Fastest Cruise Ship

How fast do cruise ships travel.

Fastest cruise ship. The worlds fastest ocean liner today is the Queen Mary 2 launched by the Queen in 2004 at 26 kn. If you have ever wondered how fast a cruise ship goes. The fastest cruise ship - - as opposed to ocean liner - - that I have encountered is Norwegian Gem.

The worlds fastest cruise ship - Royal Olympic Cruises Olympic Voyager. The record is based on average speed rather than passage time because ships follow different routes. Twenty five would be the maximum allowable and many cruise ships are limited to 23 or 24.

The fastest cruise ship nowadays is the Queen Mary 2 this thanks to its Integrated electric propulsion. The fastest cruise ship Cunards Queen Mary 2 can reach top speeds of up to 30 knots. Sometimes captains need to get to where theyre going fast.

Diesel generators. Where speed does matter over water is on the short crowded crossings of the world. Traveling at speeds of 34 miles per hour or the equivalent of 30 knots the speed is considered short of phenomenal compared to its gross ton size of 150000.

Also eastbound and westbound speed. The average speed of a cruise ship is 18 to 22 knots 20 to 25 miles per hour. Designed as an ocean liner she needs speed in order to handle the variable conditions of the North Atlantic.

JON HAMMOND on assignment for Press Publications ESCAPE. In April 1912 the RMS Titanic was not only the largest passenger ship in the world but it was the largest ship ever built. The maximum speed of a cruise ship is around three knots faster than its average cruising speed.