It is the absolute biggest ship built so far and its hull is longer than the height of the Empire State Building.
What is the largest boat ever built. The current fastest boat ever made is called the Spirit of Australia. 14 rows The longest wooden ship ever built the six-masted New England gaff schooner Wyoming. 77499 GT 261 m 857 ft 1995 1996 24 November 1996 entered service Carnival Destiny.
270 m 880 ft 1987 1990 Surpassed by SS Norway 26 June 1995 Sun Princess. 66343 GRTas built 76049 GT post-1990 315 m 1035 ft 1972 1987 1990 1995 18 December 1987 MS Sovereign of the Seas. 51 rows the largest cruise ship Symphony of the Seas has a gross tonnage of 228081 is 361.
For the time being though the largest seafaring vessel by size ever built is the MV Mont formerly the Knock Nevis. At a massive 45845 meters thats 150410 feet the boat is over a quarter mile long. An older contender is the ancient Greek trireme Tessaronteres.
The MV Monts gross tonnage is 260941 tons and its capacity is 564763 deadweight tonnage. At first historians dismissed ancient Greek claims that the Tessaronteres was 425 feet 130m long. The boat took more than 900 person-hours to build.
It is 688 meters 22572 feet wide. 101353 GT 272 m 893 ft. South Korea is where the ship first made a debut and is considered the biggest floating facility to have ever been built.
The 21st century has seen the unveiling of Harmony of the Seas the largest cruise liner in the world. One possible challenge comes from the Chinese treasure ships of Yung He in the 1400s. Harmony Of The Seas.