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Cruise ships started to exceed ocean liners in size and capacity in the mid-1990s; [2] before then, few were more than 50,000 GT. [3] In the decades since the size of the largest vessels has more than doubled. [4] There have been nine or more new cruise ships added every year since 2001, most of which are 100,000 GT or greater. [5]
This is a list of ocean liners past and present, which are passenger ships engaged in the transportation of passengers and goods in transoceanic voyages. Ships primarily designed for pleasure cruises are listed at List of cruise ships. Some ships which have been explicitly designed for both line voyages and cruises, or which have been converted ...
The following is a list of the largest passenger vehicles with consumer availability in history. ... Cruise ship: 364.75 m ... Ocean liner: 345 m (1,131 ft 11 ...
The world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, set sail for the first time on Saturday (27 January). It has overtaken sister ship Wonder of the Seas to claim the title ...
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]
Combined ocean liner/cruise ship. Ended service 1954. Later Berlin, scrapped 1966. Gripsholm: Swedish America Line: 1957: 23,191: Combined ocean liner/cruise ship, built as sister ship to the Kungsholm. Sold to Karageorgis Lines in 1975, renamed the Navarino. Sold to Regency Cruises in 1984 as the Regent Sea, operated until 1995. Sunk 2001. [8 ...
Cunard's transatlantic liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, although designed as an ocean liner, was also used as a cruise ship. [4] By the early 1960s, 95% of passenger traffic across the Atlantic was by aircraft. Thus the reign of the ocean liners came to an end. [73] By the early 1970s, many passenger ships continued their service in cruising.
Cruise ship: 19,089: Built for Crown Cruise Line, transferred to Star Cruises 1995: Cunard Crown Dynasty: 1993: 1993–1997: Cruise ship: 19,089: Built for Crown Cruise Line, transferred to Majesty Cruise Line 1997: Royal Viking Sun: 1988: 1994–1999: Cruise ship: 37,850: Built for Royal Viking Line, transferred to Seabourn Cruise Line 1999