The largest cruise ships in the world. The largest ships and planes (28 photos)
The ships are growing in size every year. Real giants are launched into the water, in comparison with which the famous Titanic would seem to be a nondescript kid.
Ships are for various purposes. Some are designed for comfortable transportation of people, others transport containers, and others are designed for military purposes. Among each class there are the largest and most famous.
largest cruise ship
It's about "Harmony of the Seas". In 2015, the ship was launched and became the third in the line of top-class liners, overtaking its closest brother by only 2 meters in length.
The liner is 362 meters long, 70 meters high and 47 meters wide. This monster can accommodate up to 6,000 guests and over 2,000 crew members. The ship sails only in the Atlantic Ocean, in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Caribbean. It has a fitness center, golf course, bowling alley, spa, theater and more. Despite its huge size, the ship can reach an impressive speed - more than 20 knots.
The largest ship for the transport of goods
"Dockwise Vanguard" can carry cargo weighing 110,000 tons. These are monstrous numbers. The ship made its first voyage in 2013. The length of the ship is "only" 270 meters, but among its kind it is the largest. It can carry the hulls of other ships, entire oil stations and more. It will cope with those tasks that no other vessel in the world can handle, which is why it is on our list.
The loading process itself is very interesting. The ship is almost completely submerged under water, after which a load is placed on it. Then the water is pumped out, the ship rises along with the cargo and can sail.
The longest ship on earth
This is the largest, longest ship, and also the largest floating structure ever launched. We are talking about "Prelude FLNG" - a floating plant for the production of liquefied natural gas. Its length is 488 meters.
The cost of manufacturing was more than 10 billion dollars. The ship moves from one place to another, but cannot fully move forward. Its mass is 260,000 tons. It reaches a height of 105 meters - this is equivalent to a 30-story building.
largest aircraft carrier
USS Enterprise (CVN-65) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that has been at sea since the distant 1961. Its length is 340 meters, which makes it the largest warship in the world.
It can carry up to 2,500 tons of weapons. One refueling with nuclear fuel is enough for 13 years of service. This is equivalent to 1 million 600 thousand kilometers of the path that this deadly colossus swims during this time. This is an amazingly fast ship, capable of sailing at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour. It can simultaneously work 5000 people. Unfortunately, the ship was decommissioned in 2017.
largest container ship
M.O.L. Triumph has a length of 400 meters. He still plows the seas and oceans, this is a full-fledged ship, which has the longest length of all. It can carry 20,000 containers at the same time.
"MSC Oscar" only a few meters behind the Triumph. It can carry 19,500 containers. These two ships are staggering in their size, but there was one tanker ship that was decommissioned and scrapped in 2010 - the Seawise Giant. Its length was 460 meters.
Ships can carry the largest amount of cargo, which is beyond the power of any other means of transportation, even a freight train. The largest ships remain in the memory of people for a long time - these masterpieces of engineering are the pride of mankind.
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Since ancient times, the ability to swim like a fish has been no less desirable for a person than the ability to fly like a bird. What the body given by nature cannot do, the machines we have built have helped to accomplish. From the fragile boats of antiquity, mankind has grown to the creation of huge cities on the water. The largest of them, even a modern person accustomed to the achievements of progress, amaze with a combination of power and beauty.
The largest ships in the world: selection criteria
To name the most-most huge ship, there are at least two criteria: dimensions (length and width) and displacement (in fact, this is the volume of the underwater part of the ship).
In addition, to determine the winner in individual categories, his ability to perform his main task is of decisive importance. For a passenger ship, this is the number of passengers that it can take on board and the number of cabins, for a bulk carrier or tanker, the weight of the cargo carried, for a container ship, the number of containers.
Sailboats and steamships
Before moving on to modern record holders, let's remember their predecessors, those who plowed the seas driven by the power of wind and steam.
The largest sailing ship ever to float off the stocks is the French barque France II. The ship had a displacement of almost 11 tons and a length of 146 meters. For only ten years - from 1912 to 1922 - they carried out regular cargo transportation, until the sailboat that ran aground off the coast of New Caledonia was abandoned by the owners. The ship was finally destroyed in 1944 during a bombardment.
The greatest steamship in history is the Great Eastern launched in 1857. Its length is 211 meters, and its displacement is 22.5 thousand tons. The ship was propelled by two wheels and one propeller, but could also sail. The main purpose of the vessel is passenger transportation; Great Eastern could take up to 4000 people on board. Unfortunately, the age of coal and steam was not kind to such large-scale projects - the operation of Great Eastern turned out to be unprofitable and was discontinued for economic reasons.
Absolute record holder
For many years, the tanker Knock Nevis was the winner in the nomination "The largest ships in the world". Erected in 1976 in Japan, it changed its name many times and underwent a major restructuring. The champion acquired the final dimensions in 1981 (under the name Seawise Giant): 458.5 meters long, 68 wide with a displacement of 565 thousand tons.
A huge tanker is a piece of equipment that is not so easy to find a use for. Due to its size, the ship had a low speed, a huge (more than 10 kilometers!) braking distance, could not pass through strategic navigable straits and could only moor in a few ports around the world.
You can see a photo of the largest ship on any site dedicated to the history of shipbuilding, but this giant has recently belonged to the past, just like sailboats and steamships. In 2010, the ship, which had not been used for six years, was cut into scrap metal.
Workaholic Giants
Like the Seawise Giant, the other largest ships are also cargo ships: tankers, bulk carriers, container ships.
The longest ship currently in use (397 meters) is the container ship Emma Maersk. According to various sources, it is possible to lift from 11 to 14 thousand standard containers without its board. Since the designers were tasked with ensuring the passage of Emma Maersk through the Suez and Panama canals, the width and draft of the ship were set quite moderate. Therefore, the displacement of such a giant is "only" 157 thousand tons.
And the largest ships in the world in terms of displacement are four Hellespont supertankers. Although the length of each of them is 17 meters less than that of the leader among container ships, but the displacement is one and a half times greater - 234 thousand tons.
The ore carriers of the Brazilian company Vale are not too inferior to them. The largest of them - Vale Sohar - has a displacement of about 200 thousand tons and a length of 360 meters. The maximum load that this giant is able to carry is 400 thousand tons.
Cruise beauties
Although passenger ships are not as large as cargo ships, they make an indelible impression. A cruise liner is not a means of transportation, but a luxury vacation spot. The large size of the ship here serves not so much to accommodate as many passengers as possible on board, but to create all conceivable comfort that would satisfy the most demanding public.
The largest passenger ships are many times larger than the Titanic that once seemed incredible. A pair of twin liners Allure of the Seas and Oasis in the Seas are unmatched in size. 362 meters in length and 225 thousand tons of displacement - figures comparable to the largest cargo ships. Each of the liners can comfortably accommodate 6,400 passengers. In addition, 2,100 personnel are serving on board (this is against several dozen sailors serving tankers and bulk carriers).
Allure of the Seas or Oasis in the Seas offers shops, casinos, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, a fitness center, volleyball and basketball courts, a sauna and swimming pools. There is even a park with real trees and grass.
Sea storm
You can not ignore the largest warships. These are now aircraft carriers. And this is understandable: no matter how the aircraft engineers work to reduce the take-off run of aircraft, the “winged sailors” still need a rather big track for the start.
In the period before World War II, the most powerful maritime powers built especially large warships - battleships. The largest of them is the flagship of the Japanese fleet "Yamato". 263 meters long, 40 wide, with a crew of 2,500 sailors, the battleship seemed simply invulnerable. However, the ship, launched in 1940, was sunk shortly before the surrender of Japan.
The development of anti-submarine weapons made such ships too convenient a target. The ships laid down in those years were still in service (for example, the American battleships of the Iowa project), but the main stake in the post-war period was placed on aircraft carriers.
The largest naval ship of all time was the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. It is 342 meters long and 78 meters wide. The ship carried up to 90 aircraft (airplanes and helicopters), which served 1800 people. The total crew is 3,000 sailors. After serving for more than half a century, in 2012 the Enterprise was withdrawn from service with the United States Navy. Now its place has been taken by Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, slightly inferior in size to their predecessor - the length of the largest modern aircraft-carrying ships is 333 meters.
The largest ships in Russia
Although Russian-made ships do not occupy the top positions in the ratings of the largest ships in the world, some models are unrivaled in their categories.
Thus, the flagship of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation, the nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky, is the world's largest non-aircraft-carrying combat strike ship. Cruiser dimensions: 251 meters - length, 28 meters - width, displacement - 28 thousand tons. Main task: counteracting enemy aircraft carrier formations.
There is another record holder in the service of the Russian Navy - the Akula submarine (Project 941). The length of the boat is 173 meters, the underwater displacement is 48 thousand tons, the crew is 160 people. The submarine is equipped with a nuclear reactor and diesel power plants. The main weapons are intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads.
Of the civilian ships, it is necessary to mention the largest nuclear-powered icebreaker "50 Years of Victory", which left the stocks in 1993. Perhaps, knowing what the largest ships in the world are, its 160 meters in length will seem frivolous, but still this ship has no equal in its class.
Giant in the shipyard
In addition to the actual ships, modern shipbuilders are busy developing other marine giants - floating platforms. Strikingly large structures can be used for various purposes, from mining to launching spacecraft.
Right now, the shipyards of the South Korean Samsung Heavy Industries are completing the Prelude floating platform, which the customer, Royal Dutch Shell, plans to use for the extraction, liquefaction and transportation of natural gas. In 2013, the Prelude hull was launched. Its dimensions are more impressive than the largest ships in the world can boast. A photo of the unfinished giant has become available to everyone interested.
The vessel is 488 meters long, 78 meters wide, and has a displacement of 600,000 tons. It is assumed that the platform will move with the help of tugs. Only the absence of its own running gear does not allow Prelude to be called a champion among giant ships. The platform is still not a ship.
which can become a home for 30,000 people, as well as accommodate an airport, a casino and several shopping centers.
Freedom Ship International Inc., headquartered in Florida, hopes to collect 1 billion dollars for the construction of a huge ship, which will become the world's first city on the water.
The ship will be approximately 1 370 meters, have 25 decks and will weigh no less 2.7 million tons.
The floating city will also have schools, hospitals, business centers, parks, places for walking, landscape architecture and even salt water aquariums.
In addition, the ship will have enough space for 30,000 daily visitors, 20,000 crew members and 10,000 city residents.
According to the company, Freedom Ship will continuously sail around the world. The company also said that it had already managed to raise the initial amount to start the project.
Nevertheless, to insure against unexpected situations, the company's management considered that it was necessary to wait a while and collect an additional amount of money before starting the construction of the ship.
It should be noted that in order to supply all premises with electricity, the ship will be equipped with a huge number of solar panels and wind power generators.
Unfortunately, they will not be able to power the entire vessel, which means that about 70% of the time, the city on the water will be anchored next to offshore offshore wind farms.
The largest ships in the world
10. Roman Abramovich's yacht is the largest private yacht in the world, with a length of 162.5 meters and a weight of 13,000 tons.
9. The world's largest nuclear-powered icebreaker bears the name 50 years of victory. It is 159.60 meters long and has a displacement of 25,168 tons. The vessel is equipped with the latest digital automatic control system. Also, an ecological compartment was created on the icebreaker, which boasts equipment for the collection and disposal of waste products of a new generation ship.
8. Some of the largest ships are those designed to carry other ships. One of these ships is named after Dockwise Vanguard. Its length is 275 meters and it is capable of carrying cargo with a total weight of 110,000 tons.
7. Yamatowas a battleship of the Japanese Imperial Navy during World War II. It was the largest warship in the world, reaching a length of 256 meters.
6. Gemini Allure of the Seas And Oasis of the Seas, built by Royal Caribbean, are the largest passenger ships in the world, capable of carrying over 225,000 tons. The length of each is 362 meters. Technically, Allure of the Seas is 50 mm longer than its brother.
5. Gemini FSO Asia And FSO Europe are supertankers capable of carrying cargo with a total weight of more than 236,000 tons. The length of each is 380 meters. Since they are too large to generate the desired income, for the moment the ships serve as floating platforms.
4. Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller has a length of 399 meters and a width of 59 meters. Its goal is to pave the trade route between Asia and Europe, thereby giving way to millions of products from China, Malaysia and Korea. The vessel can fit 18,000 containers, each measuring 6,096mm x 2,370mm x 2,591mm - enough to carry 36,000 vehicles.
3. Knock Nevis(also known as the Seawise Giant, Happy Giant and Jahre Viking) is a huge supertanker measuring 458.45 meters long and 69 meters wide. It was the largest ship in the world until it was scrapped in 2010. In its last years, the ship was used as a floating oil storage. One was so big that it couldn't swim across the English Channel.
2. Supertanker Pierre Guillaumat was no larger than Knock Nevis, having a length of 414.23 meters and a displacement of 274,838 tons. It was built and launched in 1977. Like all other supertankers of that time, the ship was too large. It could not sail through the Panama and Suez canals, and had to sail by detours. The ship completed its work in 1983.
1. freedom ship only a project for now, but once implemented, it will be large enough to accommodate an airport capable of handling a Boeing 737.
The biggest store in the world
In China, you can find the largest shopping center in the world. It's called New Century Global Center, and it has everything and even more - in addition to the usual shops and cinemas, there is an artificial Mediterranean village.
The height of the center is 100m, the length is 500m and the width is 400m. The building was officially opened on June 28, 2013.
It is worth noting that the area of the shopping center is slightly smaller than the area of the state of Monaco, and approximately 3 times the area of the Vatican.
Modern passenger ships are able to amaze not only with the entertainment provided, but also with their gigantic size. They are like floating mini-cities with restaurants, shops, parks, gyms, cinemas and beauty salons.
Top 10 included largest cruise ships in the world to date.
Length 306 m
("Carnival of Magic") opens the ten largest cruise ships in the world, the length of which is 306 meters. The giant ship can accommodate up to 4,000 people on board, for which about 1,500 cabins are provided. On 14 decks there are restaurants, cafes, fitness centers, a football field, various sports grounds for playing volleyball, basketball, golf and tennis. This is a real "Carnival of Magic", which will give a lot of unforgettable impressions to both adults and young passengers. Carnival Magic has been cruising since 2010.
Length 319 m
It occupies the ninth line in the ranking of the largest cruise ships in the world. The giant ship is 319 meters long and 37 meters wide. On board can accommodate up to 4800 people with the crew. The Celebrity Reflection has been in operation since 2012 and is an example of luxury combined with comfort and innovative technologies. The upper deck has a huge green lawn, a Persian garden, a VIP area and much more. On board, in addition to numerous cafes and bars, there is a free restaurant Opus Dining Room with a capacity of up to one and a half thousand people. The number of service personnel is more than a thousand people.
Length 333 m
The first cruise ship of the new generation of the Fantasia class. The largest ship was launched in 2008 and received the title of "Eco-ship", like its future successors. The length of the sea vehicle was 333 meters, and the width was 38 meters. There are about 1637 cabins on board, and in total MSC Fantasia is able to accommodate up to 4500 people along with the crew. MSC Cruises was the first company to implement the idea of a separate VIP zone, which is located on several decks at once. The cabins provide 24-hour service and a full range of entertainment. The needs of passengers are served by more than 1,300 personnel. A special feature of MSC Fantasia is the Formula 1 simulator and an unusual water park with numerous illuminated musical fountains.
Length 333 m
Included in the list of the largest liners in the world, the length of which is 333 meters. In addition, the vessel bears the title of "Eco-ship", due to the presence of innovative systems that protect the environment from pollution. MSC Splendida has 18 decks that house a variety of bars and restaurants, pizzerias, a cigar room, a theater, an Internet cafe, a casino, children's and teens' play areas, boutiques, sports fields, saunas, a medical center and much more. On the main stage of the ship, evening shows with the participation of dancers, singers and gymnasts are regularly held. The capacity of the vessel, together with the crew, is about 4300 people.
Length 333 m
The largest cruise ship in the world of the Fantasy class. Its predecessors are MSC Fantasia and MSC Splendida. The vessel was launched in 2012 and has become a prime example of a new generation of ships. On board the MSC Divina, passengers will find plenty of entertainment and spacious, comfortable cabins. Restaurants, bars, cafes, pizzerias, theaters, a conference hall, a music salon, a disco, a library, a spa, a bowling alley, a first-aid post, a laundry, a hairdresser and more are located on 13 decks. The length of the ship is 333 meters, and the passenger capacity is 4200 people.
Length 324 m
("Norwegian Separation") is one of the largest cruise ships in the world with a passenger capacity of up to 6,000 people, including the crew. The vessel was 324 meters long and 40 meters wide. On 14 decks there are over 2 thousand cabins, a beach club, spa cabins, swimming pools, water slides, a water park, 28 cafes, restaurants and bars, shops, a playground, a casino, a library, a beauty salon, a hairdresser, an Internet cafe, a gym, etc. .d. It also hosts regular entertainment shows hosted by The Second City comedy troupe.
Length 325 m
("Norwegian epic") is one of the largest cruise ships in the world. It was built in 2009 by Norwegian shipbuilder STX Europe and put into operation in 2010. The absolute length of the liner was 325.4 meters and a width of 40 meters. "Norwegian epic" is able to take on board up to 5900 people, along with the crew. There are cinemas, numerous cafes, restaurants, water rides and more on 13 decks.
Length 360 m
("Oasis of the Seas") opens the top three largest liners in the world. This is the first cruise ship of the Oasis class, which was at the time of construction (2008) the largest passenger water vehicle. Its length was 360 meters, and the width reached 60 meters. The maximum passenger capacity is 6400 people. On board the ship there are 16 decks with different themes. Vacationers can visit the local park of exotic plants, shops, gyms, cafes, the largest casino in the world cruise fleet, attractions, a water park and much more.
Length 360 m
("Charm of the Seas") takes second place in the ranking of the largest liners in the world. The vessel is owned by Allure of the Seas Inc. It was built in 2009 and put into operation in 2010. The ship was 360 meters long and 60 meters wide. "Charm of the Seas" can accommodate up to 6400 passengers on board. There are various shops, boutiques, a water park, a jacuzzi, a casino, restaurants, bars, an ice rink, attractions, sports grounds and much more. There is also a park of exotic plants on board, where everyone can take a walk.
Length 362 m
Harmony of the Seas("Harmony of the Seas") is the largest cruise ship in the world today. The vessel is 362 meters long and 66 meters wide, which puts it in first place. The construction of the water vehicle began in 2012, and in 2015 it was launched. The construction of Harmony of the Seas cost Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. More than 1 billion dollars. The giant ship made its first cruise on May 16, 2016. The passenger capacity of the liner is designed for 8200 people, including the crew. The liner is divided into seven thematic sections: Central Park, Boardwalk, Royal Promenade, pool and gym area, Spa and fitness, entertainment area and children's area.
