What is the largest ship afloat?

Question

What is the largest ship afloat?

Answer 1

Queen Victoria  I believe is now the biggest cruise liner.

Answer 2

I thought the owners of the "RESIDENSEA" claimed that honor, but I'm probably wrong.

Answer 3

Oil tanker-- Jahre Viking

1503ft long, 226ft wide

gross tonnage 565,000

and that's BIG

Answer 4

US NAVY  CVAN Aircraft Carrier -- Reagan Class

about 1200 ft long , multiple nuclear reactors, the usual super ship stuff,  200 Nautical Mile Radar....

Answer 5

a tanker called the jahre viking,saw it on telly today,jeremey clarksons extreme machines.

Answer 6

How, when someone has quoted the biggest ship as being 1500 ft, do others come in with obvious smaller ones?

Are they just talking without listening?

Answer 7

This one -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_Nevis

or this one -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_M%C3%A...

Answer 8

Queen Mary 2 is the largest passenger ship afloat.

But......

The recently retired oil tanker Knock Nevis, formerly known as the Jahre Viking, was the world's largest vessel.  Weighing in at almost 565,000 tonnes and measuring 458 metres (1,504ft) in length the giant ship had a beam of almost 69m (226ft) and drawing over 24m (80ft) of water it could not enter most of the world's ports.  Given the complexity in manoeuvring such an enormous vessel, the ship was so massive it was too big to navigate through the English Channel.

Answer 9

isn't it that the thing called the world or something?

Answer 10

The Emma Maersk a container ship of the Maersk Line. It is 1302 feet long with a beam of 207 feet. It carries 123,200 Tons of cargo, has a 14 cylinder inline Diesel engine cranking out 110,000 Brake Horse Power and cruises at 31 Knots. There have been some larger ones built but this is the largest one currently in use.

Answer 11

titanic. the qm2's tiny compared to that.

Answer 12

IS IT NOT THE BIG LINER THAT ONLY MILLIONAIRES CAN AFFORD TO SAIL ON OH? THAT HAS GOT ME THINKING  I CANNOT REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE SHIP BUT IT WILL GET THE NAME HOPEFULLY

Answer 13

I believe Emma Maersk is correct regarding ships now in use.  She's also one of the most environmentally friendly ships ever built in terms of direct impact and fuel consumption.  

Odd note from a conservative -

For those who might think "big deal", consider the impact we collectively have on such things when we buy cheap foreign goods by the megaton that have to come to us by such container ships.  She's worth the read - link below.

Answer 14

If you're talking about ship in use, than its Emma Maersk.

It's the Titanic of the Cargo Ships! At 1,302 feet long it is the largest container ship ever built. The gigantic ship, which would awe anyone, was given the name Emma Maersk by the daughter of the late Arnold Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller and his wife Emma. After 65 happy years the Maersk's spent together, there is no question that this ship is the largest monument of love ever created.

Answer 15

the queen mary 2(this is for passenger services)

Answer 16

Who cares?

Happy Holidays.