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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]
The world's longest ships are listed according to their overall length (LOA), which is the maximum length of the vessel measured between the extreme points in fore and aft. In addition, the ships' deadweight tonnage (DWT) and/or gross tonnage (GT) are presented as they are often used to describe the size of a vessel.
Cargo ship: For Sharp Steamship Co. Ltd. [8] 7 July United Kingdom: Harland & Wolff: Belfast: Gloucestershire: Passenger ship: For Bibby Steamship Co. [9] 7 July Norway: Royal Norwegian Navy's shipyard Horten: Troll: Draug-class destroyer For Royal Norwegian Navy: 9 July United Kingdom: Earle's Shipbuilding: Hull: Brittany: Passenger ship
She was the world's largest ship until the launch of RMS Olympic in 1910. Mauretania captured the eastbound Blue Riband on the maiden return voyage in December 1907, then claimed the westbound Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing during her 1909 season.
The RMS Franconia was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line.She was launched on 23 July 1910 at the Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend shipyard. [1] Franconia was intended for the line's Boston service, being the largest ship of the time to enter Boston harbor, with winter service in the New York-Mediterranean cruising service.
Less cumbersome and much more powerful than the more traditional reciprocating engines, the turbines would produce nearly 45,000 shaft horsepower (34,000 kW) [4] and drive the ship at a top speed of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) ensuring that she was the largest and fastest French ship at sea.
The first plates of the keel were laid in 1910 at the Vulcan Shipyards in Hamburg, Germany, and the ship made its maiden voyage in 1913. At 52,117 gross register tons, Imperator was the largest ship in the world until Vaterland sailed in May 1914. [2]
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