Cunard White Star's Ten Largest

[Daniel Odysseus]

I made one for Cunard/Cunard White Star... I don't have the years or the tonnage (I don't have a handy source at my fingers right now) but here it is... NOTE: some ships are previous White Star ships...

1) Queen Mary 2 (building)
2) Queen Elizabeth 2
3) Queen Elizabeth
4) Queen Mary
5) Majestic
6) Imperator/Berengaria
7) Aquitania
8) Olympic
9) Mauretania
10) Georgic

 

[greg robertson]

The Queen Elizabeth was larger than the QM (I) and the QE2.

 

[greg robertson]

The Caronia should be in there too?

 

[Daniel Odysseus]

No, the Caronia (the current one) is less than thirty tons... 27,000, I think... I have absolutely no idea about the previous Caronias... I made this list rather quickly; I also overlooked the Sea Goddess 1 and Sea Goddess 2...

I saw in a source that Queen Elizabeth 2 was the largest in the world for a while, meaning bigger than the first QE. I guess that they took QE1 off of the list since it was scrapped... I'm working on a revision; I'll have it up soon.

 

[Daniel Odysseus]

I'm working on the revision; the Sea Goddesses were only 5,000 tons approx. I thought they were bigger. And yes, Greg, the Caronia from 1947 is slightly bigger than the Georgic.

 

[Daniel Odysseus]

I believe that this is a more accurate version... With approximate tonnage (I didn't get to the exact, but it gives you an idea...)

1) Queen Mary 2 (building) approx. 150,000 tons
2) Queen Elizabeth approx. 84,000 tons
3) Queen Mary approx. 83,000 tons
4) Queen Elizabeth 2 approx. 70,000 tons
5) Majestic approx. 56,000 tons
6) Imperator/Berengaria approx. 52,000 tons
7) Aquitania approx. 46,000 tons
8) Olympic approx. 45,000 tons
9) Royal Viking Sun approx. 37,000 tons
10) Maurentania II approx. 35,000 tons

If it is incorect, please, feel free to correct it...

-D.O.

 

[Luke Mack]

after her post titanic refit Olympic was larger than Aquitania at a little over 46000 tons.

 

[Jeremy Lee]

According to WSL's claims at that time, 46, 439 tons.

 

[Brent Holt]

Olympic was always larger than Aquitania in terms of GRT.

Brent

 

[Adam Eickholt]

"The Great Ocean Liners" website gives the following figures:

Olympic (1911) = 45,324 gross tons
Olympic (1913) = 46,359 gross tons
Aquitania (1914) = 45,647 gross tons

http://www.greatoceanliners.net/index2.html

Adam

 

[Brent Holt]

In 1920 Olympic's GRT was re-registered as 46,439 tons. She thus was able to hold the title as the largest British built liner through the rest of her career.

Brent

 

[Jeremy Lee]

Anyone knows if this 'new' 1920 tonnage was re-registered after her restoration? I guess so!

 

[Gabriel Gerard Scotto]

I'd say this is right:

1.Queen Mary 2
2.Queen Elizabeth
3.Queen Mary
3.Queen Elizabeth 2
4.Majestic
5.Imperator
6.Olympic
7.Aquitania
8.Mauretania II
9.Mauretania
10.Lusitania

 

[Mark Baber]

Hello, Gabriel---

You wrote:

3.Queen Mary
3.Queen Elizabeth 2

Does the fact that these are both number "3" mean you're saying they were the same size? If so, that's not correct; QM was a significantly larger ship---10,000 tons or so---than QE2 is.

And why'd you drop Royal Viking Sun?

 

[Brent Holt]

Homeric should be in there as well.

Brent