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How long would a passenger ship take to get from Europe to the US today? Not like a lux cruise ship, but like a ship who main purpose is transportation. Does an
by jedimastert 7y ago
How long would a passenger ship take to get from Europe to the US today? Not like a lux cruise ship, but like a ship who main purpose is transportation. Does anything like that even exist anymore? I know cargo ships are an important part of world infrastructure, but those don't really do "civilians"
- yostrovs 7y agoI don't believe there's such a thing. But that's because airline companies don't have to pay for their externalities.
- Merrill 7y ago>The current eastbound record was set by the American ocean liner United States in July 1952: the ship made the crossing in 3 days, 10 hours, 40 minutes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_crossing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_crossing There is no reason to believe that an ocean liner would be much faster today, since naval propulsion was well developed by 1952. >Sir Richard Branson set the world record for crossing the Atlantic Ocean by boat in 1986 in his 72ft (22 metre) Virgin Atlantic Challenger II with a time of three days, eight hours and 31 minutes.
- ajdlinux 7y agoThe term you're looking for is "ocean liner". There is only one ship in the world currently officially classed as an ocean liner, the RMS Queen Mary 2. AFAICT, it's basically a cruise ship, just slightly faster with slightly different types of luxury, and it takes 7-8 nights between Southampton and New York. Probably not the fastest ocean liner one could build...
- timthorn 7y agoCurrent record is 2d 20h 9m for a passenger catamaran: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hales_Trophy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hales_Trophy
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