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Ocean liners

A passenger ship built for scheduled voyages across open ocean, with a stronger hull and higher speed than most cruise ships. Voydar tracks 89 ships of this type by IMO number, 1 of them heard on AIS in the last 7 days.

Ship types explained

Part of: Passenger ships

Largest ocean liners by gross tonnage

Gross tonnage measures a ship's enclosed volume, not its weight. From the ship's registered particulars (Wikidata, EU MRV and other public sources).

ShipGTBuiltFlagLast AIS
Queen Elizabeth 270,3271969—not on AIS
KEN MARE44,1271929LiberiaSep 28, 2026, 02:43 UTC
SS Oriana41,9101960—not on AIS
IMO 526067938,7721965—not on AIS
Nieuw Amsterdam36,9821938—not on AIS
Pretoria Castle28,7051948—not on AIS
SS America26,3531940—not on AIS
RMS Sylvania24,8031957—not on AIS
SS Monterey24,3461932—not on AIS
SS Chusan24,2151950—not on AIS

Newest ocean liners

By year built, from the ship's registered particulars.

ShipGTBuiltFlagLast AIS
Le Jacques Cartier—2020Wallis & FutunaSep 21, 2026, 04:37 UTC
MS Mikhail Lermontov—1972—not on AIS
Queen Elizabeth 270,3271969—not on AIS
MS Renaissance11,7001966—not on AIS
SS Eugenio C—1966—not on AIS
IMO 526067938,7721965—not on AIS
Marco Polo22,0801965—not on AIS
Category:Michelangelo (ship, 1965)—1965—not on AIS
SS Raffaello—1965—not on AIS
Doric—1964—not on AIS

Flags

The flags ocean liners in Voydar's records sail under most often.

Recently seen on AIS