters, the width is 66, and its highest point rises 72 meters above the water surface . The displacement of the liner is 225 thousand tons. Oasis is 40% larger than any other cruise ship in the world. The ship, five times the size of the Titanic, can accommodate 6,360 passengers and 2,160 crew on sixteen decks in 2,704 cabins. By the way, the new liner is 2 times larger than the previous record holder - Queen Mary II.
The vessel is equipped with 6 Wärtsilä engines - three 12-cylinder and three 16-cylinder. Together, its power plants generate 96 MW of power, which allows the ship to reach speeds of up to 22.6 knots. The new owners of the ship were very surprised to learn that the Oasis had four more onboard cabins than planned.
New safety practices and design features that are completely new to cruising have made the Oasis of the Seas one of the most anticipated cruise ships in history. The ship has so-called telescopic tubes, which can be reduced if you need to sail under the bridge. The world's largest cruise ship, the Oasis of the Seas, had to be partially dismantled so that it could pass under the Danish Great Belt Bridge. But even after the height of the pipes was reduced, the distance between the ship and the building was less than half a meter. For safety reasons, traffic on the bridge was blocked for 15 minutes. Hundreds of people gathered on both sides of the river to look at the brightly lit cruise ship, which rises above the water like a 20-story building.
There is a lot of entertainment here, both for ordinary inhabitants and for millionaires. The ship is equipped with a water amphitheater, a carousel (made "life-size"), a floating park, an ice rink, a golf course, 4 swimming pools, which required a total of 2300 tons of water, volleyball and basketball courts, a climbing wall and a children's area With theme parks and children's scientific laboratories. It has, among other things, 10 spa baths and surf simulators. The liner is so large that it is divided into "districts" with special themes, including a tropical area with palm trees and wines. In total, 12,000 plants and 56 trees have been planted on the ship - this is the world's first park on a ship with an area of 2,000 square meters. m, which has become a kind of analogue of the "Central" Park in New York. Therefore, its passengers can relax in the park in the shade of real trees, listen to Broadway musicals and watch an ice show.
The 750-seat outdoor amphitheater is located at the stern and is modeled after the ancient Greek amphitheatre. The indoor theater, located in another part of the ship, is designed for 1,300 guests. A two-week cruise on the miracle ship "Oasis of the Seas" will cost a rather modest amount: from £1300 for a place in the cheapest cabin. Construction of its twin vessel called "Allure of the Seas" is scheduled for completion in late 2010.
Passengers like to celebrate all the time, but if the cruise is “premium class”, and almost all people are wealthy, then there should be about 20,000 bottles of champagne on board, more than 14,000 kg of meat products, 44,000 fresh eggs, 6,600 kg of salad, 3,000 kg of onions, 22,000 kg of potatoes and this is only a small part of the food supply.
After loading is completed, the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship sets off for its first cruise voyage. And if you forgot something, then alas, it’s too late to correct mistakes. The liner left the port of Everglades and the cruise began.
Doctors on the cruise ship Oasis of the Seas are hoping to avoid another type of natural disaster. If at least two people with a viral disease board the ship, it will spread instantly, since everyone is in a confined space. The liner is equipped with disinfectants in all public places, especially before meals.
Cruises on the liner are, as a rule, a guarantee of first-class food 24 hours a day. Especially during holiday cruises, when on board the liner its staff arranges a real feast. The restaurants serve the most exquisite dishes.
Waste management is the most important part internal device vessel. The Oasis of the Seas liner has its own waste processing plant, where all garbage is carefully sorted. Tin cans are pressed, glass is shattered to prepare for recycling, and all other solid waste is stored until it is landfilled at the nearest port, because the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship is an environmentally friendly ship.
Over three hundred cooks work on board. It is in the galley that the products are located, the cost of which is 2 million US dollars. Due to strict hygiene regulations, the galley is not open to anyone except registered employees. About 70,000 main dishes are served daily on the ship, of which 15,000 are desserts.
All entertainment during the cruise is the responsibility of the cruise director. The most difficult part of his job: to make everything so that the guests were satisfied. He plans entertainment, communicates with guests and keeps them in good spirits. It has its own film studio on board. Its employees film daily material on board the liner, and then, after editing, they broadcast it to the cabins, usually in the evening.
Not less than amazing place on the cruise ship "Oasis of the Seas" is considered the "Royal Promenade", which runs through the center of the ship. There is a unique transparent backlit elevator. This place has so many shops and bars that it looks like small town. On board the cruise ship "Oasis of the Seas" you can find a lot of entertainment.
Traditionally on upper deck an artificial wave pool. Its pumps pump up to 112,000 liters of water per minute.
One of the most popular events on the ship is the theatre, which seats about 2,000 people. The ice show also attracts a lot of spectators. To ensure that everything goes smoothly, the engineers turn on the ship's stabilization system.
February 24, 2010- Royal Caribbean realized that the idea of tracking one person to others might appeal to many, and they were right, the novelty quickly became very popular
On the largest cruise ship in the world, Oasis of the Seas, the Royal Caribbean companies offer a novelty of IT technologies, identification bracelets and iPhone mobile phones so that people can find each other in the giant liner's countless rooms. Wristbands are personal RFID identifiers, although they can be not only bracelets, but also badges or clips. WiFi operates throughout the ship, the signal from the bracelet via WiFi goes to the Apple iPhone mobile phone, equipped with a detailed liner diagram, that is, at any time one person can know exactly where the other is.
There are almost 1000 places on the ship where you can go to WiFi, and at first the company just wanted to make it so that people could communicate with each other via mobile phones and not only communicate, you can get this or that information through the ship's iPhone, order a service, etc. etc., but then realized that the idea of tracking one person to others might appeal to many, and they were right, the novelty quickly became very popular. It is not difficult to guess that parents became the main consumers of identifiers. The liner is incredibly huge, there are a lot of places where a child can get lost, and this can become a problem not only for parents, but for the entire crew, searching for a lost person on a ship is a many-hour and extremely difficult operation, a general ship emergency, and preferably at this time drive all other passengers into cabins or public areas.
At first, Oasis of the Seas offered badges as an identifier, but then they went further and now they offer bracelets, which is much more convenient, since they can serve as a kind of pager. If you give a signal from the iPhone, the bracelet starts to vibrate, and its owner will understand that they are looking for him. If this is a child, then okay, but teenagers are unlikely to like such IT surveillance. The young man met a girl at a disco and retired with her in a darker and more secluded place, since there are plenty of such places on a giant liner, and the damned bracelets suddenly begin to vibrate, what is it like? But what a blessing to parents ...
The device works on the basis of Ekahau's real-time RTLS location system, the signal from the identifier is processed by the DeFi Royal Connect program and issued to the end server, and from there it gets to the iPhone, the location accuracy is 3-3.5 meters. The bracelets are powered by rechargeable batteries, and there is more than enough charge for a week-long cruise. After the end of the cruise, the bracelets are handed over to the administration and charged again. Reviews, they say in Royal Caribbean, are still very good, but they still do not know how and where this novelty can be used, in addition to surveillance, they collect data. During cruises, users of the electronic spy are interviewed, and it is hoped that the information collected will expand the scope of Wi-Fi RFID identifiers.
Voytenko Mikhail
Some numbers:
5,000 kilometers of electrical wiring
12,000 plants, including real trees, but the plants will be installed and planted later, upon the arrival of the liner in the USA
7,000 works of art will decorate the premises of the liner or be displayed in the halls of 90,000 square meters of carpeted floors
The construction of the liner took 525,000 square meters of steel - an area equivalent to 72 football fields
And did you know that…
Propellers for this giant will be manufactured by a Russian plant - Baltiysky Zavod OJSC
OJSC Baltiysky Zavod has completed the manufacture of the first propeller designed for the world's largest ocean cruise liner Genesis. The vessel, 360 meters long, is being built by the Norwegian company Aker Yards at its shipyard in Finland. The Baltic Shipyard will equip the liner with two propellers. The diameter of each product is more than 6 meters.
Contracts for the manufacture of propellers for cruise liners Genesis, Super Star Libra, Celebrity and Hall, which are being built at the Finnish shipyard, were signed by Baltiysky Zavod OJSC (St. Petersburg) and FSUE Zvezdochka (Severodvinsk) in 2007. According to the terms of the agreements, the St. Petersburg enterprise will current year will supply the customer with several dozen sets of blades, hubs and fairings, as well as sets of spare parts for propellers. The value of the contracts is more than 10 million euros.
Baltiysky Zavod is the only manufacturer in Russia of large propellers (weighing up to 70 tons, diameter - up to 8 m) made of bronze and brass. The company manufactures modern propellers for all types of warships and submarines; large-capacity tankers and bulk carriers; nuclear and diesel-electric icebreakers; container ships and passenger ships; small coastal, river and pleasure craft; fast ships and boats.
One evening, the captain of the liner gives dinner to his guests. Cruisers love formal occasions. Each of them tries to bring home the memory of sea voyage for this, several professional photographers work on board the vessel. Approximately 30,000 photographs will be taken during the cruise.
The charm of any cruise travel lies in the fact that in the ports where the liner stops, passengers will find a lot of new sensations.
On the liner, everything is done for customers, but there are always passengers who behave badly and interfere with others. Such people are asked to leave the ship at the nearest port. But the worst thing is when a passenger dies on board. Then the whole team has to console his loved ones. The body is placed in its own morgue.
Crew members and maintenance personnel full life but completely isolated from the guests. They are not allowed to use the main aisles on board the ship unless absolutely necessary. All personnel move through a hidden system of service corridors and stairs. To do this, in the center of this labyrinth is the main passage that runs along the entire length of the ship. It has the unofficial name E-95, and crew members use it to get to their cabins, where they can take a break from the guests. Laundry on such a ship is one of the busiest among all types of ships. The employees of this plant work around the clock.
In nightclubs liner« Oasis of the Seas» DJs do their job well. While they are warming up the audience, night falls on the ship and then the ship lights up most of out of 750,000 lamps. Electricity on the cruise ship is generated by diesel generators made to order by the company " Wartsilla».
The most secure room on a cruise ship is the engineering control post. From here they monitor the weather conditions, control the operation of the power plant and control all the ship's systems. This is the center of power on the passenger ship, so entry here is strictly prohibited.
On liner« Oasis of the Seas» 4,500 km of electrical cable has been laid, so the main thing for the ship’s engineers is not bad weather, but a fire. Such liner consumes an average of up to 11,000 kg of fuel per hour. A sudden spark in any place is much more dangerous than a hurricane. The operating costs are huge - even a slight deviation from the course can result in a considerable amount.
During bad weather and the impossibility of safely entering the port, the captain of the vessel can give an order not to enter the port, and the cruise director immediately announces the changed plans to the passengers. This adds to the work of the entertainment service as everyone stays on board.
A cruise ship« Oasis of the Seas» became the first passenger ship in the world to have seven independent theme areas on board Central Park, Boardwalk, Royal Promenade, Pool and Sports Zone, Vitality Sea Spa and Fitness Center, Entertainment Place and Youth Zone so no one gets discouraged here.
central park located in the open air in the center of the ship and forms a public space with sidewalks, flowers and trees. Its platforms serve for walks on fresh air, street performances and concerts. Above the surroundings of the park, 334 cabins stretch to the height of a five-story building, 254 of which have balconies that overlook the park. Central Park has a number of boutiques, a garden, many gazebos, a sculpture park, cafes, restaurants and a wine bar.
Despite the size liner, some passengers suffer from seasickness. Although the entire staff maintains a straight face, some have to deal with a variety of problems on board, from natural disasters to crime. The security service in civilian clothes takes over this case. They have video surveillance cameras and the ship's own law enforcement agencies at their disposal.
In the event of an evacuation cruise ship a modern system of rescue boats is provided, as well as inflatable life rafts, which are located at strategic points on the ship. Solving safety and security issues, the requirement of guests. Even on such liners as " Oasis of the Seas» with excellent organization, people can sometimes get lost. Often they are late in ports, so the liner is always reminded that the ship is leaving exactly on schedule.
On the liner huge selection cabins, which include deluxe rooms and family rooms. A novelty is 25 duplex rooms with balconies. Each of them covers an area of 1524 sq. m and is designed for six people. The room has its own piano, bar, jacuzzi and library. Balcony area 78 sq. meters. All cabins are equipped with LCD TVs, bathrooms with plenty of mirrors.
Length - 361 m;
Width - 66 m;
Height - 72 m;
Displacement - 225282 tons;
Power point- eight diesel engines Wartsila» with a capacity of 17,500 hp each;
Propulsion system- three steering columns of the Azipod type with a capacity of 27200 hp each;
Speed - 22.6 knots;
Number of decks - 16;
Number of passengers - 6360 people;
Number of cabins - 2704;
Crew - 2100 people;
Here we can see the construction process
The Titanic is a British steamer of the White Star Line, one of three twin ships of the Olympic class. largest passenger liner world at the time of its construction. On its maiden voyage on April 14, 1912, it collided with an iceberg.
and sank after 2 hours and 40 minutes.
There were 1,316 passengers and 892 crew members on board, for a total of 2,208 people. Of these, 704 people survived, more than 1,500 died. The Titanic disaster became legendary and was one of the largest shipwrecks in history. Several feature films have been shot on its plot.
building
Laid down March 31, 1909 at the shipyards of the Harland & Wolf shipbuilding company in Queens Island (Belfast, Northern Ireland), launched on May 31, 1911, passed sea trials on April 2, 1912.
Specifications
height from the keel to the tops of the pipes - 53.3 m;
engine room - 29 boilers, 159 coal furnaces;
The unsinkability of the ship was ensured by 15 watertight bulkheads in the hold, creating 16 conditionally "watertight" compartments; the space between the bottom and the flooring of the second bottom was divided by transverse and longitudinal partitions into 46 watertight compartments.
Bulkheads
Watertight bulkheads, marked from bow to stern with the letters "A" to "P", rose from the second bottom and passed through 4 or 5 decks: the first two and the last five reached deck "D", eight bulkheads in the center of the liner reached only the deck "E". All bulkheads were so strong that they had to withstand significant pressure when getting a hole. The Titanic was built to stay afloat if any two of its 16 watertight compartments, any three of the first five compartments, or all of the first four compartments were flooded.
The first two bulkheads in the bow and the last in the stern were solid, all the rest had sealed doors that allowed the crew and passengers to move between compartments. On the flooring of the second bottom, in the bulkhead "K", there were the only doors that led to the cooling chamber.
On decks "F" and "E" in almost all bulkheads there were airtight doors connecting the rooms used by passengers, all of them could be battened down both remotely and manually, using a device located directly on the door and from the deck that reached bulkhead. To batten down such doors on the passenger decks, a special key was required, which was available only to the senior stewards. But on deck "G" there were no doors in the bulkheads.
In the bulkheads "D" - "O", directly above the second bottom in the compartments where the machines and boilers were located, there were 12 vertically closing doors, they were controlled by an electric drive from the navigation bridge.
In case of danger or accident, or when the captain or the watch officer deemed it necessary, the electromagnets, on a signal from the bridge, released the latches and all 12 doors fell under the influence of their own gravity and the space behind them turned out to be hermetically closed. If the doors were closed by an electric signal from the bridge, then it was possible to open them only after removing the voltage from the electric drive.
In the ceiling of each compartment was a spare hatch, usually leading to the boat deck. Those who did not have time to leave the room before the doors closed could climb its iron ladder.
boats
In formal accordance with the current requirements of the British Merchant Shipping Code, the ship had 20 lifeboats, which were enough to board 1178 people, that is, for 50% of the people who were on board at that moment and 30% of the planned load. This was taken into account with the expectation of increasing the walking space on the deck of the passengers of the ship.
Decks
On the Titanic there were 8 steel decks located one above the other at a distance of 2.5 - 3.2 m. The uppermost one was a boat deck, under it there were seven others, indicated from top to bottom with letters from "A" to "G". Only decks "C", "D", "E" and "F" stretched along the entire length of the vessel. The boat deck and the "A" deck did not reach either the bow or the stern, and the "G" deck was located only in the front of the liner - from the boiler rooms to the bow and in the aft - from the engine room to the stern cut. On the open boat deck there were 20 lifeboats, along the sides there were promenade decks.
Deck "A" with a length of 150 m was almost entirely intended for first-class passengers. Deck "B" was interrupted in the bow, forming open space above deck "C", and then continued in the form of a 37-meter bow superstructure with anchor handling equipment and a mooring device.
In front of deck "C" there were anchor winches for the two main side anchors, there was also a galley and a dining room for sailors and stokers. Behind the bow superstructure there was a promenade (the so-called inter-superstructure) deck for third-class passengers 15 m long. On deck “D” there was another, isolated, third-class promenade deck.
Along the entire length of deck "E" were the cabins of passengers of the first and second classes, as well as the cabins of the stewards and mechanics. In the first part of deck "F" there were 64 cabins for passengers of the second class and the main living quarters for passengers of the third, stretching for 45 m and occupying the entire width of the liner.
There were two large saloon, a dining room for third-class passengers, ship laundries, a swimming pool and Turkish baths. Deck "G" captured only the bow and stern, between which the boiler rooms were located.
The forward part of the deck, 58 m long, was 2 m above the waterline, gradually lowered towards the center of the liner and at the opposite end was already at the level of the waterline. There were 26 cabins for 106 third-class passengers, the rest of the area was occupied luggage compartment for first class passengers, ship's mail and a ballroom.
Behind the bow of the deck there were coal bunkers, which occupied 6 watertight compartments around the chimneys, followed by 2 compartments with steam pipes for reciprocating steam engines and a turbine compartment. This was followed by the aft part of the deck 64 m long with warehouses, pantries and 60 cabins for 186 third-class passengers, which was already below the waterline.
Masts
One was aft, the other was on the forecastle, each was steel with a teak top. On the front, at a height of 29 m from the waterline, there was a mars platform (“crow's nest”), which could be reached by an internal metal ladder.
Service premises
In front of the boat deck there was a navigation bridge, 58 m away from the bow. On the bridge there was a wheelhouse with a steering wheel and a compass, immediately behind it was a room where navigation charts were stored. To the right of the wheelhouse were the navigational cabin, the captain's cabin and part of the officers' cabins, to the left - the rest of the officers' cabins.
Behind them, behind the front funnel, was the cabin of the radiotelegraph and the cabin of the radio operator. In front of deck "D" there were living quarters for 108 stokers, a special spiral ladder connected this deck directly to the boiler rooms, so that stokers could leave for work and return without passing by the cabins or saloons for passengers.
In front of deck "E" there were living quarters for 72 loaders and 44 sailors. In the first part of the "F" deck there were quarters of 53 stokers of the third shift. Deck G contained quarters for 45 stokers and oilers.
Second bottom
The second bottom was located about one and a half meters above the keel and occupied 9/10 of the ship's length, not capturing only small areas in the bow and stern.
On the second day, boilers, piston steam engines, steam turbine and electric generators, all this was firmly fixed on steel plates, the remaining space was used for cargo, coal and tanks with drinking water. In the engine room section, the second bottom rose 2.1 m above the keel, which increased the protection of the liner in case of damage to the outer skin.
Power point
The registered power of steam engines and turbines was 50 thousand liters. With. (actually 55 thousand hp). The turbine was located in the fifth watertight compartment in the stern of the liner, in the next compartment, closer to the bow, steam engines were located, the other 6 compartments were occupied by twenty-four double-flow and five single-flow boilers that produced steam for the main machines, turbines, generators and auxiliary mechanisms.
The diameter of each boiler was 4.79 m, the length of the double-flow boiler was 6.08 m, the single-flow boiler was 3.57 m. Each double-flow boiler had 6 fireboxes, and the single-flow boiler had 3.
In addition, the Titanic was equipped with four auxiliary machines with generators, each with a capacity of 400 kilowatts, generating a current of 100 volts. Next to them were two more 30-kilowatt generators.
Pipes
The liner had 4 tubes. The diameter of each was 7.3 m, the height was 18.5 m. The first three removed smoke from the boiler furnaces, the fourth, located above the turbine compartment, served as an exhaust fan, a chimney for ship kitchens was connected to it. A longitudinal section of the vessel is presented on its model exhibited at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, where it is clearly seen that the last pipe was not connected to the fireboxes.
There is an opinion that when designing the vessel, the widespread opinion of the public was taken into account that the solidity and reliability of the vessel directly depends on the number of its pipes.
It also follows from the literature that in the last moments of the ship leaving the water almost vertically, its fake pipe fell off its place and, falling into the water, killed a large number of passengers and crew members in the water.
Electrical supply
10,000 light bulbs, 562 electric heaters were connected to the distribution network, mainly in first-class cabins, 153 electric motors, including electric drives for eight cranes with a total capacity of 18 tons, 4 cargo winches with a capacity of 750 kg, 4 elevators, each for 12 people, and lots of phones. In addition, electricity was consumed by fans in the boiler and engine rooms, apparatus in the gym, dozens of machines and appliances in the kitchens, including refrigerators.
Connection
The telephone exchange serviced 50 lines. The radio equipment on the liner was the most modern, the power of the main transmitter was 5 kilowatts, the power came from an electric generator. The second, an emergency transmitter, was powered by batteries. 4 antennas were strung between two masts, some up to 75 m high.
The guaranteed range of the radio signal was 250 miles. During the day, under favorable conditions, communication was possible at a distance of up to 400 miles, and at night - up to 2000. The radio equipment came on board on April 2 from the Marconi company, which by that time had monopolized the radio industry in Italy and England.
Two young radio officer officers assembled and installed the station all day, for verification, a test connection was immediately made with the coast station at Malin Head, on the north coast of Ireland, and with Liverpool. On April 3, the radio equipment worked like clockwork, on this day a connection was established with the island of Tenerife at a distance of 2000 miles and with Port Said in Egypt (3000 miles).
In January 1912, the Titanic was assigned radio call signs "MUC", then they were replaced by "MGY", previously owned by the American ship Yale. As the dominant radio company, Marconi introduced its own radio call signs, most of which began with the letter "M", regardless of its location and the country of residence of the vessel on which it was installed.
clash
Recognizing an iceberg in a light haze, the forward looking Fleet warned “there is ice in front of us” and hit the bell three times, which meant an obstacle right on the course, after which he rushed to the telephone connecting the “crow’s nest” with the bridge.
Moody's sixth mate, who was on the bridge, responded almost immediately and heard a cry of "ice right ahead". With a polite thank you, Moody turned to the officer of the watch, Murdoch, and repeated the warning.
He rushed to the telegraph, put his handle on "stop" and shouted "rudder right", at the same time transmitting the order "full back" to the engine room.
According to the terminology of 1912, "rudder right" meant turning the ship's stern to the right and the bow to the left. The steersman, Robert Hitchens, leaned on the handle of the steering wheel and quickly turned it counterclockwise to the stop, after which Murdoch was told "rudder to the right, sir."
At that moment, Alfred Oliver, the helmsman of the watch, and Boxhall, who was in the chart house, came running to the bridge when the bells rang out in the "crow's nest". Murdoch pulled the lever, which included the closing of watertight doors in the bulkheads of the boiler rooms and the engine room, and immediately gave the order "left rudder!" Lifeboats.
There were 2,208 people on board the Titanic, but the total capacity of the lifeboats was only 1,178 people. The reason was that, according to the rules then in force, the total capacity of lifeboats depended on the tonnage of the ship, and not on the number of passengers and crew members. The rules were drawn up in 1894, when the most large ships had a displacement of about 10,000 tons.
The displacement of the Titanic was 46,328 tons.
But even these boats were only partially filled. Captain Smith gave the order or instruction "women and children first". The officers interpreted this order in different ways.
Second mate Lightoller, who commanded the launching of the boats on the port side, allowed the men to take places in the boats only if rowers were needed and under no other circumstances.
First mate Murdoch, who commanded the launch of the boats on the starboard side, allowed the men to go down if there were no women and children.
So, in boat number 1, only 12 seats out of 40 were occupied. In addition, at first, many passengers did not want to take seats in boats, because the Titanic, which had no external damage, seemed safer to them. The last boats filled better, because it was already obvious to the passengers that the Titanic would sink.
In the very last boat, 44 seats out of 47 were occupied. But in the sixteenth boat that left the side there were many empty seats, passengers of the 1st class were saved in it.
As a result of the analysis of the operation to rescue people from the Titanic, it is concluded that with adequate actions by the team of victims, there would have been at least 553 fewer people.
The reason for the low survival rate of passengers on the ship is the installation given by the captain to save, first of all, women and children, and not all passengers; the interest of the crew in this order of boarding the boats. By preventing male passengers from accessing the boats, the men from the crew got the opportunity to take places in the half-empty boats themselves, covering their interests with the “noble motives” of caring for women and children.
In the event that all passengers, men and women, took their places in the boats, the men from the crew would not get into them and their chances of salvation would be equal to zero, and the crew could not help but understand this.
The men from the crew occupied part of the seats in almost all boats during the evacuation from the ship, on average 10 people from the crew per 1 boat.
24% of the crew were saved, about the same as 3rd class passengers were saved (25%). The team had no reason to consider their duty fulfilled - most of the passengers remained on the ship without hope of salvation, even the order to save women and children in the first place was not fulfilled (several dozen children, and more than a hundred women never got into the boats).
The report of the British Commission on the results of the investigation into the circumstances of the sinking of the Titanic states that "if the boats had been delayed a little longer before launching, or if the doors of the passage had been opened for passengers, more of them could have got on the boats."
The reason for the low survival rate of class 3 passengers with a high degree of probability can be considered obstacles placed by the crew for the passage of passengers to the deck, closing the doors of the passage.
Comparison of the results of the evacuation from the Titanic with the results of the evacuation from the Lusitania (1915) shows that the evacuation operation on ships like the Titanic and the Lusitania can be organized without a disproportion in the percentage of survivors depending on the sex or class of passengers.
People in boats, as a rule, did not save those who were in the water. On the contrary, they tried to sail as far as possible from the wreck, fearing that those in the water would capsize their boats or be sucked into the funnel from a sinking ship. Only 6 people were picked up alive from the water.
Imagine a Las Vegas block that floats from city to city. Imagine a ship for 7,500 people, of which 2,500 are employees and staff. Add to that an ice skating rink, volleyball and basketball courts, golf course, bowling alley, climbing walls, fitness center, spa, infinity pools and you have the world's largest cruise ship, the Allure of the Seas.
A cruise liner is, in fact, several independent enterprises. One team is engaged in navigation, another in hotel and accommodation, the third feeds thousands of people every day, the fourth arranges and conducts entertainment, and so on. The life of such a sea monster is very complex and interesting. That's what I want to talk about in today's post...
This was my 15th or 16th cruise. I remember that even on large ships I sometimes got sick. Here, there is no feeling at all that you are in the open sea. The colossus is so huge that no pitching is felt at all. We went into a six-point storm, the waves were 4.2 meters high. The ship was motionless, like an Egyptian pyramid:
There are original maps and signs on each floor and in each lobby. Everything highlighted in white is a hotel, purple areas are public:
Upper deck:
There are a lot of public places. It is impossible to bypass everything at once:
The liner consists of two parallel houses, interconnected by jumpers - in front and behind. Between them is an empty space with a green zone. On the roofs of the "houses" pools and sunbeds:
There are a lot of pools, for every taste and color. There are adults, children, with slides, fountains, jacuzzis, etc.:
Mini golf:
Basketball and volleyball court:
There are several areas with ping pong tables:
Zip line- high-speed descent along the cable from one side of the ship to the other:
There are two "waves" that you can surf on. One for beginners, the other for more or less advanced:
On the upper deck there are "wings" that protrude from the hull of the liner to the sides. There are 2 large jacuzzis in the wings. Lying in warm water 18 stories above the sea and look at the waves below you. Very cool:
The nose of the ship. Several decks have been given over to public areas. The design of the canopies is such that it protects from the wind as much as possible, while maintaining the feeling of open space:
There are three pools on the bow of the ship:
Now let's see what is between the "houses" of this liner. At the stern there is a carousel, a bar, a park, a cinema in the distance:
In the evening, acrobats perform shows like the Cirque du Soleil in the cinema. Very cool. I thought about going in and taking a couple of photos for the report, but I sat there with my mouth open until the end of the show:
On the other side of Central Park - an open space with trees and plants at the level of the 8th floor:
The green zone is divided by a jumper into two sections:
Let's go down to the 8th floor:
Glass roofs are provided for the walking area, which is located three floors below. There are streets here, birds sing - a complete feeling that you are walking in the city:
This area is home to renowned international restaurants and shops. We will return to them in the next post:
The stern of the ship. There are two walls for climbing. Mountaineering, Carl!
Bars in Central Park:
Cinema:
The deck at the level of the fifth floor opens to lifeboats. She goes all over the liner, and people are taken here when emergency situations. So that the place does not go to waste, it is used as a treadmill. This is often done by passengers of large ships, but only here they specially marked out tracks for running and walking. We even agreed on the direction so as not to collide with each other. Full circle 700 meters:
The bow of the ship is occupied by a helipad, passengers are not allowed there. You won't be able to play the scene from Titanic:
Fifth floor under Central Park. Shops, karaoke bars, even Starbucks:
Rare car to give the space chic and luxury:
The fourth floor is casinos and nightclubs. Gambling establishments open only when the liner leaves the territorial waters of a state. The port does not work:
Central hall for shows and concerts:
There is no excursion to the captain's bridge, but I was lucky to sail with a group of Spanish journalists. Their visit was agreed and I managed to cling to this company. The captain's bridge looks empty. Huge area, but the controls occupy only a small area in the center:
The ship is not controlled by the captain, but by the first officer. He gave us a tour. The officer's name is Gennady. He is from Odessa. Our boy.
The ship has no rudder. The three propellers of the engine rotate 360 degrees and are set either manually using three rotators (in the foreground of the photo) or using a computer. The system monitors the course and taxis:
The command headquarters is located nearby and can be fenced off from the captain's cabin with a partition. Here are duplicated all the controls of the liner:
When the ship is moored in the port, the officer uses the exits on the "wings" to the left and to the right:
There is also a control system here:
From here, the side of the liner is perfectly visible and this allows you to “park” without incident:
In the next post I will tell you what restaurants, shows and entertainment are on the ship. Let's take a closer look at them. Stay Tuned!
The tragic story of the Titanic has become so iconic that the image of this ship will now be referred to endlessly. The other day I noticed in LiveJournal a whole series of posts dedicated to the 101st anniversary of the disaster. However, I was much more interested in the post of one of the friends Compare "Titanic" with ...
Since it is very voluminous, I decided to make a small "squeeze" out of it. Those who are especially interested can see the original at the link (a lot of pictures and bukoff).
This is how you can roughly compare the legendary Titanic with modern liner. And what is this modern ship? Some call him the most big liner in the world. However, we know that the most big liner in the world it is Oasis of the Seas and it is 361 meters long. And what do we read about this giant? Somewhere 362 meters, somewhere 361, and somewhere 360 meters. Do you know how this is explained? And here's how: along with the twin ship Oasis of the Seas is the largest passenger ship in the world as of November 2010: the length of both cruise ships about 360 m (depending on temperature), and Allure of the Seas 5 cm longer than his sister.
After all, the designers, well, they would have made a couple of meters for sure! In general, we will consider that this ship is one of the largest in the world.
"Allure of the Seas" and "Titanic":
Here's another comparison: 
Commissioned at the end of 2010 is a w11-deck vessel weighing 225282 tons can take on board 5400 passengers who will be accommodated in 2700 cabins
« Allure of the Seas»is divided into seven thematic areas, which include: Central Park, Boardwalk, Royal Promenade, Pool and Sports Zone, Vitality Sea Spa and Fitness Center, Entertainment Place and Youth Zone.
Several shots of the liner "Allure of the Seas":
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Once the most big ship 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.
The 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 could not exist, they are very bulky and their fate was not comforting. But it turned out that such liners can exist, while being several times larger. To date, the largest liner is the Oasis of the Seas. Photo below:
It is indeed several times larger than the Titanic. Look at this image:
Royal Caribbean International wanted to build a ship that would be the best for years to come and on October 28, 2009, Oasis of the Seas was launched. He immediately became the biggest cruise ship in the world. The vessel also became the most expensive, as its price amounted to 1.24 billion dollars. The average cost of a ship's stay in the port is $230,000. And this is for a few hours of stay!
The dimensions of the liner are striking; its length is 360 meters, the width is 66 meters, and the height at the very high point was 72 meters.
The largest ship: characteristics
Correctly they say 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. On board can be 6360 passengers and 2160 crew members. The ship has a large number of different entertainment centers. From swimming pools to real theatre. There are 4 pools on the liner, 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 thematic zones.
The largest ship has several restaurants, its park is similar to a park in New York, so classical American music will be played there. There's a lot more to be said about the ship.
Dockwise Vanguard
Sure, the Oasis of the Seas is the largest liner, but there is also the Dockwise Vanguard, the world's largest heavy-lift ship.
On February 12, 2013, the ship made its first voyage. Dockwise Vanguard arrived at Gulf of Mexico in April 2013. The cargo he carried was 56,000 tons, but the maximum load could be 110,000 tons.
The vessel was designed by Hyundai Heavy Industries for Dockwise Shipping. It was launched in 2012. In terms of performance, it does not surpass the liner "Oasis of the Seas". Displacement 91238 tons, deadweight 117000 tons. Length 275 meters, width 79 meters, draft 9.5 meters. Max speed travel 14.4 knots, average 12.9 knots.
The way of loading onto the ship is also unique. Special compartments are filled with water and the ship is slowly but surely submerged under water. After the ship is under water, cargo is loaded onto it.
To service the ship, 60 people will be required, who are located in the hold of the ship.
The well-known "Costa Concordia", which crashed 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.
Most big ships in the world
