The Evolution of Size   Through the ages, ships have evolved greatly both concerning their size and design. We have put together this comparison chart to give you a general idea of how ships of old and new differ from eachother.


 

1.	Great Western   Completed in 1838 for the Great Western Railway Co.   1,340 gross tons - 212 feet long		9.	Bremen   Completed in 1929 for Norddeutscher Lloyd.   51,656 gross tons - 938 feet long.
2.	Great Britain   Completed in 1845 for the Great Western Railway Co.   3,270 gross tons - 322 feet long		10.	Normandie   Completed in 1935 for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.   79,280 gross tons - 1,028 feet long
3.	Great Eastern   Completed in 1860 for the Great Steamship Co.   18,915 gross tons - 689 feet long		11.	Queen Mary  Completed in 1936 for the Cunard White Star Line.  81,235 gross tons - 1,018 feet long
4.	City of Paris   Completed in 1889 for the Inman & International Line.   10,499 gross tons - 560 feet long		12.	United States  Completed in 1952 for the United States Lines.  53,329 gross tons - 990 feet long
5.	Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse   Completed in 1897 for Norddeutscher Lloyd.   14,349 gross tons - 655 feet long		13.	France  Completed in 1962 for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.  66,348 gross tons - 1,035 feet long
6.	Mauretania   Completed in 1907 for the Cunard Line.   31,938 gross tons - 790 feet long		14.	Voyager of the Seas  Completed in 1999 for the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.  137,276 gross tons - 1,019 feet long
7.	Olympic   Completed in 1911 for the White Star Line.   45,324 gross tons - 883 feet long.		15.	Queen Mary 2 Completed in 2004 for the Cunard Line. 148,528 gross tons - 1,132 feet long
8.	Majestic   Completed in 1922 for the White Star Line.   56,551 gross tons - 956 feet long		16.	Independence of the Seas Completed in 2008 for the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. 160,000 gross tons - 1,112 feet long