"Titanic" against the backdrop of modern superliners. Many times more "Titanic"! A new ship was launched, the dimensions of which are striking How much does the Titanic ship weigh in tons

For those whose house has nothing to do with the stormy sea, you should pay attention to designing a country house of your own. This will be a real home that will never go to the bottom.

1. Hospital ship of His Majesty "Britannic"

The ship "Britannic" was created by the same company as the well-known "Titanic" - "Harland and Wolff" by order of "White Star Line". The ship was built some time after the sinking of the "unsinkable" "Titanic". To protect its reputation, the company made some technical improvements to the ship's design: lifeboats on board, strengthened the hull from the side of the boiler room, engine room and other compartments most vulnerable in a collision with an iceberg.

When the Britannic was completed, the ship was even larger than the Titanic. She could have easily become a great cruise ship if the First World War had not started. The British government confiscated the Britannic, turning it into His Majesty's hospital ship. The ship was flooded by enemy artillery fire a year later, when it first went down the water. There were just over one thousand passengers on board. Almost all of them were saved. In total, about 30 people died.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau discovered the sunken "Britannica" several decades after its death and was quite surprised that the ship's hull was perfectly preserved. Since the 1990s, researchers have made many expeditions to the sinking site of the Britannic. The latter was organized in 2012 with the aim of installing special equipment on the ship that can track the rate of bacterial growth.

2. British transatlantic passenger liner "Lusitania"

The Lusitania passenger liner was considered the largest cruise ship in the world, albeit for a short time. Its construction was completed in 1907.

Eight years later, the ship was sunk by the German submarine U-20, which caused a huge resonance in the world community. The Germans were accused of violating international law because they opened fire on a non-military vessel without warning. However, as it turned out later, Britain used the Lusitania to transport ammunition in the hope that Germany would not attack the passenger liner. This, in turn, was also a violation of international law.

The remains of the ship "Lusitania" rest at the bottom Atlantic Ocean 13 kilometers from the Irish town of Kinsale. The liner is poorly preserved, unlike the Titanic and Britannic, since it sank at a much greater depth.

3. Spanish galleon "Nuestra Senora de Atocha"

The ship "Nuestra Señora de Atocha" (Spanish Nuestra Señora de Atocha) was the prize ship of the Spanish fleet, which sank with one of the greatest treasures in maritime history on board.

It happened in 1622. Galleon "Nuestra Senora de Atocha" was heading from Havana to Spain. He transported a rather valuable cargo: a huge amount of gold, silver, jewelry, tobacco, copper and other things. On the way, the Nuestra Senora de Atocha was caught in a violent storm. The ship's hull was significantly damaged, so it quickly sank along with passengers and expensive cargo on board.

For many years, the Spanish authorities have tried to find the crash site of the Nuestra Senora de Atocha galleon and return the lost values, but to no avail. The ship was discovered in 1985 by professional treasure hunter Mel Fisher. The most interesting thing is that the galleon is pooped and remains undiscovered to this day. As you know, it was in this part of the ship that the Spaniards transported the most valuable things several centuries ago.

4. Pirate ship "Ouidah"

The ship "The Whydah Gally" belonged to the pirate Black Sam Bellamy. He was considered the most successful sea robber of all time: he sank and captured a huge number of treasure ships worth more than $ 120 million (in modern money). However, Bellamy was never able to fully enjoy the loot. His ship "Ouidah" ​​sank in 1717 as a result of a severe storm, sending the captain, half of his crew and all the valuables on board to the bottom.

In 1977, researchers managed to find a sunken ship using old card compiled by a man who investigated it in the immediate aftermath of the crash more than two hundred years ago. On the ship's bell, they found the inscription "Ouidah, 1716", which did not give them the slightest doubt about who owned the ship.

5. "Queen Anne's Revenge"

Queen Anne's Revenge went down in history as one of the most sinister pirate ships. He owes this status to his captain - Blackbeard. The ship was captured by the famous pirate in 1717. Twelve months later, it ran aground. Rumor has it that this was an intentional move by his captain.

Some of the largest human-made moving objects are ships. Exists a large number of all kinds of vessels used for a variety of purposes. There are a lot of huge ships, but there are simply even more big ones, so instead of listing them all, we decided to make a rating of the largest ships in their class, which included only 9 representatives, but which ones!

9 Yacht "Eclipse"

Our rating is opened by the largest and expensive yacht in the world, which belongs to one of the richest people in Russia, Roman Abramovich. The yacht was launched in 2009 in Hamburg and was equipped with a mini-submarine with 12 seats, a missile attack warning system, bulletproof glass, two helicopters with take-off pads, four pleasure boats, 20 motor scooters and infrared lasers that interfere with digital imaging. ... The yacht itself consists of 9 decks, they contain a 500 square meter cabin with a stage and a grand piano, a 56 meter personal deck of the owner, 11 luxury cabins for 24 passengers, a gym with a sauna, a 16 meter pool, a cinema, a dance hall, two kitchens and staff quarters for 92 people. The number of crew and service personnel is 70 people. The yacht is 162 meters long, 21 meters wide, and has a displacement of 13,000 tons. The cost of the yacht is 340 million euros.

8 Ferry "Ulysses"

This world's largest passenger ferry is the pride of Ireland. It operates 4 flights a day, 230 kilometers per flight between the UK and Ireland. In addition to passengers, this ferry also carries a lot of all kinds of cargo, and the reason for this is the nation's island lifestyle, which requires an inexhaustible trade turnover, which depends on sea routes. The sea ferry “Ulysses” unloads and loads in 90 minutes thanks to its ingenious design, which can be loaded and unloaded onto two decks at the same time. There are 117 double and 110 single cabins on board.

From the boarding ramp, passengers enter the main lobby, which can compete with a luxury hotel. The cabins offer all the benefits of a regular hotel room, huge shopping center, cinema and restaurants are on other decks. The passenger ferry is twice the size of its predecessors and is not afraid of ten-meter waves. The cargo-passenger ship has 12 decks and four kilometers of traffic lanes. Its length is 209 meters, width - 31 meters, displacement - 50,000 tons. The ferry can accommodate: trucks or trailers - 240 units, cars - 1342 units, passengers - 1900 people.

7 Stella Deneb livestock transport ship

The world's largest livestock carrier was launched in 1980. One of the largest livestock transportation companies "Siba Ships" in 2007 carried out the largest transportation of animals in the world. The route ran from the port of Townsville, Australia to one of the ports in Indonesia. 20,060 heads of cattle and 2,564 heads of sheep and goats were loaded on board the ship "Stella Deneb". For the delivery of animals to the port, 28 trains were involved. All transportation was carried out under the watchful supervision and control of the veterinary services and met the highest standards. Delivery of such a batch of artiodactyls to the customer cost 11.5 million Australian dollars. The ship can carry cargo weighing up to 21525 tons, its length is 213 meters, and its width is 32 meters.

6 Ship for the transport of ships "MV Blue Marlin"

This unique and impressive Norwegian ship is designed to transport unfinished or damaged ships, oil platforms, cranes, quays and other ships and structures that need to be transported by water. MV Blue marlin, for example, was used to transport oil platform BP and a damaged US warship and even an entire oil refinery, whose transportation became the basis of one of the plots of the television show Extreme Engineering on the Discovery Channel, as well as the TV show Mega Movers, which aired on the History Channel ”. The principle of operation of the vessel is that it submerges several meters under the water and swims under the object that needs to be transported. The vessel is equipped gym, sauna, swimming pool and 38 cabins, which can easily accommodate 60 people. Length - 217 meters, width - 42 meters, height - 13 meters, carrying capacity - 56,000 metric tons, immersion depth - 10 meters.

5 The aircraft carrier "USS Nimitz"

The world's largest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the largest warship, was launched on May 13, 1972. He made his first trip to the Mediterranean, becoming the first American nuclear powered ship to enter the Mediterranean in ten years. In 1988, he provided security during the Olympic Games in Seoul. In 1991 he made a trip to the Persian Gulf, took part in Operation Desert Storm. Since 2003 he has been participating in the war in Iraq. The length of the ship is 332 meters, the width is 76 meters, the power is 260,000 horsepower, the crew is 3,200 people, 90 helicopters can also be accommodated on board.

4 Tanker "Xin Buyan"

The largest operating tanker was built in Guangzhou, China, using its own Chinese technology. The construction of the tanker began in 2008. Launched in early 2010. The Xin Buyan tanker with a displacement of 350,000 tons is currently the most modern and one of the largest in the world. The length of the ship's deck is 333 meters, which is more than the size of three football fields. The width of the tanker reaches 60 meters. Xin Buyan is designed to carry up to 308,000 tons of oil. As noted in China, the tanker is equipped with one of the world's most modern automatic navigation systems, it is designed for any weather and is able to perform circumnavigation in 60 days.

3 Dry cargo ship "MS Vale Brasil"

The Brazilian dry cargo ship, the largest in the world, was launched on December 31, 2010. The ship's first cargo was 391,000 tons of iron ore, which had to be transported from a port in Brazil to China. This iron would be enough to build three Golden Gate bridges in the United States, and a little more would be left. Due to the size of the bulk carrier, it can dock in only a few ports in Brazil, Europe and China. The ship has seven cargo compartments, the total area of ​​which is almost 220 cubic meters. The length of the ship is 360 meters, width is 65 meters, the crew consists of 33 people.

2 Cruise ship "Oasis of the Seas"

Biggest a cruise ship in the world was launched on November 21, 2008. The baptismal ceremony “Oasis of the Seas” took place on November 30, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale. On its maiden voyage from “Oasis of the Seas” it departed on December 5, 2009. The program included a one-week cruise with a call to St. Thomas, Sint Maarten and the Bahamas. At the time of the first voyage, only these ports could accept such a huge ship. Throughout the year, Oasis of the Seas cruises in the Caribbean. For the first time in the world, a park of 12 thousand exotic, living plants and shrubs and 56 trees was planted on the ship.

There are swimming pools with a jacuzzi on board, a water park with a water arena, casinos, shops and boutiques where you can buy any food and clothing for every taste, restaurants and bars. There is a 750-seat aquatic amphitheater with outdoor fountains, jumps and diving towers and a 1300-seat indoor theater, the largest casino in the world cruise fleet and much more. The maximum speed of the liner is 43 km / h. The hull weighs 45,000 tons and consists of 480,000 parts. The length of the ship is 362 meters, width - 60 meters, height - 72 meters, power - 132,000 horsepower, crew - 2,165 people, number of passengers - 6,400.

1 Container ship "Emma Marsk"

The largest container cargo ship owned by the Danish company A.P. Moller-Maersk Group. The ship is named by the owner of the shipbuilding company after his late wife, Emma. Emma Marsk travels approximately 170,000 nautical miles a year, which corresponds to more than 7 distances around the Earth. When fully loaded, Emma Marsk can hold 11,000 full 20ft containers or 14,700 empty containers. On 18 March 2011, the Royal Danish Mint issued a 20 kroner coin dedicated to the container ship Emma Marsk. The length of the vessel is 397 meters, width - 63 meters, height - 30 meters, carrying capacity - 123,000 tons, power - 109,000 horsepower, loading is possible immediately from 11 cranes, the captain's bridge is located on the 10th floor of the ship's superstructure. Due to the size of the ship, the Panama Canal is closed to him.

Shipbuilding began to develop in ancient times. From century to century, only the shape and size of the courts changed. But now the most big ships in the world never cease to amaze people in modern ports.

Natives of the Scandinavian Peninsula, the Vikings, almost always roamed the sea. Their descendants are still considered the leaders of shipbuilding.

Norway, tanker Knock nevis, length 458 meters

The Norwegian tanker Knock Nevis has a length of 458.45 meters, a width of 69 meters, and a draft when loaded is 24.61 meters. Its dimensions allow us to call it the largest watercraft in the world. Its deadweight is 564,763 tons (4.1 million barrels of oil), and the maximum speed that a tanker can reach is 13 knots, and the stopping distance is 10.2 kilometers. It was built in 1979 in Yokosuka, Japan, by order of a Greek ship owner. The next owner decided to enlarge the vessel. As a result, it was cut and enlarged, additional sections were added to the body.

Knock Nevis on video

After the passage of the law in Europe and the USA banning the use of tankers with a single-walled side (the Knock Nevis is only 3.5 centimeters thick), the vessel was rebuilt into a "floating storage unit". And then they returned the original name to him. Now the tanker has been thrown onto the Indian coast and is awaiting disposal.

Denmark, container ship Emma Maersk, length 396.8 meters

The Danish container ship Emma Maersk is 396.84 meters long and 63.1 meters wide. Now the ship is called the world's largest container ship (it can carry up to 11 thousand containers at a time). Emma Maersk was built in 2006, the owner of the shipbuilding company Arnold Maerks named it after his deceased wife. Later, seven more similar ships were built.

Emma Maersk on the water

Bahamas, cruise ship Oasisoftheseas, length 360 m

First Oasis-class cruise ship to sail Bahamas... At the time of construction, it became the largest by passenger liner in the world. It was replaced only by the ship of this class, Allure of the Seas, which is 5 centimeters larger. Oasisoftheseas weighs 45 thousand tons, consists of 48 thousand parts, its length is 360 meters (by the way, the famous Titanic was 269 meters long, 53 meters high), the maximum speed is 24 knots.

The cruise ship was baptized on November 30, 2009 in the home port, and it set off on its maiden voyage on December 5. At the same time, the cruise announced calls to the ports of Sint Maarten, Bahamas and St. Thomas. Only they could accept such a large vessel.

A real sea hotel

Great Britain, liner Queen Mary 2, length 345 meters

One of the largest in the world passenger ships put into operation at the beginning of 2004. It was launched in France at the Saint-Nazaire shipyards. Queen Mary 2 is 76 meters longer than the Titanic.

The liner was named after Queen Mary, who, at one time, was named after the wife of King George V of Britain, Mary of Teck.

The liner set off on its first journey on January 10, 2007 from the American Fort Lauderdale and finished there 81 days later. This trip is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as a trip around the world of the largest ship for passengers. There were almost half a thousand people on board, some of them paid extra for the round-the-world trip for an additional 100 thousand dollars to the ticket.

Interestingly, during the passage of New York, passengers upper deck can look the Statue of Liberty directly in the eyes.

USA, aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), length 342 meters

This is the first aircraft carrier with a nuclear power plant. It was laid down at the end of 1957 and commissioned in 1961.

The largest warship in the world is 342.3 meters long. Nuclear fuel from one load is enough for 13 years of operation, and during this time the aircraft carrier is able to travel about 1 million miles.

The total cost of the aircraft carrier has reached $ 451 million. And precisely because of such a high price, serial construction did not begin, although it was originally intended to collect 5 more Enterprise brothers.

The first "Baptism of Fire" took place during the Cuban missile crisis. The ship became part of the US Second Fleet and participated in the naval blockade of Cuba. Then he served for several years in the Mediterranean. In 1964, the Enterprise made trip around the world as part of three nuclear ships.

On January 14, 1969, one of the missiles self-launched on board. She hit the fuel tank, which spilled, followed by the explosions of aerial bombs and the indiscriminate dispersal of missiles. As a result, 27 people were killed, 343 injured, and 15 aircraft were destroyed. The damage is estimated at $ 6.4 million. In the early 1980s, Enterprise experienced the removal of the SCANFAR radar and a major overhaul of the reactor. The aircraft carrier was decommissioned on December 1, 2012.
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Ships are different, large and small, passenger, cargo, military. They all have their own basic specifications... In particular, its weight appears among the basic indicators for each vessel. This is an important indicator, based on which it is necessary to select the engine, its power, chassis and other elements. Possible load on water transport, other operational characteristics are also calculated taking into account its weight. Thus, the calculation of this indicator must be carried out with maximum accuracy. But how do you weigh the ship?

You can imagine being put on the scales motor boat but even a small yacht can hardly be weighed this way. But ships are very large in size. Imagine a huge aircraft carrier standing on the scales is no longer possible. So how is the weight of ships calculated? Many curious people ask this question. The answer is not difficult to provide.

Displaced water and Archimedes' law

In fact, everything is not so difficult. Archimedes could have weighed an aircraft carrier or any other vessel in his ancient times. After all, it was he who discovered the law according to which the weight of the body is equal to the weight of the water that was displaced during its immersion. Thus, you can get the result by simply launching the vessel into the water. As soon as you build a ship, place it in its native environment, you can find out exactly how much it weighs with maximum accuracy.

How is the volume of displaced water calculated?

But water is a very plastic element, the volume that was displaced when the object was immersed in an open reservoir is extremely problematic to determine. Of course, objects for weighing are not placed in the open sea, but in a special dock. But this is only relevant in the case of small-sized objects that can be placed in the dock by loading. In this case, the water will rise to one or another mark, which will make it possible to calculate the weight, given that all the dimensions of the dock are known exactly.

If we consider the option in which the ship will enter the lock or dock on its own, it will be obvious that some of the water will leave the dock when the ship enters its gate. The approach will turn out to be impractical, the data will turn out to be inaccurate. This situation forces us to use a radically different approach. It is necessary to make complex calculations, taking into account a number of design aspects, taking into account the hull and features of its shape, the amount of its draft from the waterline.

It so happens that there is simply no information about the part of the ship that is under water. This is true primarily for military courts. And in this situation, only an approximate weight can be calculated water transport, it will not be possible to clarify the exact data on it. Only an approximate tonnage can be the result.

You can check the weight of the ship before building it!

There is an even easier way to find out the weight of the ship. Moreover, with this approach, its total mass will be known before it is launched, even before its creation. Each of the elements that make up the ship. Has its own weight. Taking into account the mass of each part, adding up the indicators, you can find out the exact weight of the vessel with a minimum error.

Interesting fact: modern engineers find out other parameters of the ship even before its construction - its displacement is known in advance, the volume that falls on the underwater part. Calculations carried out in advance exclude errors during the construction of the vessel, and make it possible to make it as efficient as possible in operation.

But it is worth remembering that the base weight of the ship, calculated by engineers before its construction by adding the mass of equipment and parts, is not all. To ensure a stable position on the water, ballast is used, and in addition, the ship always has additional cargo on board. It is worth remembering the weight of the crew members and passengers, if any, furniture and things on board, transported cargo, and so on. It is impossible to overload the ship, while its landing decreases, there are problems with control, the risk of flooding.

Density of water and other nuances

It is also worth remembering that water in different bodies of water has a different density. After all, the salinity of reservoirs varies, there is a difference not only between rivers and seas, but also between different parts of the oceans. Of course, depending on the density of the water, the mass of the ship does not change, but the draft varies, and this factor must be borne in mind.

Thus, the weight of the ship is determined primarily by calculations. There are no special devices, scales or other equipment for this. Knowing the weight of each of the parts, you can get an overall figure for the entire ship. But it is also necessary to keep in mind the weight of the team, the loaded things in order to have the most accurate figure for the current moment.

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The tragic story of the "Titanic" has become so iconic that the image of this ship will now be turned to endlessly. Recently I noticed in LJ a whole series of posts dedicated to the 101st anniversary of the disaster. However, I was much more interested in the post of one of the friends. Let's compare "Titanic" with ...
Since it is very voluminous, I decided to make a little "squeeze" out of it. Those who are especially interested can see the original by the link (there are a lot of pictures and buffs).

This is how you can roughly compare the legendary "Titanic" with a modern liner. What is this modern ship? Some call him the most big liner in the world. However, we know that the most big liner in the world it is the Oasis of the Seas and it is 361 meters long. What do we read about this giant? Somewhere 362 meters, somewhere 361, and somewhere 360 ​​meters. Do you know how this is explained? Here's how: along with the twin ship Oasis of the seas is the largest passenger ship in the world as of November 2010: the length of both cruise ships is about 360 m (depending on the temperature), moreover Allure of the seas longer than her sister by 5 cm.

After all, the designers, well, they would have made a couple of meters for sure that would! In general, we will consider that this ship is one of the largest in the world.

"Allure of the Seas" and "Titanic":

Here's another comparison:

Commissioned at the end of 2010 represents weighteen-deck vessel weighing 225282 tons, it can take on board 5400 passengers, which will be accommodated in 2700 cabins
« Allure of the seas»Is divided into seven thematic areas, which include: Central Park, Boardwalk, Royal Promenade, Pool and Sports Zone, Vitality Sea Spa and Fitness Center, Entertainment Place and Youth Zone.

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