Titanic was the biggest ship on the sea when she was launched in May 1911. She was as tall as Nelson's Column in London. Workers used 22 tonnes of soap to make sure Titanic could slip into the ...

Today, we measure ships in gross tonnage (GT) and Titanic would weigh in at 39,640 GT. For comparison ... aboard the Olympic were amazed by her size and opulence. She could carry over 2500 ...

Gigantic cruise ships eight times the size of the Titanic and carrying a population equal to that of a small town will set sail by 2050 as demand for luxury travel booms, a study predicts.