Titanic Vs Today's Cruise Ships

How big was the Titanic compared to todays cruise ships.

Titanic vs today's cruise ships. When converted to todays dollars the bill for the Titanic equates to roughly 400 million less than half of the Symphony of the Seas cost of 135 billion. At the time of the disaster it was the largest and most advanced ship ever constructed. By knjazmilos June 24 2019.

The Titanic measured similarly to todays smaller cruise ships. Answer 1 of 5. Correspondingly cruise ships have many more passenger capacity as many as 54006200 with crew of about 2200.

Titanic Vs Modern Cruise Ships. It displaced 52310 tons. It had a maximum passenger capacity of 2453 and crew of 892.

Modern-day cruise ships such as the Oasis-class line of cruise ships are about a third longer and about twice the width of the Titanic. With a gross tonnage of 228081 the Symphony of the Seas is five times larger than the Titanic. Some cruise ships are 150000 and some even 225000 tons The Titanic though immense for its day was just a dinky 47000 tons one fifth the displacement.

Not only is Symphony of the Seas larger than Titanic all of the Oasis Class cruise ships are larger than the Titanic in gross tonnage as well as size. The Titanic was built in one piece by riveting large plates together whereas modern cruise ships are built in smaller sections then loaded into place using large cranes. The Titanics only voyage ended in tragedy on April fifteenth 1912.

The Harmony of the Seas is one of the longest cruise ships sailing today at 362m compared to the 269m length of Titanic. Queen Mary was also having a beam of 93 feet but the Queen Mary 2 became the largest cruise ship in terms of width. Titanic VS Modern Cruise Ships.