Passenger ship
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A passenger ship is a merchant ship whose primary function is to carry passengers on the sea. The category does not include cargo vessels which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, s
An ocean liner, Queen Elizabeth 2
An ocean liner, Normandie
A cruise ship, Freedom of the Seas
A ferry, Mega Smeralda
Cruise ship
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Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, which are used for transport, cruise ships typically embark on round-trip voyages to various ports of call, whe
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…equipped with cargo holds and derricks, kingposts, or other cargo-handling gear for that purpose. Only in more recent ocean liners and in virtually all cruise ships has this cargo capacity been eliminated. While typically passenger ships are part of the merchant marine, passenger ships have also been used as…
Icon of the Seas, one of the largest cruise ships in service with a maximum capacity of 7,600 passengers
Cruiseferry MS Galaxy at the port of Mariehamn, Åland, in February 2016
Cruise ships MSC Poesia, Vision of the Seas, and Mein Schiff Herz at Tallinn Passenger Port in Estonia
RMS Strathaird, a P&O ocean liner that sometimes served as a cruise ship. The company began offering luxury cruise services in 1844.