List of worlds largest passenger ships

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The is a timeline list of the worlds largest passenger shipsbeginning with the mythological Syracusia, through the 20th-century RMS Titanic, to the modern-day MS Oasis of the Seas.

Timeline

Pre-Columbian

The Pre-Columbian era ships were rarely used as passenger ships but many accounts suggest they were.

Age of Discovery

The caravels began becoming passenger ships as they transferred people of Europe to the New World in the late 16th up to early 17th century before the caravel became something of the past.

19th century

20th century

File:RMS Titanic 3.jpg

21st century

File:Oasis of the Seas, October 30 2009.jpg
Oasis of the Seas

See also

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. ↑ "Cunard Queen Elizabeth". Ship Technology. 2010. http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/cunard-qe/. Retrieved 11 June 2010. 
  3. ↑ "Oasis Of The Seas / Allure of the Seas". Royal Caribbean International. 2010. http://www.oasisoftheseas.com/. Retrieved 11 June 2010. 
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Timeline of the worlds largest passenger ships

Syracusia (240 BCE) · Thalamegos (200 BCE) · The Caravel (1400s) · SS Royal William (1831) · SS Great Western (1837) · SS British Queen (1839) · SS President (1840) · SS Great Britain (1845) · SS Himalaya (1854) · SS Atrato (1854) · SS Great Eastern (1858) · SS Adriatic (1871) · RMS City of Chester (1873) · SS Britannic (1875) · SS City of Berlin (1875) · SS Servia (1881) · SS City of Rome (1881) · SS City of New York (1888) · RMS Campania (1893) · RMS Lucania (1893) · SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse (1897) · RMS Oceanic (1899) · RMS Celtic (1901) · RMS Baltic (1903) · RMS Empress of Scotland (1906) · RMS Lusitania (1907) · RMS Mauretania (1907) · RMS Olympic (1911) · RMS Titanic (1912 ) · RMS Olympic (1912) · SS Imperator (1913) · SS Leviathan (1913) · RMS Majestic (1922) · SS Normandie (1935) · RMS Queen Elizabeth (1940) · SS France (1972) · MS Sovereign of the Seas (1988) · SS France (1990) · MS Carnival Destiny (1996) · MS Grand Princess (1997) · MS Voyager of the Seas (1999) · MS Explorer of the Seas (2000) · MS Navigator of the Seas (2002) · RMS Queen Mary 2 (2004) · MS Freedom of the Seas / MS Liberty of the Seas / MS Independence of the Seas (2006) · MS Oasis of the Seas (2009)

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