Each ship’s size in thousands of gross tons*

Each ship’s length in feet

261

1,504

Seawise Giant

The largest ship ever built was an oil tanker that went through numerous owners and names but proved to be too unwieldy and was scrapped in 2010.

225

Royal Caribbean’s Oasis

1,187

Along with its sister ship, the Allure, this cruise ship launched in 2010 is closer in size to the largest tankers and cargo ships ever built.

Norwegian Epic

1,081

156

151

Cunard’s Queen Mary 2

1,132

139

130

MSC’s Divina

1,094

1,115

Disney Dream

The Queen Mary 2 was the largest cruise ship when it was launched in 2003 and it ushered in a new era of huge cruise ships.

Carnival’s Holiday

727

46

White Star’s Titanic

883

In 1985, the biggest cruise ships were not even as big as the passenger liners of the early 20th century.

*A measure of the overall volume of a ship wherein one gross ton equals 100 cubic feet, not a measure of the ship’s weight, or displacement.