Icon of the Seas will be the 2nd largest active ship in the world!

[Don_In_AZ]

She will obviously be the largest cruise ship ever built but according to Wikipedia:

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_ships_by_gross_tonnage

 

she will be the 2nd largest vessel (of any kind) afloat.  Only the massive crane ship Pioneering Spirit will be larger at a whpping 403,000 tons.

Icon of the Seas will also be the 8th largest ship ever built according to this list.  But since the 2nd - 7th largest ships on the list are listed as scrapped, that leaves her holding the #2 spot among active vessels.

Edited November 25, 2023 by Don_In_AZ

[smokeybandit]

And that's kind of unfair since Pioneering Spirit is essentially two ships connected together.

[chengkp75]

No, it will be the largest cruise ship in the world.  Gross tonnage is but one measure of size.  Deadweight tonnage (or how much weight the ship can lift or carry is a far more important measure of size, for the other 95% of the maritime world.  Remember, the Icon class ships only weigh (displacement) about 100,000 tons.

 

The TI class of tankers (4 tankers built since 2002) can carry 4 Icon class ships.

The Valemax class of bulkers (68 ships built since 2011) can carry 3-4 Icon class ships

Six more bulkers, all built since 2007, can carry 3 Icon class ships

37 container ships, all built since 2016, can carry 1.5 to 2 Icon class ships

14 LNG carriers, all built since 2014, can carry an Icon class ship

And, the Pioneering Spirit can lift or carry over 4 Icon class ships

 

So, in terms of deadweight tonnage, Icon doesn't even make the top 100.

[chengkp75]

Not sure what your point is?

 

Further to my point, the Pioneering Spirit could lift Icon up and put it on any of the ships I listed, and they wouldn't sink, while if it lifted any of those ships onto Icon, it would sink.

Edited November 25, 2023 by chengkp75

[Saab4444]

I would also look at length, beam and draft and from that perspective all large Container ships are significantly bigger than Icon with more than 1,300 ft length, 200 ft beam and 50 ft draft.

[not-enough-cruising]

5 hours ago, Don_In_AZ said:

She will obviously be the largest cruise ship ever built but according to Wikipedia:

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_ships_by_gross_tonnage

 

she will be the 2nd largest vessel (of any kind) afloat.  Only the massive crane ship Pioneering Spirit will be larger at a whpping 403,000 tons.

Icon of the Seas will also be the 8th largest ship ever built according to this list.  But since the 2nd - 7th largest ships on the list are listed as scrapped, that leaves her holding the #2 spot among active vessels.

No, no, not even close

[Don_In_AZ]

I was only going by the referenced Wikipedia article.

Edited November 25, 2023 by Don_In_AZ

[chengkp75]

9 minutes ago, Don_In_AZ said:

I was only going by the referenced Wikipedia article.

Like many wiki articles, it has glaring mistakes.  It states that "gross tonnage" is a "1 to 1 function of the ship's internal volume".  That is not correct.  "Gross Registered Tonnage" (a measurement not used since the 1980's  is a 1 to 1 function of the ship's internal volume (1 GRT equals 100 cubic feet).  However, wiki's article on Gross Tonnage correctly identifies GT as "Gross tonnage (GT, G.T. or gt) is a nonlinear measure of a ship's overall internal volume."  Gross Tonnage multiplies the volume of the ship by a multiplier, that increases logarithmically with volume.

[PhillyFan33579]

7 hours ago, Don_In_AZ said:

I was only going by the referenced Wikipedia article.

Keep in mind Wikipedia is not a good source for ACCURATE information. Anyone can add to or edit an article on Wikipedia. While I think the articles on Wikipedia tend to be informative, I would never consider using Wikipedia as documentation to support anything. 

[PhillyFan33579]

11 hours ago, chengkp75 said:

Not sure what your point is?

 

Further to my point, the Pioneering Spirit could lift Icon up and put it on any of the ships I listed, and they wouldn't sink, while if it lifted any of those ships onto Icon, it would sink.

Great information as always. 

[IndyKid]

The design and technology that goes into these floating cities is fascinating, but after dealing with the zoo on Allure we plan to stick to the smaller ships, no need for all the gimmicks...