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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 ...
RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2) is a British ocean liner. She has served as the flagship of the Cunard Line since January 2004, and as of 2024, is the only active, purpose-built ocean liner still in service. [9] [10] Queen Mary 2 sails regular transatlantic crossings between Southampton and New York City, in addition to short cruises and an annual world ...
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 SS United States, the largest ocean liner constructed entirely in America and still the holder of the transatlantic round-trip speed record, has been laid up in Philadelphia since 1996.
Ocean liners are included on this list only if they also functioned as cruise ships. (See: list of ocean liners .) As some cruise ships have operated under multiple names, all names will be listed in the Status section, along with the history of the vessel, under the vessel's current or most recent name .
Ocean Liner: 70,327: Sold 2008, Last ocean liner built for Cunard until the QM2, longest serving Cunarder in history; operating as a floating hotel in Dubai since April 2018 [6] Atlantic Causeway: 1969: 1970–1986: Container ship: 14,950: Scrapped in 1986: Atlantic Conveyor: 1970: 1970–1982: Container ship: 14,946: Sunk in Falklands War 1982 ...
In 2004, the five Voyager-class ships were overtaken by the 148,528 GT Queen Mary 2 (QM2), the first non-RCI passenger ship over 135,000 GT and the only passenger ship currently in service that classifies itself as an ocean liner. The QM2 was surpassed by RCI's 155,889 GT Freedom-class vessels in 2006, which were in turn overtaken by RCI's ...
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