The largest ships in the world: Knock Nevis, Enterprise and Oasis of the Seas
Tanker Knock Nevis
The largest ship in the world - Knock Nevis, its length is 458 meters.
Knock Nevis is a cargo supertanker built by a Japanese company that transports oil and is a floating oil storage. The ship was built in 1976, and three years later it was rebuilt and is functioning until today. Despite the fact that the tanker is almost 40 years old, it has not been able to get around any ship, even giant cruise liners that have the dimensions of real houses.
The length of the ship is 458.45 meters, width - 68.86 meters, and the draft is 24.61 meters. The maximum speed of the vessel is 21 km / h. As for the weight of the ship, it is 564.7 tons. The crew of the ship is 40 people.
Before the reorganization, the ship had a length of 376.7 meters and a width of 68.9 meters. The vessel's weight was 458.4 meters. Reorganization really benefited the tanker, and it happened because of the fact that during the tests some defects were revealed, which were the reason for the customers' refusal to purchase. The new buyer ordered the manufacturer to rearrange the ship a little and eliminate the identified shortcomings.
In 1991, the cost of the ship was estimated at 39 million dollars.
The ship changed several names and owners, and today it goes under the Norwegian flag and is not even going to retire.
Aircraft carrier Enterprise
The largest ship from the military industry is the American aircraft carrier Enterprise, which is 342 meters long.
USS Enterprise( CVN-65) is the only aircraft carrier equipped with eight reactors. The American aircraft carrier was built in 1961 code. For today the ship is written off, but, nevertheless, does not concede its record to this day.
The length of the vessel is 342.3 m, its width is 78.4 m, the sludge is 11.9 m. The ship's weight is 93.5 tons. The speed of the ship reaches 64.82 km / h. The crew of the ship is 3000 people, as well as 1891 people of aviation.
The aircraft carrier is capable of taking on board about 90 military aircraft and helicopters. The enterprise has a very large and interesting history, having visited quite "hot places", including the Caribbean crisis, the fight against Somali pirates and participating in a number of large-scale special operations.
The cost of the aircraft carrier Enterprise is $ 451 million.
It was in view of the high price of the aircraft carrier did not go into mass production, although it was planned to create 5 more models. In addition, during construction, some of the ship's capabilities were curtailed, due to the high costs of its construction. Subsequently, the aircraft carrier was upgraded several times and upgraded.
Despite its more than 50-year history, no other warship could surpass the aircraft carrier.
Cruise ship Oasis of the Seas
The world's largest cruise ship Oasis of the Seas is 360 meters long.
The oasis of the seas is the largest passenger ship in the world today. The cruise liner was built in 2008, and was put into operation a year later. The construction of the giant was handled by the Finnish shipbuilding company, commissioned by the American company Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Now the vessel is operated by a daughter American cruise operator, under the flag of the Bahamas.
The ship is really impressive with its size. Its length is 360 meters, width - 66 meters, and a draft of 9.30 m. The height of the highest point reached 72 meters. The maximum speed is 44 km / h. Weight - 45 thousand tons. The crew of the ship is 2165 people, in addition, the liner can take on its board 5400 passengers - impressive, is not it?
Even many cities will envy the filling of this transport vessel. The vessel includes 18 elevators, 16 decks and 1817 cabins. On board besides comfortable cabins there are entertaining and game centers, shops, bars, SPA-centers, swimming pools, climbing wall, ice skating rink, parks and even theater. And this is still far from a complete list. There are a number of exotic live trees on board.
The cost of the vessel was 1.24 billion dollars, which made the Oasis of the Seas the most expensive ship in the history of shipping.
The price of the ticket, or rather the cost of the cruise for 8 days and 7 nights, will be from 100 thousand rubles. Tour operators advise to go together, so in the recalculation for one person the ticket price will be lower. On average, the cost of a comfortable cruise on the Oasis of the Seas will cost about 410 thousand rubles, without taking into account the cost of the flight to the United States.
Oasis of the Seas is a truly amazing vessel not only in size, but also in filling. Of course, the cruise on it will be remembered forever.
To date, many ships are real giants. Each of us is interested in which of them is the largest. The biggest ship on the planet is the Knock Nevis tanker, the warship the Enterprise Carrier, and the cruise liner Oasis of the Seas. Journalists Vse-sekrety.ru will tell you about the parameters and features of these ships.
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