The largest and most famous passenger ship in the world for tragic events is Titanic. Everyone knows the unfortunate story of this greatest achievement of the 20th century. The ship was launched in 1911. While making its first voyage, it collided with an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and sank. , weighing 163 thousand tons, took with him to the bottom about one and a half thousand lives. It was possible to save only 700 people, they were picked up by a steamer passing by.
After the incident with the Titanic, the level of security on all liners has increased. All engineers and designers involved in the construction of passenger ships began to give priority to the conditions for ensuring the safety of human lives. As you know, one of the reasons for the mass death of people 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 set at the local and international level, and high technologies are being created. In this regard, it is possible that in the near future the list will be replenished with new names of sea giants.
Today we will talk about the largest ships on the planet: passenger, military, cargo, industrial. Some of them are so large that they cannot enter the canals and straits, and most of the world's ports are closed to them.
We have selected seven of the most amazing giant ships. Five of them have recently been set sail, two have already been written off, and you can even buy a ticket for one. Each of them is a champion in their category.
The longest ship on earth
Length - 488 m, width - 74 m, deadweight - 600,000 tons. Launched in 2013.
The largest ship on the planet and the largest floating structure ever built by man is the Prelude FLING. It is equal in length to the famous Wailing Wall in Israel. On board could accommodate five full-size football fields or 175 Olympic swimming pools. However, its purpose is different: it is the world's first floating plant for the extraction and liquefaction of natural gas.
The vessel is owned by the Dutch-British oil and gas company Shell, 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 scheduled for 2017. In the strict sense of the word, this is not quite a ship: Prelude will not be able to sail under its own power, and it will have to be towed to the workplace. But this monster is unsinkable and indestructible: it was created specifically for service in the “cyclone zone” in the open ocean and is able to withstand even the fifth, highest category hurricane. The planned service life is 25 years.
Petronas towers with spiers
Length - 458.45 m, width - 68.86 m, deadweight - 564,763 tons. Launched in 1979, scrapped in 2010.
The largest oil tanker Seawise Giant got into the Guinness Book of Records for its size. The ship is 6 meters longer than the 88-story Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, complete with spiers, and is about the width of a football field. It is so large that the draft did not allow it to pass through the Suez, Panama Canals and the English Channel.
Designed and built in Japan by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. in the mid-1970s, the tanker was destined for a Greek customer. However, he refused to buy: during the tests, a strong vibration of the hull was found while swimming in reverse. As a result, the ship was resold to a Hong Kong company and rebuilt: its displacement at full load reached an absolute record - 657,018 tons. During its long life, the ship changed owners and names several times, it was Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Mont, went under Liberian, Norwegian, American and Sierra Leone flags.
In 1986, the Seawise Giant was nearly destroyed during the Iran-Iraq War. A missile fired by an Iraqi fighter caused a fire on board, the crew was evacuated, and the ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz and was considered sunken. The Norwegians found it, repaired it and sent it on a new voyage. Since 2004, the world's largest tanker has ceased to be a floating tanker and has been used as an oil storage near Qatar. In 2009, he made his last trip to the shores of India and was dismantled for scrap. After the disposal of the giant, the largest supertankers are four double-hulled TI-class ships: Oceania, Africa, Asia and Europe. They have a length of 380 m and outperform their competitors in deadweight of 441,585 tons.
Stadium running track
Length - 400 m, width - 58.6 m, deadweight - 184,605 tons, capacity - 19,100 teu (1 teu is a standard 20-foot container). Launched in 2014.
In January 2015, the world's longest container ship CSCL Globe made its maiden voyage from China to Europe. It was built by the South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries and is owned by the Chinese company China Shipping Container Lines. Although this ship is the largest among container ships (it could run 400 m races), it is inferior in terms of carrying capacity to another giant: MSC Oscar, which was also recently built in South Korea for an Italian company and can carry 124 containers more. The difference is small, but the Chinese container ship has a longer length and the most powerful engine in the world: a MAN diesel engine with a capacity of 77,200 hp is hidden in the engine compartment of the ship. With. and a height of 17.2 m. Korean shipbuilders are not going to stop there and predict the emergence of new giant container ships.
Four statues of liberty
Length - 382 m, width - 124 m, deadweight - 48,000 tons. Launched in 2013.
The catamaran Pioneering Spirit, which until February 2015 was called Pieter Schelte, is the absolute champion in terms of deck area. The creators claim that a small town can fit on it. In length, four statues of Liberty (93 m with a pedestal) could be laid. The ship was built in South Korea according to the project of a Finnish company. Its function is the laying of underwater pipelines and the movement of drilling platforms. In January 2015, the ship arrived in Europe and has already become the center of controversy because of its name - in honor of the Nazi criminal Peter Schelte Heerm, an SS officer who was found guilty of war crimes and evaded punishment by deceit. Seeing the gigantic ship with that name in Rotterdam, the Jewish communities of Great Britain and Holland raised a fuss, as a result of which even the British government spoke out in favor of renaming the ship. Under public pressure, the head of Allseas, which owns the miracle ship, and Peter Schelte's own son, Edward Heerma, agreed not to use his father's name in the name of the catamaran and changed it to the neutral Pioneering Spirit.
whole city
Length - 362 m, width - 60 m, deadweight - 19,750 tons. Launched in 2009.
The largest cruise ship, Allure of the Seas, has a capacity of 6,296 passengers and 2,384 crew members. Made in Finland by the Norwegian company STX Europe, it is owned by the US-Norwegian company Royal Caribbean International and runs between the US and Europe. A whole city is placed on board: 2700 cabins, a park with live trees and flowers, an ice rink, an aquatic theater, a climbing wall, a theater for 1380 spectators, as well as shops, bars, restaurants, baths, saunas, etc. It is noteworthy that this ship has the twin of the same class is the cruise ship Oasis of the Seas. However, Allure of the Seas is 5 cm longer. The price for a 12-day sailing across the Atlantic from Fort Lauderdale to Barcelona starts from 53,600 rubles.
Six Leaning Towers of Pisa
Length - 362 m, width - 65 m, deadweight - 402,347 tons. Launched in 2010.
The largest bulk carriers for transporting ore are called Valemax: this is a series of ships of the Brazilian mining company Vale SA. Seven ore carriers were ordered by this company in South Korea and 12 more in China. The pioneer among the twins was the Vale Brasil, later renamed Ore Brasil, launched in 2010 to transport ore from Brazil to Asia. This bulk carrier replaces 11,150 ore-carriers, burns almost 97 tons of fuel per day and ranks second among ships in terms of deadweight, giving way to TI-class ships. Due to its size, it can moor only in some deep-water ports in Brazil, China and Europe. It could easily fit six Leaning Towers of Pisa, if laid out in length.
90 aircraft
Length - 342 m, width - 78.4 m, displacement - 94,781 tons. Commissioned in 1961, decommissioned in 2012.
The American aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the longest aircraft carrier in the world and was also the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The maximum capacity was 5828 people, up to 90 aircraft could be on board at the same time, but usually 60 were placed. The total ammunition capacity was 2520 tons. Initially, it was planned to create six such machines, but due to the high price ($ 451 million), it remained the only one of its kind - its feature was not only the size, but also the presence of eight reactors of the A2W type.
The aircraft carrier has become a symbol of US naval power and has been used in almost all wars and conflicts involving this country: in the Caribbean crisis, in the Vietnam War in 1965, in Iraq in 1998, in Afghanistan in 2001, in the Iraq War of the 2000s , in the fight against Somali pirates in 2011.
During its long life, the aircraft carrier went to sea 25 times, made one circumnavigation (in 1964), set a record for the number of sorties from a ship (65 in one day in 1965) and almost exploded in 1969, when on board an unplanned self-launch of aerial bombs occurred, which provoked the scattering of missiles and the destruction of 15 aircraft. Then 27 people died, 314 people were injured, and the damage to the ship was estimated at $ 6.4 million. However, the miracle aircraft carrier was restored and continued to sail until it was decommissioned in 2012. Its full disposal is scheduled for 2016.
Names of winners
Knock Nevis is the largest cargo ship ever built. With a length of 466 and a width of 70 meters, its total cargo capacity is about 565 thousand tons (4.1 million barrels of oil). Of the current cargo ships, the largest is Emma Maersk.
Norwegian super tanker Knock Nevis was built in 1979 and bore the following names: Seawise Giant, Happy Giant, Jahre Viking. Its draft in the water with a full load is 24.5 m, which does not allow the vessel to pass through the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal.
A bit of history
This ship was built in the 20th century by the company SUMITOMO OPPAMA SHIPYARD (Japan). Despite the fact that this vessel was laid down in 1979, its dimensions are still unsurpassed.
Knock Nevis is also the largest displacement ship in human history. Its crew consists of 40 people, speed - no more than 13 knots. The braking distance of the largest ship in the world is more than 10 km.
Seawise Giant began to build on the order of the Greek tycoon, but he went bankrupt as a result of the oil embargo of the 70s. After that, the ship was purchased by the Hong Kong magnate Tung, who financed its completion. However, at Tung's insistence, the ship's deadweight was increased from 480,000 to 564,763 tons, making the Seawise Giant the world's largest ship.
Destiny - to carry oil
The tanker entered service in 1981, and initially transported oil from fields in the Gulf of Mexico. Then he was transferred to transport oil from Iran. It was in the Persian Gulf that he was sunk. In 1986, during the Iran-Iraq war, in the Strait of Hormuz, the tanker was attacked and sunk by Iraqi Air Force aircraft with missiles. It sank in shallow water near Kharg Island, due to which in August 1988 it was raised and taken for repairs at the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore by its new owner, Norman International. Most likely, the company bought, raised and repaired the tanker mainly for the sake of prestige. The refurbished Seawise Giant was renamed the Happy Giant.
By 1999, he again changed the owner and name - he was bought by the Norwegian Jahare Wallem and renamed Jahre Viking.
How to dispose of bulk?
In March 2004, the giant got a new owner, First Olsen Tankers.
Times have already changed, and given the age of the tanker, it was decided to convert it into a floating complex for storage and loading at the shipyards of Dubai. After the alteration, he received the name Knock Nevis, and was then delivered to the Al Shaheen field in the waters of Qatar.
In December 2009, the ship was sold for scrapping to India, and set off on her last journey under the name Mont. His last photographs date back to January 2010, when the ship was laid up near the city of Alang (India) ready for disposal. Dismantlement of the largest ship in the world will last at least a year.
Giant monument to love
Of the operating for its intended purpose, the largest cargo ship is the ship Emma Maersk built in 2006.
This fairly new ship is perhaps the world's largest monument to love. The giant container ship, capable of captivating even people far from technology with its appearance, was named by the shipowner magnate who built it in honor of his deceased wife.
The giant container ship is also equipped with the world's largest internal combustion engine. And the capacity of this vessel, estimated according to the standard scheme, is 13.5-14.5 thousand TEU (these units are equivalent to 20-foot containers).
A.P. owner Moller-Maersk Group, 93-year-old Arnold Maersk Mackini Möller ( Arnold Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller), immortalized his wife Emma, who died in December 2005, in a supership. With Emma, Arnold lived in love and harmony for 65 years.
Only numbers
Now Emma is a beautiful gray-blue ship, the parameters of which are truly amazing. The length of the ship is 397 meters, width - 56 meters, draft - 15.5 meters. Gross tonnage - 171 thousand tons (gross).
One of the largest moving objects created by man are ships. There are a large number of various vessels used for various purposes. There are a lot of huge ships, but there are even more big ones, so instead of listing them all, we decided to rank the largest ships in their class, which included only 9 representatives, but what kind!
9 Eclipse yacht
Our rating opens with the largest and most expensive yacht in the world, which belongs to one of the richest people in Russia, Roman Abramovich. The yacht was launched in 2009 in Hamburg and was equipped with a 12-seat mini-submarine, a missile warning system, bulletproof windows, two helicopters with take-off platforms, four pleasure boats, 20 motor scooters and infrared lasers that prevent shooting by digital equipment. . The yacht itself consists of 9 decks, they have a 500 square meter cabin with a stage and a grand piano, a 56 meter owner's private deck, 11 luxury cabins for 24 passengers, a gym with a sauna, a 16 meter swimming pool, a cinema hall, a dance hall, two kitchens and staff quarters for 92 people. The number of crew and attendants is 70 people. The yacht is 162 meters long, 21 meters wide, and has a displacement of 13,000 tons. The cost of the yacht is 340 million euros.
8 Ferry "Ulysses"
This is the world's largest passenger ferry - the pride of Ireland. It makes 4 flights a day, 230 kilometers per flight between the UK and Ireland. In addition to passengers, this ferry also carries a lot of all kinds of cargo, and the reason for this is the island way of life of the nation, which requires an inexhaustible trade turnover, which depends on sea routes. The sea ferry “Ulysses” unloads and loads in 90 minutes thanks to an ingenious design that can be loaded and unloaded on two decks at the same time. There are 117 double and 110 single cabins on board.
From the boarding ramp, passengers enter the main hall, which can compete with a luxury hotel. The cabins offer all the benefits of a regular hotel room, a huge shopping mall, cinema and restaurants are located on other decks. The passenger ferry is twice the size of its predecessors and is not afraid of ten-meter waves. The cargo-passenger ship has 12 decks and four kilometers of traffic lanes. Its length is 209 meters, width - 31 meters, displacement - 50,000 tons. The ferry accommodates: trucks or trailers - 240 units, cars - 1342 units, passengers - 1900 people.
7 The Stella Deneb cattle ship
The world's largest livestock ship was launched in 1980. One of the major livestock shipping companies, Siba Ships, in 2007 carried out the largest livestock shipment in the world. The route ran from the port of Townsville, Australia to one of the ports of Indonesia. 20,060 cattle and 2,564 sheep and goats were loaded on board the Stella Deneb. For the delivery of animals to the port, 28 trains were involved. All transportation was carried out under the vigilant supervision and control of veterinary services and met the highest standards. Delivery of such a batch of artiodactyls to the customer cost 11.5 million Australian dollars. The ship can carry cargo weighing up to 21,525 tons, its length is 213 meters and its width is 32 meters.
6 Ship for the transport of ships "MV Blue Marlin"
This unique and impressive Norwegian ship is designed to carry unfinished or damaged ships, oil platforms, cranes, moorings and other ships and structures that need to be transported by water. The MV Blue Marlin, for example, was used to transport a BP oil platform and a damaged US warship and even an entire oil refinery, whose transportation became the basis of one of the plots of the television show “Extreme Engineering” on the Discovery Channel, as well as TV the show “Mega Movers”, which was released on the channel “History Channel”. The principle of operation of the vessel is that it submerges several meters under water and swims under the object that needs to be transported. The vessel is equipped with a gym, sauna, swimming pool and 38 cabins that can easily accommodate 60 people. Length - 217 meters, width - 42 meters, height - 13 meters, carrying capacity - 56,000 metric tons, immersion depth - 10 meters.
5 Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz
The American largest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world, the largest warship launched on May 13, 1972. He made his first trip to the Mediterranean Sea, becoming the first American ship with a nuclear power plant to enter the Mediterranean Sea in ten years. In 1988, he provided security during the Olympic Games in Seoul. In 1991 he made a trip to the Persian Gulf, participated in Operation Desert Storm. Since 2003, he has been participating in the war in Iraq. The length of the ship is 332 meters, width - 76 meters, power - 260,000 horsepower, crew - 3200 people, 90 helicopters fit on board.
4 Tanker Xin Buyan
The largest operating tanker was built in China in Guangzhou using its own Chinese technologies. Construction of the tanker began in 2008. Launched in early 2010. The tanker "Xin Buyan" with a displacement of 350,000 tons is currently the most modern and one of the largest in the world. The length of the ship's deck is 333 meters, which is more than the size of three football fields. The width of the tanker reaches 60 meters. Xin Buyan is designed to carry up to 308,000 tons of oil. According to China, the tanker is equipped with one of the most advanced automatic navigation systems in the world, it is designed for any weather conditions and is capable of circumnavigating the world in 60 days.
3 Bulk carrier MS Vale Brasil
The Brazilian bulk carrier, the largest in the world, was launched on December 31, 2010. The ship's first cargo was iron ore, weighing 391,000 tons, to be shipped from a port in Brazil to China. This iron would be enough to build three Golden Gate bridges in the USA, and a little more would be left. Due to the size of the bulk carrier, it can only dock in a few ports in Brazil, Europe and China. The ship has seven cargo compartments, the total area of which is almost 220 cubic meters. The length of the ship is 360 meters, the width is 65 meters, the crew consists of 33 people.
2 Cruise ship "Oasis of the Seas"
The largest cruise ship in the world was launched on November 21, 2008. The christening ceremony for Oasis of the Seas took place on November 30, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale. She departed for her maiden voyage from Oasis of the Seas on December 5, 2009. The program included a one-week cruise with calls to St. Thomas, Sint Maarten and the Bahamas. At the time of the first voyage, only these ports could receive such a huge vessel. Throughout the year, Oasis of the Seas cruises the Caribbean. For the first time in the world, a park of 12 thousand exotic, living plants and shrubs and 56 trees was planted on the ship.
On board the ship there are swimming pools with a jacuzzi, a water park with a water arena, a casino, shops and boutiques where you can buy any food and clothing for every taste, restaurants and bars. There is a 750-seat aquatic amphitheater with fountains, jumps and diving towers in the open air and an indoor theater with 1300 seats, as well as the largest casino in the world cruise fleet and much more. The maximum speed of the liner is 43 km/h. The hull weighs 45,000 tons and consists of 480,000 parts. The length of the ship is 362 meters, width - 60 meters, height - 72 meters, power - 132,000 horsepower, crew - 2165 people, number of passengers - 6400.
1 Container ship "Emma Marsk"
The largest cargo ship is a container ship owned by the Danish company A.P. Moller Maersk Group. The ship is named by the owner of the shipbuilding company in honor of his late wife, Emma. Emma Marsk travels approximately 170,000 nautical miles per year, which is more than 7 distances around the Earth. When fully loaded, Emma Marsk can hold 11,000 full 20' containers or 14,700 empty containers. On March 18, 2011, the Royal Danish Mint issued a 20 crown coin dedicated to the container ship Emma Marsk. The length of the vessel is 397 meters, width - 63 meters, height - 30 meters, carrying capacity - 123,000 tons, power - 109,000 horsepower, loading is possible immediately from 11 cranes, the captain's bridge is located on the 10th floor of the ship's superstructure. Due to the ship's size, the Panama Canal is closed to it.
For a long time, the legendary Titanik with a length of 309 meters and a tragic fate was considered the largest ship on the planet. The modern largest ship surpassed the Titanic by more than 100 meters, making contemporaries gasp with delight.
The largest non-military ship on the planet
The largest ship in the world is undoubtedly the tanker Knock Nevis, owned by Norway. The history of this ship is truly unique, because it was built back in 1979, and at the same time it was first launched. Due to its huge size, the ship could not be called maneuverable, and by the mid-80s, its condition left much to be desired.
In 1986, during the 1986 Iran-Iraq war, the tanker was attacked and sunk. It was only restored in 1989, and a lot of money was spent on returning the tanker to its former gigantic size. From the beginning of her new life in 1989 until her scrapping in 2010, the ship changed its name several times, and even its dimensions varied slightly.
In 2010, it was decided to dispose of the ship, since the huge fuel costs did not pay off even the mass nature of the transported goods.
The width of the ship itself was 68.8 meters, and the maximum speed of this ship was 13 knots. The ship itself was designed for a crew of forty people, and the stopping distance of the tanker was more than twenty kilometers.
Other large ships
The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller is rightfully considered the largest of those that are still in operation. The length of the ship designed to carry containers is 399 meters. The width of the vessel itself is 59 meters, and it is capable of speeds up to 23 knots.
Despite the incredible size, the ship does not have a negative impact on the environment. Thanks to modern technologies, the owners of the vessel have managed to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere as a result of the operation of the vessel by 50%.
Another ship designed to carry containers is the CMA CGM Jules Verne. The ship belongs to France, moored in the port of Marseille. The ship got its name in honor of the famous writer Jules Verne. The size of the container ship is 396 meters and the width is 54 meters.
The ship left South Korea on its maiden voyage in 2013, and is now actively used to develop French industry. The ship itself has a crew of 26 people, and the maximum speed of the ship is 22.5 knots. French experts have calculated that the size of the ship is 4 times the length of a standard football field. This vessel is considered not only one of the largest, but also the most modern, because innovations and the best modern technologies were used in the construction.
The largest ship designed for the transport of passengers and tourism is the Oasis of the Seas liner. The length of the liner itself is 361 meters and a width of 66 meters. This ship employs 2,100 people who serve the many visitors to the liner. Oasis of the Seas is known not only for its size, but also for the highest level of service.
So, for example, the ship has the largest casino, an ice rink, and a park with several thousand plants. Due to the excellent equipment of the ship, Oasis of the Seas is considered one of the best cruise ships in the world. This ship even has its own personal theater, which can accommodate 1380 spectators at the same time.
Man has always strived to set records not only in terms of the size of ships, but also in terms of the equipment of each ship. That is why in the modern world there are several ships at once, whose dimensions are incredibly huge. Basically, these ships are used for industrial purposes, but the tourism sector is also developing in favor of increasing the size of cruise ships.
