As of 2026-07-08, Queen Mary 2 tops the list with 2,620 seats.
- #1 Queen Mary 2 — 2,620 seats
Transatlantic cruise ship
RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2) is a British ocean liner which is the flagship of the Cunard Line since April 2004 and, as of 2026, remains the only ship built for service as an ocean liner still in active service. Queen Mary 2 sails regular transatlantic crossings between Southampton and New York City, in addition to short cruises and an annual world voyage. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 SS Minnesota — 2,586 seats
American built ocean-liner
SS Minnesota was an American built ocean-liner operated by the Great Northern Steamship Company which was owned by James J. Hill. From 27 February 1919 until 15 September 1919 the ship was recommissioned as the USS Troy for the U.S. naval service. She was an identical sister ship to the SS Dakota which sank in Japan in 1907. Both ships built in 1903 were the largest and most luxurious liners built in the United States at the opening of the 20th century. The passenger telephone system, and... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 RMS Queen Elizabeth — 2,283 seats
Ocean liner which was operated by the Cunard Line
RMS Queen Elizabeth was a British ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line. Along with her sister Queen Mary, she provided a weekly transatlantic service between Southampton in the United Kingdom and New York City in the United States, via Cherbourg in France. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #4 RMS Queen Mary — 2,280 seats
retired British ocean liner
RMS Queen Mary is a retired British ocean liner that operated primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line. It is currently a hotel, museum, and convention space in Long Beach, California, United States. It is on the US National Register of Historic Places and member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, she was subsequently joined by RMS Queen... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #5 MS Augustus — 2,210 seats
ship
MS Augustus was a combined ocean liner and cruise ship built in 1926 for the Navigazione Generale Italiana (NGI). Augustus operated mostly on the Europe to South and North America routes, on the former being one of, if not the largest and fastest liner to sail on regular crossings. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #6 SS Oriana — 2,134 seats
last of the Orient Steam Navigation Company's ocean liners
SS Oriana was the last of the Orient Steam Navigation Company's ocean liners. She was built at Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England and launched on 3 November 1959 by Princess Alexandra. Oriana first appeared as an Orient Line ship, with a corn-coloured hull, until 1966, when that company was fully absorbed into P&O. Faced with unprofitable around-the-world passenger routes, the P&O white hulled Oriana was operated as a full-time cruise ship from 1973. Between 1981 and her... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #7 SS United States — 1,928 seats
American ocean liner
SS United States is a retired American ocean liner that was built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines. She is the largest ocean liner to be entirely constructed in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic Ocean in either direction, earning the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952, a title that remains uncontested. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #8 Queen Elizabeth 2 — 1,900 seats
former ocean liner and cruise ship from the United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is a retired British ocean liner. Built by John Brown & Company on the River Clyde in Scotland for the Cunard Line, the ship was operated as a transatlantic liner and cruise ship from 1969 to 2008. She was laid up until converted into a floating hotel in Dubai. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 SS Conte Grande — 1,780 seats
ship
SS Conte Grande was a Lloyd Sabaudo ocean liner built in 1927 by Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino in Trieste, Italy, to service the transatlantic passenger line between Genoa, Italy, and New York City. Launched on 29 June 1927, her maiden voyage was from Genoa to Naples to New York City, which occurred on 13 April 1928. In 1932, after acquisition by the Italian Line, she was transferred to the South America service but was laid up in Santos, Brazil in 1940. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 SS City of New York — 1,740 seats
British built passenger liner
City of New York was a British built passenger liner that was designed to be the largest and fastest liner on the Atlantic. When she entered service with the Inman Line in August 1888, she was the first twin screw express liner in the world, and while she did not achieve the westbound Blue Riband, she ultimately held the eastbound record from August 1892 to May 1893 at a speed of 20.11 knots. City of New York and her sister City of Paris are considered especially beautiful ships, and throughout... Read more on Wikipedia.
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