As of 2026-07-08, Costa Concordia tops the list with 3,780 seats.
- #1 Costa Concordia — 3,780 seats
cruise ship that ran aground in a maritime accident in 2012.
Costa Concordia was a cruise ship operated by the Italian cruise line Costa Crociere. She was the first of her class, followed by her sister ships Costa Serena, Costa Pacifica, Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa, and Carnival Splendor built for Carnival Cruise Line. When the 114,137-ton Costa Concordia and her sister ships entered service, they were among the largest ships built in Italy until the construction of the 130,000 GT Dream-class cruise ships. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 SS Umbria — 2,400 seats
Italian Shipwreck
SS Umbria was a cargo ship built in 1912 in Hamburg, Germany, which plied the routes between Europe and Argentina. In 1918 the ship was acquired by the Argentinean Government and transported various goods across the Atlantic until 1934. In 1935 she was purchased by the Italian Government and renamed Umbria. On 3 June 1940 she arrived at Port Said, Egypt which was controlled by the British. She was secretly carrying 6,000 tons of bombs, 600 cases of detonators, 100 tons of various weapons, over... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 USS Lexington — 2,122 seats
1925 Lexington-class aircraft carrier
USS Lexington, nicknamed "Lady Lex", was the name ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy during the 1920s. Originally designed as a Lexington-class battlecruiser, she was converted into one of the Navy's first aircraft carriers during construction to comply with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, which essentially terminated all new battleship and battlecruiser construction. The ship entered service in 1928 and was assigned to the Pacific... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #4 Akagi — 2,000 seats
1925 aircraft carrier initially laid down as a battlecruiser
Akagi was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Though she was laid down as an Amagi-class battlecruiser, Akagi was converted to an aircraft carrier while still under construction to comply with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. The ship was rebuilt from 1935 to 1938 with her original three flight decks consolidated into a single enlarged flight deck and an island superstructure. The second Japanese aircraft carrier to enter service, and the first large or... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #5 Kaga — 2,000 seats
1921 Tosa-class battleship
Kaga was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Originally intended to be one of two Tosa-class battleships, Kaga was converted under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty to an aircraft carrier as the replacement for the battlecruiser Amagi, which had been irreparably damaged during the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. Kaga was rebuilt in 1933–1935, increasing her top speed, improving her exhaust systems, and adapting her flight decks to accommodate more modern,... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #6 MS Estonia — 2,000 seats
cruise ferry which sunk on 28 September 1994
MS Estonia was a car-passenger ferry built in 1980 for the Finnish shipping company Rederi Ab Sally by Meyer Werft, in Papenburg, West Germany. She was deployed on ferry routes between Finland and Sweden by various companies until the end of January 1993, when she was sold to Nordström & Thulin for use on Estline's Tallinn–Stockholm route. The ship's sinking on 28 September 1994, in the Baltic Sea between Sweden, Finland and Estonia, was one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters of... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #7 German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin — 1,720 seats
1938 Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier
The German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin was the lead ship in a class of two carriers of the same name ordered by the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany. She was the only aircraft carrier launched by Germany and represented part of the Kriegsmarine's attempt to create a well-balanced oceangoing fleet, capable of projecting German naval power far beyond the narrow confines of the Baltic and North Seas. The carrier would have had a complement of 42 fighters and dive bombers. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #8 Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku — 1,660 seats
1939 Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier
Zuikaku was the second and last Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) shortly before the beginning of the Pacific War. Zuikaku was one of the most modern Japanese aircraft carriers when commissioned, and saw successful action throughout numerous battles during the Pacific War; usually operating alongside her sistership Shōkaku. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 HMS Ark Royal — 1,580 seats
1937 aircraft carrier
HMS Ark Royal was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that operated during the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 SS Admiral Nakhimov — 1,500 seats
1925 ocean liner converted to hospital ship
SS Admiral Nakhimov, launched in March 1925 and originally named SS Berlin, was a passenger liner of the German Weimar Republic later converted to a Kriegsmarine hospital ship, then a Soviet passenger ship. On 31 August 1986, Admiral Nakhimov collided with the Soviet large bulk carrier Pyotr Vasyov in the Tsemes Bay, near the Port of Novorossiysk, Russian SFSR, and quickly sank. In total, 423 of the 1,234 people on board died. Read more on Wikipedia.
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