How big was Noah's Ark compared to modern ships? (11 photos)

The Bible describes this vessel as something grand. A majestic structure that housed representatives of all living creatures on Earth. "A pair of every creature." Well, you remember.





The Bible describes its dimensions in cubits, but we will immediately convert everything into meters for clarity. So, the length of the Ark is about 135 meters. Height - 15 meters. Width - 23 meters.

In fairness, we note that for that time it was a truly fantastic ship. For example, skilled sailors — the Phoenicians — 4000 years ago (after the flood) had trading (cargo) ships. The largest of them was only 30 meters long:



Yeah. It wasn't for nothing that Noah spent 120 years building his ark. He did a good job. Although, at the time of the beginning of construction, he was already 500 years old, and he had only 3 sons as assistants.

Even in the relatively recent past, ships were not huge in size and were far from the Ark. For example, Columbus set off on his most dangerous journey on the ship Santa Maria, the length of which was only... 25 meters.

And on this little vessel he crossed the Atlantic Ocean, moving practically "nowhere".





So the Ark looked grandiose even for the time of Columbus.

If it were placed on a football field, it would extend beyond the edges by 30+ meters:



If we compare it with modern houses, here is the most ordinary 9-story building against the background of the ark:



A lot? Of course! In essence, Noah's Ark is something like a 40-story building lying on its side. In the minds of people from the past era, such a ship was an even more ambitious design than any intergalactic starship for us.

However... Here are the dimensions of Abramovich's yacht for comparison. The famous "Eclipse" with its 162 meters in length.



I don't want to offend anyone, but I'm just wondering how many pairs of different creatures will fit on this Eclipse?

Or another example. That same "Titanic". Even its name is so large-scale. And the dimensions... The hull is 269 meters long.



Well, exactly, Titan... To put it mildly, the quality of the vessel was not very good. The Ark carried all the animals across the seas for 40 days. And the unfortunate Titanic drowned the equally unfortunate DiCaprio in the Atlantic after only 3 days.

However, in vain in the mass consciousness this steamship is perceived as the largest ship of all time and people. In fact, this was a long time ago and is not true. Modern ships are much larger.

For example, the largest aircraft carrier in the world is the American Enterprise, 342 meters long.



Can you still see Noah's Ark? It looks like it could be transported in the hold of an aircraft carrier. Or on the deck of the largest passenger liner, the Harmony of the Seas (at the very bottom of the picture):



Okay, so we can zoom in for a long time. And our list will include the largest container ship, for example. Or the largest tanker. And even the largest floating crane. But let's jump straight to the "very best". Namely, the longest ship in the world at the moment.

This will be a Korean floating liquefied gas plant. Its length is 488 meters. In fact, half a kilometer.



It seems that not only Noah's Ark, but also the Titanic can be rolled on it. Its displacement is 600,000 tons, which is 6 times more than the largest aircraft carrier. By the way, unlike the ark, it was built not in 120 years, but only 5. What technology has come to...

In general, God be with them - with the Titanic, aircraft carriers and tankers. But you remember what Columbus used to get to America?