Ship sizes

[emam]

Following on from an earlier thread where another poster commented about the tonnage and size of ships. I have been looking at a deck plan website and copied some information with regards to the larger P&O ships. I can't verify how accurate their information is. Something I noticed though (according to this site) that the ships are getting longer but narrower. I was surprised that the beam of  Britannia is narrower than Azura and Ventura. Iona's is less again.

 

Ship	Tons	Speed	Length	Beam	Cabins	Crew	Passengers	Space Ratio	Decks
Azura	115055	22	951	159	1557	1226	3096-3737	31	18
Britannia	143730	22	1083	155	1836	1350	3645-4406	33	18
Iona	184700	n/a	1096	138	2610	n/a	5204-6264	29	18
Ventura	116017	21	956	159	1553	1226	3106-3727	31	18

[terrierjohn]

1 hour ago, emam said:

Following on from an earlier thread where another poster commented about the tonnage and size of ships. I have been looking at a deck plan website and copied some information with regards to the larger P&O ships. I can't verify how accurate their information is. Something I noticed though (according to this site) that the ships are getting longer but narrower. I was surprised that the beam of  Britannia is narrower than Azura and Ventura. Iona's is less again.

 

Ship	Tons	Speed	Length	Beam	Cabins	Crew	Passengers	Space Ratio	Decks
Azura	115055	22	951	159	1557	1226	3096-3737	31	18
Britannia	143730	22	1083	155	1836	1350	3645-4406	33	18
Iona	184700	n/a	1096	138	2610	n/a	5204-6264	29	18
Ventura	116017	21	956	159	1553		3106-3727	31	18

The beam given for Azura and Ventura is shown by Wikipedia as 118ft which gives a more reasonable feel to the data. Of course the main difference is in the number of passenger decks, which is how Iona manages to accommodate all the extra numbers, lets just hope that there is sufficient space in the entertainment decks to house everyone when it rains!

[Denarius]

Just as an interesting comparison, the "legendary" Queen Mary, in her day the biggest passenger liner in the world.

Tons 81,237

Speed 28.5 knots

Length 1,019 ft

Beam 118ft

Passengers 2,139

Crew 1,101

 

Nowadays she would be classed as a mid size ship!

 

Edited September 23, 2019 by Denarius