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So, a few words about Harmony of the Seas.
The 18-deck, 227,000 ton giant can accommodate up to 6,000 guests in her 2,747 cabins.
The liner is 40% larger than its predecessors from the Freedom class: the length of the vessel is equal to the length of four football fields, the carpet area is 89,000 square meters. m., the weight of water in the giant’s filled pools is 2,300 tons; passengers consume more than 50 tons of ice per day. But its main miracle, after all, remains the Royal Promenade - a walking street along the entire liner with many restaurants, lounge bars and boutiques. On the first two floors of the Royal Promenade there are numerous cafes and bars, and on the third there are cabins for guests.
In the evening, guests are always treated to fiery rhythms of music and a parade from the DreamWorks studio.
One of the most popular places on the ship is Central Park, created in the shape of New York's Central Park. The feeling of complete relaxation is created here by thousands of tropical plants and real forest tropics. Cozy cafes and restaurants complete the picture. By the way, in the park there is an entrance to the first elevator bar on a cruise ship - Rising Tide Bar! There is even a real French carousel on board, which is hand-painted.
In the evening, the liner is transformed, and tourists are presented with many colorful shows - musicals, concerts, parades, jazz... There is an ice skating rink on board, where you can skate during the day and enjoy a wonderful, bright ice show in the evening! The highlight of the entertainment program is AquaTheater. Acrobats and dancers do incredible things that add up to a whole theater on the water!
Never before has so much water fun been offered to guests - Harmony of the Seas has 4 swimming pools, 10 Jacuzzis and 2 wave pools.
For those who love extreme slides, Ultimate Abyss is the highest slide at sea, rising 30 meters above its level and stretching from deck 16 to deck 6!
The Zip Line attraction will not leave anyone indifferent - a breathtaking slide on a rope ride at a height of more than 25 meters, deck 16. For lovers of active recreation - a climbing wall.
Harmony of the Seas is a great holiday option for the whole family!
A separate area has been created for children, which includes an area for babies and toddlers, a crafts studio, an art studio, a science laboratory, and a children's theater. For teenagers there is a special room with slot machines and a dance club.
The choice of cabins is huge - from the interior to the Presidential Royal Suite, whose area is 108 sq.m + balcony 45 sq.m and can accommodate up to 14 people!
Harmony of the Seas
Length: 362 meters
Capacity: more than 6000 passengers
Routes: transatlantic cruise; On May 22, the liner will set off on its first cruise from Southampton (England); A week-long cruise from Barmelona is planned in June, and from Rome in July.
Cruise cost: from $650 for four nights
Harmony of the Seas is an Oasis-class cruise ship of the American company Royal Caribbean International. There are 18 decks available for passengers on the ship, including decks with ocean views, and a variety of entertainment - three water slides, a Bionic Bar with robot bartenders, and high-speed Internet, not to mention the standard spa and casino for Royal Caribbean ships.
Quantum of the Seas
Length: 348 meters
Capacity: up to 4905 passengers
Routes: transatlantic cruise; Quantum of the seas will operate cruises from Asian ports throughout the summer.
Cruise cost: from $800 for five nights
Oasis of the Seas
Length: 362 meters
Capacity: up to 6296 passengers
Routes: cruises to the Caribbean and Bahamas are on the schedule for the coming year
Cruise cost: from $1564 for 9 nights
Allure of the Seas
Length: 362 meters
Capacity: up to 6296 passengers
Routes: Caribbean Islands, Bahamas, Mexico
Cruise cost: from $558 for seven nights
Length: 330 meters
Capacity: up to 5183 passengers
Routes: Caribbean islands alternate with cruises to the Mediterranean and Canary Islands
Cruise cost: from $495 for four nights
According to a recent Italian study, Norwegian Epic is travelers' favorite and most luxurious cruise camp, with Allure of the Seas trailing by 21%. The main feature of this ship is that in addition to traditional cabins, Norwegian Epic offers studios for single tourists, with a special design, access to your own lounge and a special price. There is plenty of entertainment on the ship, with live music constantly playing and the performance group Blue Man Group performing regularly.
Independence of the Seas
Length: 339 meters
Capacity: up to 4375 passengers
Routes: main routes are from Fort Lauderdale in the Caribbean and from Southampton in Europe
Cruise cost: from $278 for three nights
Before the construction of Oasis of the Seas, the largest ships in the world were the Freedom class ships: Independence of the Seas, Freedom of the Seas (maiden voyage - June 4, 2006) and Liberty of the Seas (maiden voyage - May 19, 2007). All three ships, identical in tonnage, length and capacity, have a huge themed water park, ice skating rink, surf park and boxing ring. Independence of the Seas also has a heated swimming pool. In May of this year, the liner was arrested in the Norwegian port of Ålesund for non-payment of fees. However, Royal Caribbean paid the required 600,000 crowns (approximately €72,150) within an hour, and the ship continued on its way.
Length: 345 meters
Capacity: up to 3090 passengers
Routes: Transatlantic, cruises to European ports, Caribbean islands and more
Cruise cost: from $345 for two nights
Norwegian Breakaway
Length: 324 meters
Capacity: up to 3988 passengers
Routes: Bahamas and Caribbean Islands
Cruise cost: from $699 for seven nights
Length: 330 meters
Capacity: up to 4100 passengers
Routes: Caribbean, Europe, British Isles
Cruise cost: from $465 for five nights
Length: 333 meters
Capacity: up to 3959 passengers
Routes: Mediterranean and a little Transatlantic (November 8, the liner departs from Venice to Salvador, Brazil)
Cruise cost: from €560 for seven nights
The largest and most tragic passenger ship in the world is Titanic. Everyone knows the unfortunate story of this greatest achievement of the 20th century. The ship was launched in 1911. During its first voyage, it collided with an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and sank. , weighing 163 thousand tons, took about one and a half thousand lives with it to the bottom. Only 700 people were saved; they were picked up by a passing ship.
After the Titanic incident, the level of safety on all liners increased. All engineers and designers involved in the construction of passenger ships began to attach paramount importance to the conditions for ensuring the safety of human lives. As you know, one of the reasons for the mass loss of life was the lack of a sufficient number of spare boats on the ship.
The best ships of the 21st century: top 5
The title of “The largest passenger ship in the world” passes from one ship to another every year - the rating is constantly changing. Ship models are constantly being improved, new requirements are being established at the local and international level, and high technologies are being created. In this regard, it is possible that in the near future new names of sea giants will be added to the list.
Today we will talk about the largest ships on the planet: passenger, military, cargo, industrial. Some of them are so large that they cannot pass through canals and straits, and they are closed to most ports in the world.
We have selected seven of the most amazing giant ships. Five of them have recently set sail, two have already been decommissioned, and you can even buy a ticket for one. Each of them is a champion in their category.
The longest ship on Earth
Length - 488 m, width - 74 m, deadweight - 600,000 tons. Launched in 2013.
The largest ship on the planet and the largest floating structure ever created by man is the Prelude FLING. It is equal in length to the famous Western Wall in Israel. It could accommodate five full-size football fields or 175 Olympic-size swimming pools. However, its purpose is different: it is the world's first floating factory for the extraction and liquefaction of natural gas.
The vessel belongs to the Dutch-British oil and gas company Shell, was built in South Korea by Samsung Heavy Industries, and will operate off the coast of Australia, extracting gas from the ocean floor - the first drilling is planned for 2017. In the strict sense of the word, this is not exactly a ship: Prelude will not be able to sail under its own power, and will have to be towed to the workplace. But this monster is unsinkable and indestructible: it was created specifically for service in the “cyclone zone” in the open ocean and is capable of withstanding a hurricane of even the fifth, highest category. The planned service life is 25 years.
Petronas Towers with spiers
Length - 458.45 m, width - 68.86 m, deadweight - 564,763 tons. Launched in 1979, disposed of in 2010.
The largest oil tanker, Seawise Giant, was included in the Guinness Book of Records for its size. The ship is 6m longer than the 88-storey Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, complete with spiers, and is approximately the width of a football field. It is so large that the draft did not allow it to pass through the Suez, Panama Canals and the English Channel.
Designed and built in Japan by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. in the mid-1970s, the tanker was intended for a Greek customer. However, he refused the purchase: during the tests, strong vibration of the hull was discovered while swimming in reverse. As a result, the ship was resold to a Hong Kong company and rebuilt: its displacement when fully loaded reached an absolute record - 657,018 tons. Over its long life, the ship changed owners and names several times, it was Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Mont, sailed under Liberian, Norwegian, American and Sierra Leonean flags.
In 1986, Seawise Giant was nearly destroyed during the Iran-Iraq War. A missile fired by an Iraqi fighter caused a fire on board, the crew was evacuated, and the ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz and was considered sunk. The Norwegians found it, repaired it and sent it on a new voyage. Since 2004, the world's largest tanker has ceased to be floating and has been used as an oil storage facility near Qatar. In 2009, he made his last trip to the shores of India and was dismantled for scrap. Following the disposal of the giant, the largest supertankers are the four double-hulled TI-class ships: Oceania, Africa, Asia and Europe. They have a length of 380 m and surpass their competitors in deadweight - 441,585 tons.
Stadium running track
Length - 400 m, width - 58.6 m, deadweight - 184,605 tons, capacity - 19,100 teu (1 teu - standard 20-foot container). Launched in 2014.
In January 2015, the world's longest container ship, CSCL Globe, made its maiden voyage from China to Europe. It was built at the South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries and is owned by the Chinese company China Shipping Container Lines. Although the ship is the largest of the container ships (it could host 400m races), it is inferior in cargo capacity to another giant: the MSC Oscar, which was also recently built in South Korea for an Italian company and can carry 124 more containers. The difference is small, but the Chinese container ship is longer and has the most powerful engine in the world: a MAN diesel engine with a capacity of 77,200 hp is hidden in the engine compartment of the vessel. With. and a height of 17.2 m. Korean shipbuilders are not going to stop there and predict the emergence of new giant container ships.
Four Statues of Liberty
Length - 382 m, width - 124 m, deadweight - 48,000 tons. Launched in 2013.
The Pioneering Spirit catamaran, which until February 2015 was called Pieter Schelte, is the absolute champion in terms of deck area. The creators claim that a small town can fit on it. The length could accommodate four Statues of Liberty (93 m with pedestal). The ship was built in South Korea according to a design by a Finnish company. Its function is to lay underwater pipelines and move drilling platforms. The ship arrived in Europe in January 2015 and has already found itself at the center of a scandal because of its name - in honor of the Nazi criminal Peter Schelte Heerm, an SS officer who was found guilty of war crimes and escaped punishment by deception. Seeing a giant ship with that name in Rotterdam, the Jewish communities of Great Britain and Holland raised an uproar, as a result of which even the British government spoke out in favor of renaming the ship. Under public pressure, the head of the Allseas company, which owns the miracle ship, and Peter Schelte’s own son, Edward Heerma, agreed not to use his father’s name in the name of the catamaran and changed it to the neutral Pioneering Spirit.
The whole city
Length - 362 m, width - 60 m, deadweight - 19,750 tons. Launched in 2009.
The largest cruise ship, Allure of the Seas, accommodates 6,296 passengers and 2,384 crew. Made in Finland by the Norwegian company STX Europe, it is owned by the American-Norwegian company Royal Caribbean International and sails between the United States and Europe. There is a whole city on board: 2,700 cabins, a park with live trees and flowers, an ice skating rink, an aquatheatre, a climbing wall, a theater for 1,380 spectators, as well as shops, bars, restaurants, baths, saunas, etc. It is noteworthy that this ship has a twin of the same class is the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship. However, Allure of the Seas is 5 cm longer. Prices for a 12-day sailing across the Atlantic from Fort Lauderdale to Barcelona start from RUB 53,600.
Six Leaning Towers of Pisa
Length - 362 m, width - 65 m, deadweight - 402,347 tons. Launched in 2010.
The largest bulk carriers for transporting ore are called Valemax: a series of ships of the Brazilian mining company Vale SA. Seven ore carriers were ordered by this company in South Korea and another 12 in China. The pioneer among the twins was the Vale Brasil, later renamed Ore Brasil: it was launched in 2010 and serves to transport ore from Brazil to Asia. This bulk carrier replaces 11,150 ore-carrying trucks, burns almost 97 tons of fuel per day and ranks second among ships in terms of deadweight, giving way to TI-class vessels. Due to its size, it can only land in some deep-water ports in Brazil, China and Europe. It could easily fit six Leaning Towers of Pisa if they were laid out lengthwise.
90 aircraft
Length - 342 m, width - 78.4 m, displacement - 94,781 tons. Commissioned in 1961, decommissioned in 2012.
The American aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) exceeded the length of all warships in the world, and was also the world's very first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The maximum capacity was 5828 people, up to 90 aircraft could be on board at the same time, but usually 60 were placed. The total ammunition ammunition was 2520 tons. Initially, it was planned to create six such aircraft, but due to the high price ($451 million) it remained the only one of its kind — its feature was not only its size, but also the presence of eight A2W type reactors.
The aircraft carrier became a symbol of US naval power and was used in almost all wars and conflicts involving this country: in the Cuban Missile Crisis, in the Vietnam War in 1965, in Iraq in 1998, in Afghanistan in 2001, in the Iraq War of the 2000s , in the fight against Somali pirates in 2011.
Over its long life, the aircraft carrier went to sea 25 times, completed one circumnavigation of the world (in 1964), set a record for the number of combat missions on board a ship (65 in one day in 1965) and almost exploded in 1969 when on board An unplanned self-launch of aerial bombs occurred, which provoked the scattering of missiles and the destruction of 15 aircraft. Then 27 people were killed, 314 people were injured, and the damage caused to the ship was estimated at $6.4 million. However, the miracle aircraft carrier was restored and continued to sail until it was decommissioned in 2012. Its complete disposal is planned for 2016.
Since ancient times, people have traveled the seas, gradually improving their ships. Modern shipbuilding is very developed, and the range of ships has become unusually diverse. But the TOP of the largest ships in the world always attracts special attention, which will be discussed below.
1. Seawise Giant (Knock Nevis)
Deadweight - 564,700 tons.
. Length - 458.5 m.
. Year of construction - 1979.
. Last country of registration: Sierra Leone. Dismantled for scrap.
The largest ship in the world until 2010 was the supertanker Knock Nevis, built in 1975 in the Japanese city of Yokosuka. Before changing several names, it had a simple number 1016. But its cyclopean dimensions actually ruined it - the tanker could not pass through either the Panama or Suez Canal, even in the English Channel it would have run aground, so it could move from ocean to ocean I could only do it in a roundabout way.
During the Iran-Iraq War of 1988, it was hit by an Iraqi missile and seriously damaged. As a result, the supertanker sank in the Persian Gulf not far from the coast. After the end of the conflict, it was raised from the bottom and towed to Singapore, where they were able to restore it in 1991, giving it a new “optimistic” name, “The Happy Giant.” But no one needed it as a tanker, so it began to serve as a floating oil storage facility. Finally, in 2009, the “lucky one” was sent on its final journey to the Indian shores, where the following year it was cut into scrap metal.
2. Pierre Guillaumat
Deadweight - 555,000 tons.
. Length - 414.2 m.
. Year of construction - 1977.
. Last country of registration: France. Cut into scrap metal.
In the family of twin ships of the Batillus series, this supertanker is the largest in terms of deadweight. It was built at French shipyards, worked for only about 5 years, after which it was mercilessly sent in 1983 to South Korea, where it was turned into scrap metal. The rest of his brothers from the same series shared his fate. The reasons for such an inglorious death in all cases were the same problems with the impossibility of passing through the Suez and Panama Canals.
3. Esso Atlantic
Deadweight - 516,900 tons.
. Length - 406.5 m.
. Year of construction - 1977.
. Last country of registration: Liberia. Cut into scrap metal.
At one time, this oil supertanker was also a deadweight champion. It was built in Japan, and made its first commercial route from Liberia, Africa, where the owner company Esso Tankers registered it under the Liberian flag. Most often, the tanker transported oil from the Middle East to Europe. But in 2002, the end came for him too - in Pakistan he was cut into scrap metal. He had practically a sister ship, the Esso Pacific, but, despite the “Pacific” name, it was smaller than its “Atlantic brother.”
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4. Emma Maersk
Deadweight - 156,900 tons.
. Length - 397 m.
. Year of construction - 2006.
. Last country of registration: Denmark. Still in use.
This is the first vessel of eight identical E-class container ships built by the Danish holding Moller-Maersk Group. At the time of her maiden voyage in 2006, she was the world's largest floating vessel. Emma Maersk transports a variety of cargo between Asia and America, passing through the Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar.
This ship does not have a very successful history - when its construction was already being completed, a fire broke out on the upper deck, which seriously damaged the brand new ship. Repairs were needed, which were done quickly. In 2013, a new misfortune occurred - right in the middle of the Suez Canal, one of the power plants of the dry cargo ship broke down, as a result of which it lost control. Fortunately, both the ship and the canal remained intact.
Europeans do not favor the giant for its use of sulfur-rich fuel. Like many giant ships, Emma does not fit into the Panama Canal, so the Pacific Ocean is closed to her (you can’t sail around Cape Horn there!).
5.TI Class
Deadweight - 441,600 tons.
. Length - 380 m.
. Year of construction - 2003.
. Last country of registration: Belgium. Still in use.
This double-hulled vessel had the largest deadweight and gross tonnage of its time. A total of four completely identical vessels were built: two “TI Africa” and “TI Oceania” under the flag of the Marshall Islands, “TI Europe” under the Belgian flag and “TI Asia”. But in 2010, floating terminal platforms were made from “Asia” and “Africa” for storing and loading petroleum products, and since then they have been laid up near one of the Qatari offshore oil fields.
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6. Vale Sohar
Deadweight - 400 300 tons.
. Length - 362 m.
. Year of construction - 2012.
. Last country of registration: Marshall Islands. Still in use.
This vessel, one of the largest bulk carriers, is owned by the Vale mining company from Brazil. It transports ore mined in Brazil to the United States. In total, 40 huge dry cargo ships ply along this route, the deadweight of which is in the range of 380-400 thousand tons. Sohar is the largest ship among them.
7. Allure of the Seas
Deadweight - 19,750 tons.
. Length - 362 m.
. Year of construction - 2008.
. Last country of registration: Bahamas. Still in use.
This ship is part of the Oasis class of cruise ships, consisting of two twins (the second is Oasis in the Seas), occupying a leading position for its type of ships in the world. They say that “Allure” is still 5 cm longer than “Oasis”, which is why it is presented here. This giant is capable of carrying 6,296 passengers and 2,384 crew members. There are countless types of entertainment offered on board; this floating city has a golf course and an ice skating rink, a bunch of bars and shops, and even a park with exotic plants.
8.Queen Mary II
Deadweight - 19,200 tons.
. Length - 345 m.
. Year of construction - 2002.
. Last country of registration: Bermuda. Still in use.
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9.Mozah
Deadweight - 128,900 tons.
. Length - 345 m.
. Year of construction - 2007.
. Last country of registration: Qatar. Still in use.
This vessel opens a new family of tankers in the Q-Max series, which specialize in transporting liquefied natural gas produced from fields off the coast of Qatar. It was designed and built in South Korea. A total of 14 tankers from this series are currently in operation.
10. USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
Length - 342 m.
. Year of construction - 1960.
. Last country of registration: USA. The aircraft carrier has been decommissioned.
It is America's largest nuclear-powered attack aircraft carrier and the first to be nuclear-powered. It began operating in 1961. A series of six similar hulks was planned, but only the Enterprise was built. Its cost amounted to an incredible 451 million dollars, so even the bottomless US budget could not afford such expenses. In terms of length, it is the largest warship in the world. Having refueled once with nuclear fuel, the aircraft carrier acquired autonomy for 13 years of active service and could travel a million nautical miles during this time. In February 2017, the Enterprise was sent into honorable retirement - this was the first send-off for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for the American Navy.