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The first large cruise ships were the Voyager-class from Royal Caribbean Group's Royal Caribbean International (RCI). These ships, which debuted in 1998 at over 137,000 GT, were almost 30,000 GT larger than the next-largest cruise ships, and were some of the first designed to offer amenities unrelated to cruising, such as an ice rink and climbing wall. [1]
The term "largest passenger ship" has evolved over time to also include ships by length as supertankers built by the 1970s were over 400 metres (1,300 ft) long. In the modern era the term has gradually fallen out of use in favor of "largest cruise ship" as the industry has shifted to cruising rather than transatlantic ocean travel. [1]
Originally smaller, jumboisation made Seawise Giant the largest ship ever by length, displacement (657,019 tonnes), and deadweight tonnage. [2] Batillus class (4 ships) 414.22 m (1,359 ft) 553,661–555,051 DWT: 274,837–275,276 GT: 1976–2003 Broken up The largest and longest ships ever to be laid down per original plans.
The Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas is the biggest cruise ship in the world. The nearly 1,200-foot ship set sail in January 2024 and accommodates 5,610 guests and 2,350 crew members ...
The world's largest cruise ship, complete with 20 decks and six waterslides, is getting ready to set sail for the first time. Royal Caribbean's "Icon of the Seas" is in Port Miami getting ready ...
Joint-largest cruise ship ever built for P&O Cruises and the UK market. [3] Originally planned for the first half of 2022, [4] but delayed to December 2022 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic [5] Arvia in Marseille: Assedo: Kaalbye Shipping International: 1968: 19,361: Scrapped. Originally the Shota Rustaveli, sold in 2000 as the Assedo ...