Cunard Ocean Liner vs. Cunard Cruise Ship … & on Crossings and Cruises.

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Ocean liner?

Cruise ship?

Crossings?

Cruises?

(Then) Capt. Chris Wells easily explains:

 

http://www.cruisemates.com/forum/cunard/391109-difference-between-cruise-ship-ocean-liner.html

 

A liner's draft is deeper, its cruising speed and maximum speed are considerably higher than popular purpose-built cruise vessels. The design of a liner's hull, of heavier steel, is configured to give efficient, speedy and stable performance over long periods of uninterrupted running in changeable waters. A liner is designed to cross an ocean. Such is QM2. A cruise ship has a more shallow draft, slower speeds and flatter bottom. Even Cunard's Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth. A cruise ship potters around small areas of sea very well. One can cross an ocean, yes, but on the often-stormy North Atlantic, Queen Mary 2 does it better, does it best.

 

A Crossing is a direct line voyage, port to port, a passage of passengers and cargo across the Atlantic Ocean between the Americas and Europe, and not a round trip. A Cruise is usually a pleasure voyage of different destinations along the way, returning passengers to their originating port.

 

Most any ship, a vessel, can go 'round the world. Even some boats can. But only ships carry boats.

 

This YouTube series by Barry Vaudin, if you've time to poke around, captures how goes a Crossing. I think CruiseCritic members will enjoy it.