List of largest passenger ships

This is a timeline list of the world's largest passenger ship, ranked by gross tonnage.

## Contents

* 1 Timeline
* 1.1 Ancient
* 1.2 Early modern
* 1.3 19th century
* 1.4 20th century
* 1.5 Table for 20th century
* 1.6 21st century
* 1.7 Table for 21st century
* 2 See also
* 3 References

## Timeline

### Ancient

thumb|The Syracusia depicted in 1798

* 240 BC – Syracusia (Greek city-state of Syracuse)
* 200 BC – Thalamegos (Ptolemaic Kingdom)

### Early modern

* 15th century – Zheng He's treasure ships (China )
* 16th century – Portuguese caravels that transferred people to the New World

### 19th century

* 1831 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (Canada )
* 1837 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (United Kingdom ) – 76.8 m (251.97 ft) long
* 1839 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (United Kingdom)
* 1840 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (United Kingdom)
* 1845 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (United Kingdom)
* 1854 – SS Himalaya (United Kingdom) – became Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. within a year – 100 m (340 ft)
* 1854 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (United Kingdom)
* 1858 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (United Kingdom) – 211 m (682 ft), broken up 1889
* 1871 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (United Kingdom) – 138 m (452 ft)
* 1873 –  missing name (United Kingdom)
* 1875 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (United Kingdom)
* 1875 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (United Kingdom)
* 1881 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (United Kingdom)
* 1881 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (United Kingdom)
* 1888 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (United Kingdom, United States ) – 170 m (560 ft)
* 1893 –  missing name (United Kingdom) – 189.6 m (622 ft)
* 1893 –  missing name (United Kingdom) – 189.6 m (622 ft)
* 1897 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (Germany) – 200 m (655 ft)
* 1899 –  missing name (United Kingdom) – 215 m (704 ft)

### 20th century

* 1901 –  missing name (United Kingdom )
* 1902 - RMS Cedric (United Kingdom)
* 1903 –  missing name (United Kingdom)
* 1906 – SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria (Germany)
* 1907- RMS Adriatic (1906) (United Kingdom)
* 1907 –  missing name (United Kingdom)
* 1907 –  missing name (United Kingdom)
* 1911 –  missing name (United Kingdom)
* 1912 –  missing name (United Kingdom)[1]
* 1913 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (Germany)
* 1913 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (Germany)
* 1913 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (Germany), after 1922 named RMS Majestic (United Kingdom)
* 1935 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (France )
* 1936 –  missing name (United Kingdom)
* 1940 –  missing name (United Kingdom)
* 1952 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. (United States )
* 1962 – Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist.
* 1988 – MS Sovereign of the Seas (Norway , Bahamas)
* 1995 – Sun Princess (Bermuda)
* 1996 – Carnival Destiny (Bahamas)
* 1997 – Grand Princess (Bermuda)
* 1999 –  missing name (Bahamas)
* 2000 –  missing name (Bahamas)

### Table for 20th century

Year  | Ship  | Tonnage  | Length  | Country  | Notes  | Image

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1901  | RMS Celtic | 20,904  | 701 ft (214 m)  | United Kingdom  |  |
1903  | RMS Baltic | 23,876  | 729 ft (222 m)  | United Kingdom  |  |
1906  | Kaiserin Auguste Victoria | 24,581  | 677.5 ft (206.5 m)  | Germany  |  | \-->
1907  | RMS Lusitania | 31,550  | 787 ft (240 m)  | United Kingdom  | Torpedoed in May 7, 1915 by U-20  |
1907  | RMS Mauretania | 31,938  | 790 ft (240 m)  | United Kingdom  | Also held the "Blue Riband" from 1909 to 1929 (20 years)  |
1911  | RMS Olympic | 45,324  | 882.5 ft (269.0 m)  | United Kingdom  | Also held the title again briefly after the sinking of the Titanic  |
1912  | RMS Titanic | 46,328  | 883 ft (269 m)  | United Kingdom  | Sank on April 15, 1912; one of the only ocean liners to sink by an iceberg  |
1913  | SS Imperator | 52,117  | 906 ft (276 m)  | Germany  | Given to Cunard Line as a compensation for Lusitania  |
1913  | SS Vaterland | 54,282  | 950 ft (290 m)  | Germany  | Seized by Americans during World War I and was renamed SS Leviathan  | File:Hapag Vaterland.JPG
1913  | SS Bismarck | 56,551  | 956 ft (291 m)  | Germany  | Given to White Star Line as a compensation to Britannic  | File:RMS Majestic, F. G. O. Stuart.jpeg
1935  | SS Normandie | 79,280 (as built) 83,404 (1936 onwards)  | 1,029 ft (314 m)  | France  | First passenger liner to exceed 1000 feet and 300 metres in length  | File:SS Normandie at sea 01.jpg
1936  | RMS Queen Mary | 81,237  | 1,019.4 ft (310.7 m)  | United Kingdom  | Held the title for a bit, until Normandie recaptured the largest ship title after being modified in 1936 to increase her size  |
1940  | RMS Queen Elizabeth | 83,673  | 1,031 ft (314 m)  | United Kingdom  | Burnt after being converted in Hong Kong as "Seawise University"  | File:Queen Elizabeth +.JPG
1962  | SS France | 66,343  | 1,035 ft (315 m)  | France  | Became the largest existing ship upon the destruction of the larger Queen Elizabeth; stayed the longest passenger ship until RMS Queen Mary 2 in 2004  |
1969  | RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 | 65,200 (as built)  | 963 ft (294 m)  | United Kingdom  | Became the largest active passenger ship in service, upon the retirement of the larger France |
1988  | MS Sovereign of the Seas | 73,192  | 880 ft (270 m)  | Norway, Bahamas  |  |
1995  | Sun Princess | 77,499  | 857 ft (261 m)  | Bermuda  |  |
1996  | Carnival Destiny | 101,353  | 893 ft (272 m)  | Bahamas  | First passenger ship to surpass Queen Elizabeth in tonnage  |
1997  | Grand Princess | 109,000  | 951 ft (290 m)  | Bermuda  |  |
1999  | Voyager of the Seas | 137,276  | 1,020 ft (310 m)  | Bahamas  |  |
2000  | Explorer of the Seas | 137,308  | 1,020 ft (310 m)  | Bahamas  |  |

### 21st century

Allure of the Seas

* 2002 –  missing name (Bahamas)
* 2004 –  missing name (United Kingdom)
* 2006 –  missing name (Bahamas)
* 2007 –  missing name (Bahamas)
* 2008 –  missing name (Bahamas)
* 2009 –  missing name (Bahamas)[2]
* 2010 –  missing name (Bahamas)[3]
* 2016 –  missing name (Bahamas)
* 2018 -  missing name (Bahamas)

### Table for 21st century

Year  | Ship  | Tonnage  | Length  | Country  | Notes  | Image

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2002  | MS Navigator of the Seas | 139,570  | 1,021 ft (311 m)  | Bahamas  |  |
2004  | RMS Queen Mary 2 | 148,528  | 1,132 ft (345 m)  | United Kingdom  |  |
2006  |  missing name | 154,407  | 1,112 ft (339 m)  | Bahamas  | Two more ships in class of the same size  |
2009  | MS Oasis of the Seas | 225,282  | 1,186 ft (361 m)  | Bahamas  | One more ship in class of the same size  |
2016  | MS Harmony of the Seas | 227,700  | 1,188 ft (362 m)  | Bahamas  |  |
2018  | MS MS Symphony of the Seas | 228,081  | 1,188 ft (362 m)  | Bahamas  | Currently the largest passenger ship in the world.  |

## See also

* List of world's longest ships
* List of the world's largest cruise ships
* Ocean liners

## References

1. ↑ "Titanic – Timeline". History on the Net Group. 5 March 2010. http://www.historyonthenet.com/Titanic/titanic_timeline.htm. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
2. ↑ "Oasis Of The Seas / Allure of the Seas". Royal Caribbean International. 2010. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100620204702/http://www.oasisoftheseas.com/. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
3. ↑ "Is a Small Difference a Big Deal?". Royal Caribbean International. 2010. http://www.royalcaribbean.com/connect/blog/is-a-small-difference-a-big-deal-share-your-opinion/. Retrieved 1 July 2014.

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