As of 2026-07-08, Carnival Venezia tops the list with 4,232 seats.
- #1 Carnival Venezia — 4,232 seats
Cruise ship built in 2019
Carnival Venezia is a Venice-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. Originally intended to serve the Chinese market, she debuted as Costa Venezia for sister brand Costa Cruises in Shanghai on 18 May 2019. At 135,225 gross tonnage (GT) and with a capacity of 4,208 passengers, she became the largest ship commissioned for the Costa fleet upon her delivery. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 Labobar — 3,084 seats
ship built in 2004
source Wikidata - #3 SS Principe Umberto — 2,605 seats
Italian cargo ship
SS Principe Umberto was an Italian passenger and refrigerated cargo ship built in 1908 for Navigazione Generale Italiana. During World War I, Principe Umberto served as an armed merchant cruiser. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #4 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 - #5 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 - #6 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 - #7 Tannenberg — 2,000 seats
minelayer launched in 1935
source Wikidata - #8 Spirit of France — 2,000 seats
ship built in 2011
Spirit of France is a cross-channel ferry operated by P&O Ferries on the Dover–Calais route. She is the second of two Spirit-class ships built for P&O Ferries, the other being Spirit of Britain Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 Wappen von Köln — 1,985 seats
scrapped passenger ship
source Wikidata - #10 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.
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