December 26, 2003

THE QUEEN MARY 2 IS BIG

How big? The paint weighs 250 tons. Displacement of selected vessels:

Jahre Viking: 565,000 tons (when fully-loaded w/ crude oil)
Starship Enterprise: 190,000
Queen Mary 2: 150,000
Voyager of the Seas: 140,000
USS Nimitz: 80,000 (largest warship in the world)
Queen Mary 1: 80,000
Titanic: 70,000
Yamato: 65,000 (largest battleship ever)
Bismarck: 42,600
HMS Dreadnought: 18,110
HMS Victory: 2,500
PT Boat: 56

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