Is The Titanic a cruise ship?

While the Titanic is widely known as a famous passenger vessel, it was also designed to carry cargo across the ocean. Again, this speaks to the fact that the Titanic was not actually a cruise ship. The Titanic had a somewhat large cargo hold on its lower decks.



People Also Ask

Although smaller than most modern cruise ships, Titanic was a historic 46,328 gross tonnage for its time. In comparison, modern cruise ships have a gross tonnage around 120,000. This is more than 150% heavier than Titanic. The largest cruise ships in the world come in at a whopping 230,000 gross tonnage.

MORE DETAILS

The Icon of the Seas, set to sail in the Caribbean in January, is five times the size of the Titanic. But it's unlikely to ever meet the same fate as the iconic ship, thanks to radar and iceberg monitoring. Royal Caribbean also says their cruise ships have enough lifeboats and rafts for everyone on board.

MORE DETAILS

Thankfully, very few cruise ships have actually sunk in modern history. Even so, the Titanic's sinking impacted maritime law so much that there are more than enough lifeboats for all passengers and crew onboard any given sailing. Within the last 111 years, over 20 cruise ships and ocean liners have sunk.

MORE DETAILS

The real-life Titanic sank at 2:20 a.m. April 15, 1912 – only four days into it's first-ever voyage.

MORE DETAILS

Most of the Titanic wreckage remains about 350 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, according to NOAA. The wreckage was first located in 1985 by marine explorer Robert Ballard, who returned about 20 years later to study the deterioration of the boat.

MORE DETAILS

RMS Titanic The sinking of the biggest passenger ship ever built at the time resulted in the death of more than 1,500 of the 2,208 people onboard. The accident occurred when the ship hit an iceberg while cruising at its maximum speed of 23k on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.

MORE DETAILS