Titanic Was 883 ft Long - Longer Than Two Football Fields
RMS Titanic measured 882 ft 9 in (269.1 m) from bow to stern - about 22 city buses (40 ft / 12.2 m each), almost four Boeing 747-400s (232 ft / 70.7 m) or nearly two and a half American football fields with end zones (360 ft / 109.7 m). When she entered service in 1912 she was the largest ship afloat. Today's largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas, is 1,198 ft (365 m) long - 315 ft (96 m) longer, with about 248,663 gross tonnage versus Titanic's 46,328 GRT, more than five times as much. Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica and Wikipedia 'Titanic' (length 882 ft 9 in, 46,328 GRT, largest ship afloat in 1912); Royal Caribbean / Wikipedia 'Icon of the Seas' (1,198 ft, 248,663 GT); Boeing 747-400 specifications (231 ft 10 in); NFL rulebook (field 360 x 160 ft with end zones). Credits (CC BY 4.0): 'Generic Town Bus' by own.guest, 'boeing 747 with interior FREE' by zihanchi. #Shorts #ScaleShock #howbig