Why Ocean Liners are STRONGER & FASTER than Cruise Ships? Key Ocean Liner Differences Explained!

What is an Ocean Liner? This video explains what makes a ship an Ocean Liner and how it is DIFFERENT to a Cruise Ship. This applies to when you compare Queen Mary 2, QE2 or even the RMS. Titanic to modern cruise ships such as those in the fleet of Carnival Cruise Line, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean or even the rest of the Cunard fleet.

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I am often asked the question: “what’s the difference between an ocean liner and a cruise ship?” The vast majority of ships offering cruise voyages today are cruise ships, designed to undertake pleasure voyages largely in coastal waters. Ocean Liners, on the other hand, are passenger ships that are designed to regularly undertake a line voyage, sailing between point A and point B across an expanse of open ocean.

What makes Ocean Liners different to Cruise Ships?

00:00 The Last Ocean Liner
00:56 Ocean Liner vs Cruise Ship
01:22 What is a ‘line voyage?’
02:03 The First Ocean Liner
03:08 What is an Ocean Liner?
04:05 Evolution of the Passenger Ship
04:37 How to identify an Ocean Liner?
04:42 The Bow
05:26 Strength
05:52 The Bridge
06:35 Freeboard
07:26 Speed
08:36 Notable Cruise Ships
08:56 Dual Purpose Liners
09:27 Laid Up Liners
09:47 Outro

Image References: Thanks to Andrew Sassoli-Walker, Robert Henderson, Alex Lucas and Patricia Dempsey who assisted with Ocean Liner & Cruise Ship pics.

Other references include: 1.Carpathia: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2Vkd9qc 2. Titanic: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2V5G2aK 3. Imperator: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2Yom6C4 4. Great Western: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/35s6G1d 5. Steam Ship Scene: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/35j7DsK 6. Sirius: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2zL0BkF 7. Mauretania Bridge and Cargo: 'Tyne & Wear Archives' CC.0 The Commons License: https://bit.ly/2W87DZL 8. Mauretania at Sea: 'Tyne & Wear Archives' CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2W5maVZ 9. Turbine from Mauretania: 'Tyne & Wear Archives' CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2zcGLhS 10. Britannia in Ice: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2W0zuKZ 11. Parsons Turbine: 'US Public Domain Tag': CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/3d7zAGm 12: Normandie: 'San Diego Air & Space Museum': CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2xBuwey 13: Queen Mary Bridge: CC BY SA Foremast: https://bit.ly/2L0dERz 14. Olympic: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/3db6ypH 15. SS. United States: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2KOlfTj 16. Campania: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/3c5M9BW 17. MV ASTORIA CC BY SA 4.0 NIELS JOHANNES: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... 18. Stockholm CC.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MN... 19. Stockholm CC.0 Australia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... 19. PENDENNIS CASTLE CC BY SA 4.0 JIM EVANS: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

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