Was the Titanic the largest ship afloat?

Answer 1

Titanic was the biggest ship. bigger than it's sisters the Olympic and Britannic
No, it was the biggest ship for its time. At the time of her maiden voyage, SS Titanic was the largest ship in the world. Her sister ship SS Olympic was about the same length, but Titanic was heavier by about ten thousand gross tons. Some of this extra weight was from the enclosed screens on A deck, which are one of the main ways that you can tell the difference between the two. Since that time, there have been longer and heavier ships constructed, both liners and cargo vessels with some oil tankers being the largest ships today. There was also the Britannic in that class but she was sunk by a German U Boat when she was a hospital ship carrying injured troops to England during the Great War. Many ships now days are much larger. Air craft carriers are good examples.

Answer 2

It was not.

In 1991 the supertanker M/T Haven caught fire following an explosion,broke and sank in the Mediterranean spilling 40-50,000 tons of crude into the sea.

The vessel was 1096' in length and 230,000 tons displacement, compared to the Titanic's

882' length and displacement of 52,310 tons.

Prior to that, the tanker Marpessa sank off the west coast of Africa. (also on it's maiden voyage) The Marpessa's length was in excess of 1000', and had a displacement of over 200.000 tons.

Incidentally, the Titanic's sister ship, the Britannic, which sunk off the Greek island of Kea

during WWI, was several inches longer than the Titanic, and displaced approx. 53,000

tons.

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The HMHS Britannic is THE largest shipwreck as of today. She was also the biggest ship lost during the first World War.

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You are incorrect about the Britannic being the largest current wreck.

The above mentioned M/T Haven could have carried the Britannic, in its entirety, within it's cargo hold.

-SM

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Answer 3

Yes, the Titanic was one of the largest ships of its time(I think). These days, of course, it isn't all that big since they have a ton of huge oil tankers and stuff. Back then, though, it was considered unsinkable and was one of the biggest ships.(This is based on what I know I am not exactly 100% sure).

Answer 4

no. the caperitania was the titanics sister and was approxemently 225 feet longer

Answer 5

It WAS the biggest at the time of its Construction. Not so big according to today.

Answer 6

It used to be at that time, but there are now ships even bigger in length AND width than the Titanic

Answer 7

it wasent even 5 times as big the largest ship ever built was the Knock Nevis 565,000 METRIC TONS AND 458 METERS LONG A LOT BIGGER THAN THE TITANIC

Answer 8

It was the largest ship built AT THAT TIME. Larger ships have been built since then.

Answer 9

Titanic was the largest ship in 1912.

Answer 10

It was the biggest boat of its time.