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telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2012-04-20 07:59 am

Do my homework for me!

As I don't want to spend precious satellite Internet minutes satisfying my
idle curiosity, can someone look up the various dimensions and capacities
of:

The Carnival Magic

An aircraft carrier

The largest ship in the Chinese treasure fleet

Thanks!
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[personal profile] trouble 2012-04-20 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
From Wiki:
Some scholars argue that it is highly unlikely that Zheng He's ship was 450 feet (140 m) in length, some estimating that it was 110–124 m (390–408 feet) long and 160–166 feet wide instead [12] while others put them as 61–76 m (200–250 feet) in length,[14][15] since in later historical periods ships approaching the extreme sizes claimed for the treasure ships (such as HMS Orlando and the schooner Wyoming) were unwieldy and visibly undulated with the waves, even with steel braces.

One explanation for the alleged size of these colossal ships was that the largest 44 Zhang treasure ships were merely for a display of imperial power by the Emperor and imperial bureaucrats on the Yangtze River when on court business, including when reviewing Zheng He's actual expedition fleet. The Yangtze River, with its calmer waters, may have been navigable for such large but unseaworthy ships. Zheng He, would not have had the privilege in rank to command the largest of these ships. The largest ships of Zheng He's fleet were the 6 masted 2000-liao ships. This would give burthen of 500 tons and a displacement tonnage of about 800 tons; still easily the largest sea-going vessels up to its time.[5][15][16]
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aircraft carriers

[personal profile] tessercat 2012-04-20 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Not as standard-sized as one might think:

tessercat: (should ever we meet)

Carnival Magic

[personal profile] tessercat 2012-04-20 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Class and type: Dream Class
Tonnage: 128,048 GT / 13,814 DWT
Length: 306 m (1,004 ft)
Beam: 37.19 m (122.0 ft)
Draught: 8.3 m (27 ft)
Decks: 14 passenger decks, 17 decks total
Propulsion: 6 Wärtsilä 12V46 engines (75,600kw)
Speed: cruise: 22.5 kn (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)
max recorded: 25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Capacity: 3,690 passengers
Crew: 1,367 crew