The largest cruise ships. How the largest cruise ship in the world works

There were no pleasure tourist ships yet. In fact there are dozens of airliners different companies, approximately the same in size and competing with each other in luxury. In many ways they are similar to each other. Let's at least look at the BIGGEST one. Along the way, we’ll add this boat to our

Royal Caribbean International commissioned Finnish shipbuilders to build a completely new class passenger airliners, which will be able to hold the palm for many years. This is how it appeared a cruise ship Oasis of the Seas, which was launched as the world's largest passenger ship on October 28, 2009. In addition, the liner won first place in another category, as the most expensive ship on the planet. $1.24 billion was spent on its construction; the average cost of keeping such a vessel in port will cost its owners $230,000.

The new Genesis class ships, the first-born Oasis of the Seas and the already under construction Allure of the Seas, surpassed their predecessor Freedom of the Seas and became 21 m longer, 8.5 m wider and almost 43 percent heavier. .

The passenger ships of the Genesis project have become truly remarkable liners. This bold design, and a lot of innovations and technological advances in amenities for passengers, all this will now help attract new customers to unforgettable sea travel.

The Oasis of the Seas liner incorporates all the best that is available on the ships of Royal Caribbean International. Its first voyage on December 5, 2009 will be held on a grand scale, including the most luxurious party at sea. For its guests this is an amazing sea voyage, and for the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship it is a readiness to withstand any threat: hurricanes, giant waves and even contagious diseases.

The ship was built by the shipbuilding company STX Europe specifically for Royal Caribbean International; the construction of the Oasis of the Seas cost £855 million. The length of the ship is 361 meters, width - 66, and its highest point rises 72 meters above the water surface. The liner's displacement 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 a power of 96 MW, which allows the ship to reach speeds of up to 22.6 maritime knots. The ship's new owners were very surprised to learn that the Oasis had four more cabins than originally planned.

New safety measures and the design of completely new features for cruising have made Oasis of the Seas one of the most anticipated cruise ships in history. The ship has so-called telescopic pipes, which can shrink if it is necessary to sail under a bridge. The world's largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, had to be partially dismantled so it could pass under Denmark's Great Belt Bridge. But even after the height of the pipes was reduced, the distance between the ship and the construction structure 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 watch 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 people and for millionaires. The ship is equipped with a water amphitheater, a carousel (made "life-size"), a floating park, an ice skating 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 science laboratories. Among other things, it has 10 spa baths and surfing simulators. The ship is so large that it is divided into “districts” with special themes, including a tropical area with palm trees and wines. In total, 12 thousand plants and 56 trees were planted on the ship - this is the world's first park on a ship with an area of 2000 square meters. m, which became a kind of analogue of “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.

A 750-seat outdoor amphitheater is located aft and is modeled after an ancient Greek amphitheater. The indoor theater, located in another part of the ship, can accommodate 1,300 guests. A two-week cruise on the miracle ship Oasis of the Seas will cost a fairly modest amount: from £1,300 for a place in the cheapest cabin. Its sister ship, 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 the people are wealthy, then on board the ship there should be about 20,000 bottles of champagne, 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 completion of loading, the cruise ship "Oasis of the Seas" sets off on its first cruise voyage. And if you forgot something, then, alas, it’s too late to correct the mistakes. The liner left the port of Everglades and the cruise began.

Doctors on the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship 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 a ship usually guarantee first-class food 24 hours a day. Especially during holiday cruises, when the ship’s staff throws a real feast on board the ship. The restaurants serve the most exquisite dishes.

And waste disposal is the most important part of the internal structure of the ship. The Oasis of the Seas has its own waste treatment plant, where all waste is carefully sorted. Tin cans are pressed, glass is broken to prepare for recycling, and all other solid waste is stored until it can be dumped at the nearest port because the Oasis of the Seas is an environmentally friendly ship.

More than three hundred cooks work on board the ship. It's in the galley that $2 million worth of food is found. Due to strict hygiene regulations, the galley is prohibited for all but registered employees. Every day, about 70,000 main dishes are served on the ship, of which 15,000 are dessert.

The Cruise Director is responsible for all entertainment during the cruise. The most difficult part of his job is to make sure that the guests are satisfied. He plans entertainment, communicates with guests and keeps them in a good mood. There is an own film studio on board. Its employees film daily material on board the ship, and then, after editing, broadcast it to the cabins, usually in the evening.

No less amazing place on the cruise ship "Oasis of the Seas" is considered the "Royal Promenade", which runs down the center of the ship. There is a unique illuminated transparent elevator here. This place has so many shops and bars that it looks like small town. There is plenty of entertainment to be had on board the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship.

Traditionally, an artificial wave pool is installed on the upper deck. Its pumps pump up to 112,000 liters of water per minute.

One of the most popular events on the ship is the theater, which seats about 2,000 people. The show on ice also attracts a lot of spectators. To ensure that everything goes without falls, engineers turn on the ship's stabilization system.

February 24, 2010- the Royal Carribean company realized that many people might like the idea of tracking one person to others, and they were right, the new product quickly became very popular

On the world's largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, Royal Carribean is offering the latest in IT technology, ID bracelets and iPhone mobile phones so that people can find each other in the countless rooms of the giant ship. Wristbands are personal radio frequency identifiers RFID, 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 an Apple iPhone, equipped with a detailed diagram of the liner, that is, at any time one person can know exactly where another is.

There are almost 1,000 places on the ship where you can access 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, but through the ship’s iPhone you can get this or that information, order a service, etc. etc., but then they realized that many people might like the idea of tracking one person to another, and they were right, the new product quickly became very popular. It is not difficult to guess that parents have become 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 also for the entire crew. Searching for a lost person on a ship is a multi-hour and extremely difficult operation, a general emergency on the ship, and preferably at this time all other passengers should be forced into cabins or public areas.

At first, Oasis of the Seas offered badges as an identifier, but then they went further and now offer bracelets, which are much more convenient, since they can serve as a kind of pagers. If you send a signal from the iPhone, the bracelet begins to vibrate, and its owner will understand that they are looking for him. If this is a child, then fine, but teenagers are unlikely to like this kind of IT surveillance. The young man met a girl at a disco and retired with her to a darker and more secluded place, fortunately there are plenty of such places on a giant liner, and the damned bracelets suddenly begin to vibrate, what’s it like? But what a blessing to parents...

The device operates on the basis of the RTLS real-time location system from Ekahau, the signal from the identifier is processed by the DeFi Royal Connect program and sent to the final server, and from there it goes to the iPhone, the location accuracy is 3-3.5 meters. The bracelets are powered by rechargeable batteries; there is more than enough charge for a week-long cruise. After the end of the cruise, the bracelets are returned to the administration and charged again. The reviews, they say at Royal Carribean, are very good so far, but they don’t yet know how and where this new product can be used, in addition to surveillance, they are collecting data. During cruises, users of the electronic spy are interviewed, and it is hoped that the information collected will expand the scope of application of Wi-Fi RFID identifiers.
Voitenko Mikhail

Some numbers:

5000 kilometers of electrical wiring

12,000 plants, including real trees, but the plants will be installed and planted later, upon arrival of the liner in the USA

7,000 works of art will decorate the ship's premises or be displayed in the halls of 90,000 square meters of carpeting

The construction of the liner took 525,000 square meters of steel - an area equivalent to 72 football fields

Did you know that...

The screws for this giant will be manufactured by a Russian plant - JSC Baltic Plant

JSC Baltiysky Zavod has completed production of the first propeller designed for the world's largest ocean cruise liner, Genesis. The 360-meter-long vessel is being built by the Norwegian company Aker Yards at its shipyard in Finland. The Baltic Shipyard will equip the aircraft with two propellers. The diameter of each product is more than 6 meters.
Contracts for the manufacture of propellers for the cruise ships Genesis, Super Star Libra, Celebrity and Hall, which are being built at the Finnish shipyard, were concluded by JSC Baltic Plant (St. Petersburg) and FSUE Zvezdochka (Severodvinsk) in 2007. According to the terms of the agreements, the St. Petersburg enterprise will supply the customer with several dozen sets of blades, hubs and fairings, as well as sets of spare parts for propellers, by the end of this year. The value of the contracts is more than 10 million euros.

The Baltic Plant is the only Russian manufacturer of large propellers (weighing up to 70 tons, diameter up to 8 m) made of bronze and brass. The company produces 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. Cruise vacationers love formal events. Each of them tries to bring home the memory of sea voyage For this purpose, several professional photographers work on board the ship. About 30,000 photos will be taken during the cruise.

The beauty of anyone cruise travel is that in the ports where the liner stops, a lot of new sensations await passengers.

On the ship, everything is done for the clients, 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 service personnel lead full lives, but completely isolated from guests. They are not allowed to use the main passages on board the aircraft unless absolutely necessary. All personnel move along a hidden system of service corridors and staircases. To do this, in the center of this labyrinth there is a main passage that runs the entire length of the ship. It has the unofficial name E-95, and is used by crew members to get to their cabins, where they can take a break from guests. The laundry room on such a ship is one of the busiest of all types of ships. The workers of this plant work around the clock.

In nightclubs liner« Oasis of the Seas“The DJs do their job well. While they are warming up the audience, night falls on the ship and then most of the 750,000 lamps on the ship light up. Electricity on the cruise ship is generated by diesel generators custom-made by the company " Wartsilla».

The most secure room on a cruise ship is the engineering control room. From here they monitor the weather conditions, monitor the operation of the power plant and control all the ship's systems. This is the center of power on a passenger ship, so entry is strictly prohibited.

On liner« Oasis of the Seas“4,500 km of electrical cable have been laid, so the main thing for the ship’s engineers is not bad weather, but fire. Such liner consumes on average up to 11,000 kg of fuel per hour. A sudden spark anywhere more dangerous than a hurricane. Operating costs are enormous - even a slight deviation from the course can add up to a considerable sum.

During bad weather and the inability to safely enter the port, the ship's captain may give orders not to enter the port, and the cruise director will immediately announce the changed plans to passengers. This adds more work to the entertainment service as everyone stays on board.

A cruise ship« Oasis of the Seas"became the world's first passenger ship to have seven independent thematic 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 here is discouraged.

Central Park located under open air in the center of the ship and forms a public space with sidewalks, flowers and trees. Its grounds are used for outdoor walks, street performances and concerts. Above the park's surroundings, 334 cabins stretch five stories high, 254 of which have balconies that overlook the park. Central Park has a range 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 all the staff maintain a calm demeanor, some have to deal with a variety of problems on board, from natural disasters to crimes. The plainclothes security service takes on this matter. They have CCTV cameras and the ship's own law enforcement agencies at their disposal.

In case of evacuation to cruise ship There is a modern system of rescue boats, as well as inflatable life rafts, which are located at strategic points on the ship. Resolving safety and security issues, guest requirements. Even on such liners as " Oasis of the Seas“With a great organization, sometimes people can get lost. They are often late at ports, so the ship always reminds them that the ship is leaving exactly on schedule.

The ship has a huge selection of cabins, which include luxury rooms and family rooms. A new feature is 25 two-level rooms with balconies. Each of them covers an area of 1524 square meters. 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 and bathrooms with multiple mirrors.

Length - 361 m;
Width - 66 m;
Height - 72 m;
Displacement - 225282 tons;
Power point- eight diesel engines " Wartsila» power 17500 hp each;
Propulsion system- three steering columns of the “Azipod” type with a power of 27,200 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 term “displacement of ships” comes up quite often. And although it is intuitively clear what it means, some people still do not fully understand what this important parameter means. Let's look at it.

What does a ship's displacement mean?

This parameter determines the volume of water displaced by the ship. The weight of water that a ship displaces is usually equal to the weight of the ship itself. Therefore, this parameter is expressed in tons, and not in volume. However, in the West it is customary to indicate this parameter in poods (which is also a weight unit). One ton is equal to 62.03 pounds. Therefore, if this parameter is equal to 10,000 tons, then this means that its weight is 620,300 pounds.

It is worth noting that the displacement of ships is a variable unit. It is always changing. A loaded ship traveling to one point will have the same weight; after unloading, its displacement becomes smaller. This also applies to fuel, which is consumed as the ship moves forward. So a ship leaves point “A” with one displacement and arrives at point “B” with another. Therefore, it cannot be said that the displacement of ships determines the weight of the ship, although this is only partly accurate. This parameter indicates exactly how much water is displaced per this moment. After all, even when one person comes on board, the displacement increases by 0.06-0.07 tons (the weight of one person).

Displacement of large ships

There are a lot of ships in the world with different weights of displaced water. But which ships are the leaders in this parameter? The size of some ships is simply amazing. And although some of the ships no longer sail, they still deserve attention as the largest and heaviest.

1st place - Prelude FLNG

The largest ship was built in 2013 in South Korea. It is 488 meters long and 78 meters wide. It is intended for gas transportation. 260 thousand tons of steel were used for its construction, and at full load the displacement is 600 thousand tons.

To make it easier to imagine the size and weight of this vessel, we can compare the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. This ship can carry up to 90 aircraft and helicopters, and on board it uses 8 nuclear reactors and 4 turbines. It also serves 4,800 people. And its maximum displacement is 93,400 tons, which is approximately 6 times less than the Prelude FLNG.

2nd place - Seawise Giant

This supertanker was built in 1979 and has been known by many names. In particular, it is called the queen of oceans and rivers. This Japanese ship was heavily damaged during the Iran-Iraq War. It was considered impossible to repair it, so the decision was made to flood it. However, it was then raised from the bottom, repaired and named Happy Giant. In 2009 it made its last trip. Her displacement was 657,018 when fully loaded.

3rd place - Pierre Guillaumat

Third place is rightly taken by Pierre Guillaumat. It was named after the French politician and founder of Elf Aquitaine, Pierre Guillaume. It was built in 1977, served for six years, and then was scrapped due to unprofitability. It turned out that the ship, due to its size, could not pass through the Panama or Suez Canal, and also did not have the opportunity to enter many ports of the world. Consequently, its use was severely limited and sometimes it was irrational to drive it halfway around the world, bypassing the Panama or Suez Canal.

And although the ship turned out to be unprofitable and simply unsuccessful, it had a huge carrying capacity, and the vessel’s displacement reached 555 thousand tons.

4th place - Batillus

This supertanker was built by Chantiers de l’Atlantique for the famous oil industry corporation Shell Oil. Its carrying capacity was 554 thousand tons, speed - 16-17 knots. It rightly ranks fourth, but has not been used since 1985.

5th place - Esso Atlantic

In the history of ships, the name Esso Atlantic is one of the most popular. The length of the vessel was 406 meters, the carrying capacity was 516,891 tons. The ship served for 35 years as an oil tanker, but was scrapped in Pakistan in 2002.

6th place - Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller

The famous company Maersk has created one of the world's largest container ships, the Mc-Kinney Moller, which boasts the largest carrying capacity among container ships. Its length was 399 meters. Considering its dimensions, the ship turned out to be quite fast - its speed was 23 knots. The ship was built at the South Korean plant Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.

7th place - Emma Maersk

Once again, Maersk stood out by creating one of the. This vessel is still in operation (it was launched quite recently - in 2006). Its capacity is 11 thousand containers (11,000 TEU), and its length reaches 397 meters.

Finally

And although these ships are the largest today, this is only for a while. Technologies are improving, and in the near future we will be able to see new, more spacious ships. It is also worth noting that the above vessels are leaders in terms of displacement, but they are not the largest. After all, the dimensions of a ship do not indicate its weight and ability to transport large loads.

So, we have defined the displacement of the vessel. The main thing here is to understand that this parameter is not constant, it changes during loading, unloading, and fuel combustion.

For many centuries, merchant ships and warships have been plying the oceans. Sometimes people build such colossuses that, looking at photographs, it is difficult to imagine them. These hulks transport people, cargo, oil and gas. About the 6 largest watercraft in the world - further in the review.

1. Supertanker Knock Nevis

The longest ship ever built is the oil tanker Knock Nevis, previously known as the Jahre Viking. Knock Nevis is also considered the largest object ever created by man. Its maximum length is 458.45 meters and its displacement is 260,941 tons.

The supertanker first took to the water in 1979 when it left the Sumitomo Heavy Industries shipyard in Japan. The ship transported crude oil around the world and was even bombed in 1988 during the Iran-Iraq War. The ship caught fire in coastal waters and sank; it was completely written off. After the end of the war, the Jahre Viking was raised, repaired and put back into service.

To operate a supertanker, a crew of only 35 people is needed. The machine is driven by one 9-meter propeller, which makes 75 revolutions per minute. Thanks to this, a cruising speed of 16 knots (30 km/h) is achieved. To slow down, the ship needs 9 kilometers, and to turn around - 3 kilometers of water space.

Throughout its history, the ship has repeatedly changed its name, owners and port of registry. In 2009, the tanker made its last voyage to India, after which it was cut into metal.

2. Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise

The American USS Enterprise is the world's largest warship. This is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, also known as CVA-65. This is the eighth ship with this name in the American fleet, but the largest of all. It is 342 meters long and can carry up to 4,600 troops and 90 aircraft.

Nuclear power point of eight reactors produces a maximum power of 280,000 hp, thanks to which the ship can reach a speed of 33.6 knots (62 km/h). These characteristics look even more impressive when you consider that the USS Enterprise was commissioned in 1962. In 2017, after 55 years of service, the ship was officially decommissioned. Before that, he managed to see the Cuban crisis, the Vietnam War, and the Iraq War, where he represented the military power of the United States.

3. Gas carrier Q-Max

The world's largest gas carriers are Q-Max vessels. Their displacement is 162,400 tons, length is 345 m, width is 55 meters. Q-max vessels can hold up to 266,000 cubic meters of natural gas and reach speeds of up to 19.5 knots (36 km/h).

There are currently 14 Q-Max class gas carriers in the world; each giant costs $290 million. The vessels were built by Samsung Heavy Industries, Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The first gas carrier in the series (Moza) was completed in 2007 at a shipyard in South Korea. The ship received its name in honor of the second wife of the ruler of Qatar.

4. Container ship CSCL Globe

In November 2014, the naming ceremony of the world's largest container ship CSCL Globe was held. This is the first of five container ships ordered by Chinese shipping company CSCL in 2013. The vessel is designed to sail on the route from Asia to Europe. The giant vessel, 400 meters long, has a displacement of 186,000 tons and can transport up to 19,100 shipping containers.

The CSCL Globe uses an electronically controlled MAN B&W engine producing 77,200 hp. 17.2 meters high.

5. Harmony of the Seas

For several decades in a row, Royal Caribbean International has been building new cruise ships that are increasingly larger than the previous ones. In 2016, he made his first voyage, Harmony of the Seas, 362 meters long. The ship accommodates 2,200 crew and 6,000 passengers on voyages across the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Caribbean.

Harmony of the Seas displaces 225,282 tons and reaches a top speed of 22.6 knots (41.9 km/h).

There are many on board entertainment events, so as not to get bored for several weeks in a row: a spa, a casino, an quest room, an ice rink, a surf simulator, a theater, two climbing walls, a zip line, swimming pools, a basketball court, a small golf course and even a water park.

The Harmony of the Seas cost an estimated billion dollars to build, making it one of the most expensive commercial ships ever built.

6. TI class supertankers

The largest oil tankers still in service are the TI class supertankers. These vessels are TI Africa, TI Asia, TI Europe and TI Oceania. Mega-tankers were built in South Korea in 2003 for the Greek company Hellespont.

The TI class vessels are "only" 380 meters long - 78 meters shorter than the Knock Nevis. Each of them displaces 234,006 tons and when fully loaded they can reach a speed of 16.5 knots (30.5 km/h). A total of 4 ocean giants were built, which are still in operation today.

And just recently they were considered record-breaking

Oceans and seas occupy most of the surface of our planet. To navigate them, humanity has been building various ships for many millennia, and some of them are truly gigantic in size. The largest ships in the world are usually cargo tankers or container ships. But among other types of ships in the world there are those that deserve interest when it comes to the most big ship. Therefore, the following top 10 most large ships included are relatively modest in size compared to tankers, but the largest in their class (military, passenger, sailing).

1.Prelude

Although this ship is not yet in operation, it already rightfully bears the title of the largest ship in the world. The dimensions of its hull, which was already launched in 2013, are amazing. The length of the vessel is 488 m and the width is 78 m. With such gigantic dimensions, the cargo ship has a displacement of 600,000 tons. This is not exactly a cargo ship, but the world's first floating platform designed for the extraction, liquefaction and subsequent transportation of natural gas. Builds a giant to order Royal Dutch Shell South Korean corporation Samsung Heavy Industries.

Full completion of construction is planned for 2017. The floating leviathan, which produces and processes gas independently, cannot sail through the sea; tugs will be used for this. The platform's future operating location is Western Australia, 295 km away east of the city Broome. The cost of constructing the ship is $12 billion, and the estimated operational period is 25 years. The design of the vessel is designed to withstand the most powerful cyclones existing in nature, for this it has three shunting engines with a power of 6700 hp. With. every. With their help, during storms the ship will turn to the required position. The capacity of the floating plant is 3,600,000 tons of liquefied gas per year.

2. Seawise Giant (Knock Nevis)

If the world's previous largest ship represents the future of shipbuilding, then this largest ship in history has already been taken out of service and cut up for scrap. A giant 458.5 m long and 69 m wide was built in 1976, its displacement was almost 565 thousand tons. Its colossal dimensions did not allow it to pass through the Panama and Suez Canals and even through the English Channel, because the tanker’s draft was under summer the load line was 24.6 m.

The maximum speed of the tanker due to its size was relatively small, 13 knots or 21.1 km/h, but even at the same time the stopping distance of the ship was 10.2 km, and the turning diameter of the vessel was 3.7 km. Initially, in 1976, the ship, built by the Japanese Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI), was named Oppama. Then its dimensions were more modest, length - 376.7 m, displacement - 418.6 thousand tons. Later, the new owner of the ship, the Orient Overseas Line company from Hong Kong, ordered the reconstruction of the ship, a cylindrical insert was added to it, and the ship acquired its final record sizes. In 1981, the ship was named Seawise Giant and began sailing the ocean under the Liberian flag transporting crude oil.

In 1986, during the Iran-Iraq conflict, the tanker ran aground due to damage from an anti-ship missile. After the war, she was bought and restored by the Norwegian Norman International, and the ship was renamed Happy Giant. Even before commissioning in 1991, it was again resold to the Norwegian shipping company Loki Stream AS, so when the ship left the Singapore shipyard, it received another new name, Jahre Viking. The tanker received its last name, Knock Nevis, in 2004 after its purchase by the Norwegian company First Olsen Tankers Pte. From this year it was anchored and ceased to be a transport vessel. The giant made its last voyage in 2009 to the shores of India, where it was disposed of in 2010. One of his 36-ton anchors can be seen today in Maritime Museum Hong Kong.

It is currently the longest operational vessel in the world. This container ship is 397 m long and is one of 8 E-Class vessels built by the Moller-Maersk Group. The ship's displacement is 157 thousand tons, it was launched in 2006. Its main purpose is to transport goods between Southeast Asia And Northern Europe through the Suez and Gibraltar Canal.

The vessel is capable of transporting up to 11 thousand standard 20-foot containers (with cargo), its carrying capacity is 123 thousand tons. The power of its huge diesel plant is 109 thousand liters. s, and its mass is 2300 tons, thanks to it the ship can move across the ocean at a speed of 25.5 knots. The average distance a large commercial vessel travels per year is total length just over 300 thousand km.

Today, ships of this series are the largest ships in operation in terms of displacement, which is 441.6 thousand tons. They have a double hull, which is dictated by modern environmental requirements for ships transporting liquid cargo hazardous to the environment. A total of 4 ships of this series were built, 2 of which, TI Europe and TI Oceania, sail on the ocean, and 2 were turned into floating platforms to support the operation of the field near Qatar. The length of the vessels is 380 m.

5. Vale ore carriers

These are the largest dry cargo ships in operation today. Displacement of the most large ships this series reaches 400 thousand tons, and the length is 362 m. All vessels of the Vale family are owned by the Brazilian mining corporation of the same name. They are mainly used to transport iron ore to the United States from Brazilian deposits.

Today, the fleet of super-ore carriers consists of 31 ships with a displacement of 380 to 400 thousand tons. The four largest vessels were recently chartered to China's largest dry cargo fleet operator COSCO for 25 years. The advantage of Vale ships is considered to be low diesel fuel consumption and low carbon dioxide emissions per ton of ore, when compared with conventional ore carriers with a displacement of up to 200 thousand tons.

This is the biggest passenger ship, its length is 362 m, and its displacement is 19.8 thousand tons. It has a twin ship - a cruise Oasis ship in the Seas, which is 50 mm shorter. Allure of the Seas was launched as recently as 2008. The cruise ship has a crew of 2,100 people and a maximum passenger capacity of 6,400 people. On board the ship there is:

a park with exotic trees and shrubs;
various sports facilities ( ice rink, golf course, basketball and volleyball courts, bowling alley, etc.);
swimming pools with jacuzzi;
shops, casinos and much more.

7. Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise

This is the largest warship in the world. The length of the aircraft carrier is 342 m and the width is 78.4 m. This is the first warship of this type with a nuclear power plant (8 reactors). Enterprise entered service in 1961. Initially, it was planned to build 5 ships of this type, but due to the enormous cost ($451 million) and a number of other reasons, the largest warships of this modification were decided not to be replicated. In 2012, the aircraft carrier completed its last 8-month sea cruise. The ship's crew was 3,000 people, the number of aviation personnel was 1,800 people, and the aircraft carrier could accommodate up to 90 airplanes and helicopters.

If we talk about huge military vessels, then Russia also has its own large aircraft carrier - this is the heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov. Its length is 306 m and its width is 72 meters. If we talk about the active fleet, then in its size it is currently second only to Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, their length is almost 333 m.

This is the largest steamship ever built. Its length was 211 m, and its displacement was 22.5 thousand tons. The ship was launched in 1857. From the very beginning of its operation, its notoriety was firmly established; what other ship, except one haunted by misfortunes, could in just two years:

cause the death of several dozen workers during launching;
damaged due to a steam engine explosion during the first passage;
run into a rock.

The ship's crew was 418 people, and its passenger capacity was 4,000 people. The steamship was propelled by two paddle wheels powered by a 3650 hp steam engine. With. and a 4-blade propeller powered by a 4000 hp steam engine. With. In addition, the ship could sail through the sea under sails attached to 6 masts.

9. Project 941 Akula submarines

These are the largest submarines of our time. The length of submarines of this series is almost 173 m, and the underwater displacement is 48 thousand tons. Their colossal dimensions, first of all, were determined by the dimensions of the main weapons - intercontinental solid fuel three-stage ballistic missiles.

The underwater vessel is driven by two pressurized water nuclear reactors with a capacity of 190 MW each (shaft power 2×50 thousand hp) and two steam turbine units. In addition, the ship has two backup DC electric motors and a thruster device consisting of two folding columns driven by electric motors. The submarine's crew is 160 people.

This five-masted barque, launched by the French in 1912, is the largest sailing ship in history, its length was 146.2 m, and its displacement was 10.7 thousand tons. The ship was used to transport goods (wool, ore, coal) around the world. In 1922, near New Caledonia, the ship hit a reef and was abandoned by its owners. In 1944, during the bombing, it was destroyed.

Any ship presented in our TOP 10 largest ships can be called a creation of engineering thought. Of course, gigantic dimensions are not the goal for which these ships were designed and built. The size of the ships is determined, first of all, by the tasks that huge ships had to solve or are solving.

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