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Name Type Length overall DWT GT/GRT In service Status Notes Image Ref Pioneering Spirit: Crane vessel: 382 m (1,253 ft) 499,125 DWT: 403,342 GT: 2015– In service Pioneering Spirit is the largest twin-hulled vessel ever built as well as, at 124 metres (407 ft), the widest ship in the world. Photo is prior to renaming of vessel. [70] [71] Q-Max ...
Seawise Giant was the longest ship ever constructed, at 458.45 m (1,504.1 ft), longer than the height of many of the world's tallest buildings, including the 451.9 m (1,483 ft) Petronas Towers. [ 24 ]
Pioneering Spirit is the world's largest vessel, in terms of her gross tonnage (403,342 gt), breadth (123.75 m or 406 ft), and displacement (1,000,000 tonnes or 980,000 long tons). [4] [2] The maximum 48,000-tonne (53,000-short-ton) topside lift capacity is achieved by operating as a semi-submersible. For removal of topsides, the vessel ...
The Khufu ship is one of the oldest, largest, best preserved vessels from antiquity. It is 43.4 metres (142 ft) long, 5.9 metres (19 ft) wide, and 1.78 meters (5.83 ft) deep, and is the world's oldest intact ship. It has been described as "a masterpiece of woodcraft" that could sail today if put into a lake or a river.
This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ships.
Largest sailing vessels Names Image Year Status Shipyard LOA sparred Beam Masts & type Hull material Sail area Gross tonnage Displacement Note SS Great Eastern: 1858: H: J. Scott Russell & Co. 692 ft (211 m) 82 ft (25 m) 6-mast sailing steam ship: Iron: 18,150 sq ft (1,686 m 2) 18,915 GRT: 32,160 long tons: passenger liner, later converted to ...
Capable of unloading at a rate of 10,000 long tons of iron ore per hour, or 6,000 net tons of coal per hour, the total system displaces 14,497 tons. [1] Formally launched on February 4, 1981, the vessel was christened on April 25, 1981, as MV William J. De Lancey, named in honor of Republic Steel's chairman who participated in the launch. [1]
OOCL G-class container ship Container ship: 399.9 m (1,312 ft) 61.3 m (201 ft) 235,341: In service COSCO Shipyard Group: OOCL: ONE Innovation: ONE I-class container ship Container ship: 399.9 m (1,312 ft) 61.4 m (201 ft) 235,311: In service Japan Marine United Corporation: Ocean Network Express: Nissei Maru: Globtik Tokyo class Supertanker