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Liner or ocean liner A large passenger ship, usually running on a regular schedule. The same vessel may be used as a cruise ship Littoral combat ship (LCS) US warship intermediate in size between a corvette and a frigate, similar to a sloop Longship A Viking raiding ship Man-of-war A heavily-armed sailing warship Merchantman A trading vessel ...
As of 2024, RMS Queen Mary 2 is the only ocean liner still in service. An ocean liner is a type of passenger ship primarily used for transportation across seas or oceans. . Ocean liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes (such as for pleasure cruises or as hospital ship
Torpedoed and sunk on October 10, 1942, by U-172: The S.S. Orcades berthed in Wellington Harbour, sometime in the 1940s: SS Orcades: 1947 Scrapped in 1973 The ocean liners Orcades. SS Orduña: 1913 Scrapped in 1951 – Scotland S.S. Orduña in New York. SS Oregon: 1883 Collided with an unidentified schooner, and sank in 1886 off Long Island ...
A four-funnel liner, also known as a four-stacker, is an ocean liner with four funnels. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse , launched in 1897, was the first ocean liner to have four funnels and was one of the first of the golden era of ocean liners that became prominent in the 20th century.
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]
Name Length overall DWT GT/GRT In service Status Notes Image Reference Valemax (68 ships) : 360–362 m (1,181–1,188 ft) 380,000–400,000 DWT 200,000 GT 2011– In service
Transatlantic races between the Teutonic and liner City of New York were common in the 19th century. They usually began in either Queenstown Harbour or New York Harbor . On August 14, 1890, the Teutonic beat the City of New York by over three hours, and broke the ocean record by coming from Queenstown in 5 days, 19 hours, and 5 minutes, and ...
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 ...