Since Brunel broke the mould with SS Great Eastern, more than 30 ships have held the title of ‘world’s largest ... the class leader preceded the Titanic as the biggest passenger ship ...

The world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, set sail for the first time on Saturday (27 January). It has overtaken sister ship Wonder of the Seas to claim the title.

But still, you might be wondering, what is the largest ship in the world, and can I hop aboard ... Unlike ocean liners (think of the ill-fated Titanic, probably the most famous ocean liner ...

When she first sailed, Olympic was the largest ship in the world, only to be ... ships in gross tonnage (GT) and Titanic would weigh in at 39,640 GT. For comparison, the Viking Star, a small ...

With a gross tonnage of 250,800 – five times the size of the Titanic – Icon of the Seas will snatch the title of the world’s largest cruise ship from Royal Caribbean’s current flagship ...

The Icon of the Seas is the largest cruise ship in the world, weighing 250,800 tonnes with a length of nearly 365 meters (1,198 ft). That's about five times larger than the Titanic The ship itself ...

The Titanic, pictured five days before her sinking, was carrying more than 2,200 passengers and was the world's largest ship at the time The Mesaba was one among 273 shipwrecks lying in 7,500 ...