Was Costa Concordia bigger than Titanic?

The Concordia was slightly larger (952 feet to the Titanic's 883 feet) and both had a top speed of 23 knots. Both had issues with their christening, and believers in superstition might attribute the ships' tragedies to it.



Yes, the Costa Concordia was significantly larger than the RMS Titanic in almost every physical and technical dimension. The Costa Concordia had a Gross Tonnage of 114,147 GT, which is nearly 2.5 times larger than the Titanic’s 46,328 GT. In terms of length, the Costa Concordia measured 290.2 meters (952 feet) compared to the Titanic’s 269.1 meters (883 feet). The difference in width (beam) was also substantial, with the Costa Concordia being 35.5 meters (116 feet) wide, while the Titanic was only 28 meters (92 feet) wide. Furthermore, the Costa Concordia featured 13 passenger decks compared to the Titanic's 9. While the Titanic was considered a "floating palace" and a massive engineering feat for 1912, it would be dwarfed by modern "mega-cruise" ships. By 2026 standards, even the Costa Concordia (which was scrapped after its 2012 disaster) is considered a "mid-sized" ship compared to the modern Icon-class vessels, which are now five times the volume of the original Titanic.

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