Timeline of largest passenger ships

This is a timeline of the world's largest passenger ships based upon internal volume, initially measured by gross register tonnage and later by gross tonnage. This timeline reflects the largest extant passenger ship in the world at any given time. If a given ship was superseded by another, scrapped, or lost at sea, it is then succeeded. Some records for tonnage outlived the ships that set them - notably the SS Great Eastern, and RMS Queen Elizabeth. The term "largest passenger ship" has evolved over time to also include ships by length as supertankers built by the 1970s were over long. In the modern era "largest passenger ship" has gradually fallen out of use in favor of "largest cruise ship" as the industry has shifted to cruising rather than transatlantic ocean travel. While some of these modern cruise ships were later expanded, they did not regain their "largest" titles.

Timeline

Year completed Ship Tonnage Length Title held Status Image 1831 1,370 GRT 1831 – 1839 Sank in 1860 1838 1,700 GRT 1839 Scrapped in 1856 1839 1,850 GRT 1839 – 18401841 – 1843 Scrapped in 1844 1840 2,366 GRT 1840 – 1841 Lost at sea in 1841 1843 3,270 GRT 1843 – 1853 Currently a Museum ship 1853 3,466 GRT 107 m (350 ft) 1853 – 1857 Sank in 1884 1857SS Adriatic3,670 GRT108 m (354 ft)1857 — 1858Bowen, Frank C. (March 2009). "The Collins Liner 'Adriatic' of 1856" (PDF). The Bulletin. The Liverpool Nautical Research Society. 52 (4): 39–41.Beached and Abandoned in 1885 1858 18,915 GRT 1858 – c. 1888 Scrapped by 1891 1888 10,499 GRT 171 m (560 ft) c. 1888 – 1893 Scrapped in 1923 22 April 1893 12,950 GRT 1893 – 1897 Sank in 1918 2 September 1893 Scrapped in 1909 1897 14,349 GRT 1897 – 1899 Sank in 1914 1899 17,272 GRT 1899 – 1901 Sank in 1914 11 July 1901 20,904 GRT 1901 – 1903 Ran aground in 1928, Scrapped on site in 1929 31 January 1903 21,073 GRT 213 m (700 ft) 1903 – 1904 Scrapped in 1932 23 June 1904 23,876 GRT 1904 – 1906 Scrapped in 1933 10 May 1906 24,581 GRT 1906 – 1907 Scrapped in 1930 7 September 1907 31,550 GRT 1907 Sank in 1915 7 November 1907 31,938 GRT 241 m (790 ft) 1907 – 1911 Scrapped in 1935 31 May 1911 45,324 GRT()46,439 GRT() 1911 – 19121912 – 1913 Scrapped by 1937 31 March 1912 46,328 GRT 1912 Sank in 1912 June 1913 52,117 GRT 1913 – 1914 Scrapped in 1938 14 May 1914 SS Vaterland 54,282 GRT 1914 – 1922 Scrapped in 1938 12 May 1922 56,551 GRT 1922 – 1935 Scrapped in 1943 29 May 1935 79,280 GRT83,404 GRT 1935 – 1942 Scrapped in 1946 2 March 1940 83,673 GRT 1942 – 1972 Scrapped in 1974 3 February 1962 SS Norway 66,343 GRT76,049 GRT 1972 – 19871990 – 1995 Scrapped in 2008 18 December 1987 73,529 GT 268 m (880 ft) 1987 – 1990 Scrapped in 2020 26 June 1995 77,000 GT 1995 – 1996 In service as Pacific World 24 November 1996 Carnival Destiny 101,353 GT 1996 – 1998 In service as Carnival Sunshine 27 May 1998 Grand Princess 109,000 GT 1998 – 1999 In service 29 October 1999 Voyager of the Seas 137,276 GT 311 m (1,020 ft) 1999 – 2000 In service 28 September 2000 Explorer of the Seas 137,308 GT 311 m (1,020 ft) 2000 – 2002 In service 18 November 2002Navigator of the Seas 138,279 GT 2002 – 2003 In service 22 December 2003 148,528 GT 2003 – 2006 In service 24 April 2006 154,407 GT 2006 – 2009 In service 18 May 2007 Liberty of the Seas 2007 – 2009 30 April 2008 Independence of the Seas 2008 – 2009 28 October 2009 Oasis of the Seas225,282 GT 2009 – 2016 In service 28 October 2010 Allure of the Seas 2010 – 2016 In service 13 May 2016 Harmony of the Seas 226,963 GT 2016 – 2018 In service 23 March 2018 Symphony of the Seas 228,081 GT 2018 – 2022 In service 27 January 2022 Wonder of the Seas 235,600 GT 2022 – 2023 In service 27 November 2023 Icon of the Seas248,663 GT 2023 – present In service 10 July 2025 Star of the Seas 2024 – present In service 10 June 2026 Legend of the Seas 2026 – present In service

Timeline of largest passenger ships

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