Australian_Science_Illustrated_Issue_52_2017

Ships Redefine What it

Means to be Big...

Cargo ships, passenger ships, and warships have all grown to extremes in the

past 50-100 years, but the by far largest vessel is a floating gas platform.

A CONTAINER VESSEL'S CARGO WOULD TAKE UP THE SPACE OF

LARGEST TERRES-

TRIAL ANIMAL

ELEPHANT

Length: up to 9 m

LARGEST

MARINE ANIMAL

BLUE WHALE

Length: up to 25 m

1,100

Boeing 747 aircraft

85

trains measuring 1 km each

11,400

trucks

LARGEST CONTAINER VESSEL
MSC OSCAR
Built: 2014
Length: 395 m
Width: 59 m
Height: 73 m 1960: HAWAIIAN CITIZEN
395 METRES

1911: RMS TITANIC

LARGEST CRUISE SHIP
HARMONY
OF THE SEAS
Built: 2016
Length: 362 m
Width: 47 m
Height: 64 m

362 METRES

LARGEST FLOATING PLATFORM
PRELUDE FLNG
Built: 2013
Length: 488 m
Width: 74 m
Height: 105 m

488 METRES

337 METRES

LARGEST AIRCRAFT CARRIER
USS GERALD R. FORD
Built: 2013
Length: 337 m
Width: 78 m
Height: 76 m

1936: USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6)

TRANSPORT SHIPS