The Titanic juxtaposed with a modern cruise ship

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Wonder if this is accurate:

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Titanic:
46,000 tons
882ft long
92 ft wide

Freedom of the Seas
155,000 tons
1110 ft long
184 ft wide
 
Hell the Freedom isn't even the biggest ship... the Oasis and Quantum are even bigger by a good margin... that really puts it into perspective.
 
the_big_toe said:
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and below the water. the Titanic has a deeper drought. Disaster waiting to happen. A long skinny, inflexible disaster waiting to happen, one way or another. Two big waves would have snapped it.

Okay, that can be argued, I'm not a marine engineer. I was just interested in the draft compared to the cruise ship and looked it up. I doubt it has a war ship's plating but it traveled as deep. Titanic was a very dense ship. It was a sinker.
 
eastisbest said:
and below the water. the Titanic has a deeper drought. Disaster waiting to happen. A long skinny, inflexible disaster waiting to happen, one way or another. Two big waves would have snapped it.

Okay, that can be argued, I'm not a marine engineer. I was just interested in the draft compared to the cruise ship and looked it up. I doubt it has a war ship's plating but it traveled as deep. Titanic was a very dense ship. It was a sinker.
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But Oasis is safe, right?
 
Some comparisons of Draught (British nomenclature) Draft (U.S. nomenclature)

Draft = depth that ship needs for flotation clearance: water line to keel

comparisons...

17'5" WWII Destroyer (Fletcher class)

25'12" WWII Carrier - USS Enterprise (CV-6)

26'11" Costa Concordia (Italian liner that ran aground)

28' Freedom of the Seas

28'9" WWII Battleship (Iowa class)

30'5" USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) (USN current Destroyer)

31' Oasis of the Seas

32'4" SS United States (1950's~60's passenger liner)

33' RMS Queen Mary 2

34'7" Titanic

37' USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76 - Aircraft carrier)

39' RMS Queen Mary (1930's~60's passenger liner)

39' USS Enterprise (CVN-65) - (decommissioned nuclear carrier)

66' Exxon Valdez (ill fated oil super tanker)

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Flagstaff...
 
LittleCardsDad said:
But Oasis is safe, right?
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Nothing can save a ship who's skipper runs it onto a reef.

Freedom of the Seas has five times the displacement of the Titanic. That's why it's hull is so wide. I'm going to guess that even though it doesn't have the draft of the Titanic, it's center of gravity is proportionally lower than the Titanic's, so it's more like the boat you played with in the tub as a kid. Self-righting.

FotS is so tall though, I kind of wonder how it deals with wind.
 
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