Life INSIDE World's WIDEST Ship Ever Built Looks Like Half a Ship

Dive into the fascinating world of the Ramform Titan, the widest ship ever built, and discover the marvels of maritime engineering.
Footage Credits:
• 🚢 The Widest Ship in T...
• PGS Seismic Principles
• Ramform Hyperion - Ram...
• Drydocking of the Rese...
• Ramform Titan - Cabins
• Ramform Titan In Opera...
• Ramform Titan - Sports...
• Ramform Titan - Lifebo...
**𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀, 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼:
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[@gavinausten1825]

Ok so what happened to life inside??? That's why I clicked on this. And you need to check some of your facts buddy.

[@norwegiangadgetman]

I grew up near the Shipyard where those first ships were built. Just watching them coming out of the dry dock was fascinating.

[@miguelrage6810]

saw this personally in Nagasaki shipyard.... the beam was unique and magnificent

[@martinkilleen7607]

It’s called beam

[@rob56-c5s]

right hand top corner is so annoying.

[@williamchamberlain2263]

Yep

[@911rsr]

It is now Icon of the Seas.

[@eckligt]

Two corrections: * The Norwegian Navy intelligence-gathering ship "FS Marjata" shown at 1:13 is not the one that followed the Ramform design. There was another intelligence-gathering ship by the same name, now renamed "FS Eger", that had the Ramform design. The ship shown in the video is a traditional design, and is newer than the Ramform-designed ship. * The widest ship in the world is the "Pioneering Spirit".

[@gavinjayasmr]

You are right the Pioneering Spirit ship is 382 m long and 124 m wide. 🚢

[@skunkjobb]

If the instrument is towed, it's a hydrophone and not a geophone even if it listens for sound echoed from the ground.

[@rogerbartley2225]

Seawise Giant was 65m wide, Aircraft carriers are wider too.

[@markeastridge9649]

Valemax ore carriers are 65m beam with dozens in service.

[@timstapleman]

It looks too weird. They should put a fake plastic prosthetic back to make it look less ugly. They could remove it at sea, by please, put it on in port so the public don't have to put up with this abomination.

[@RaymondCore]

In the 1980s I was a radio navigator for 3 years on a 212' seismic boat in the Gulf of Mexico. We moved at 5 knots and would only come to port for refuel of equipment repair. Crew changes were done by helicopter and landing on a rolling and pitching boat was thrilling and living on a rolling and pitching boat was challenging for some. This ship looks like working on land with its stability.

[@limyrob1383]

Live onboard will be grim. I was on the Ramform Banff and there were serious seasickness problems. Crew were offered a no-fault re-assignment if they found it too much. Crew turnover was way above the norm. The ram-form shape means that waves lift the bow and one side at the same time so the vessel does a combined roll and pitch. It was very unsettling.

[@Oshawapilot]

Symphony is not even close to being the "largest ship in the world". Largest CRUISE ship at one point (although not any more), yes. Not the largest ship by a longshot.

[@smytb]

It never claims Longest, it said WIDEST ship! Of course that little thing isn't the longest ship...

[@krashd]

Hard to say which of you is wrong here seeing as the original post has been edited. Definitely a case for Poirot.

[@rogerbartley2225]

He's right Seawise Giant was much Bigger, American Aircraft carriers are too.

[@jameshaxby5434]

I have read that they have taken several of the Great Lakes freighters, cut them in half and put a notch on the front of the back half so that they can push other freighters.

[@marcslis7015]

They did. I live on Superior and have seen both of them sailing by.

[@caribbeanchild]

Whale and dolphin killer. This is a wildlife killer.

[@j.4941]

This isn't the widest ship. Not even close. The Ramform Titan is ~70m wide. The T/T Nanny is 79m wide. And the "Pioneering Spirit" is even much, MUCH wider with 129m width. Yes, Pioneering Spirit has two bows, but from midship on aft-wards it is a monohull, so it definitely counts.

[@heuhen]

No one said it was the widest ship, only the video maker. But then he did bad research on the video: - Showing wrong picture of "FS Marjata", showed the new one and not the old one, that is now know as "FS Ægir" - and quite a few more

[@j.4941]

@@heuhen Obviously I am addressing the video maker.

[@bozhijak]

Question. Can these ships be utilized in SAR operations?

[@chrismaggio7879]

OK.... I used to launch fighters off carriers and I think this would be an awesome aux carrier! Room on both sides for static aircraft, fueling, elevator, etc, and a single cat/landing strip dead center (offset single level island, of course).

[@garymiller5937]

These are extremely strange looking ships!! I'm surprised they are at all stable while sailing. 😊😊

[@omlandthegreat]

Thats the thing they do best, very stable with very little rolling.

[@julianfp1952]

How about slam though? I read/heard somewhere that, while ships with a relatively large beam do indeed have good roll properties, their challenge can be their pitch properties where they can slam with nasty acceleration/deceleration into head seas. Maybe that’s only an issue for smaller vessels and these ones are big enough for that not to be a problem?

[@heuhen]

@@julianfp1952 Not a problem either. The advantage of the Ramform hull

[@JacobAAllen]

The Pioneer Spirt has a beam of 407 ft across. While that ship is only 229 ft 8 in. Also the BOKA Vanguard has a beam of 256 ft. That boat can fit on the Vanguard with room the walk around it.

[@seanreid349]

Why not a catamaran style, more space on bow

[@nixxonnor]

I think the only need is the wide stern for dragging side by side stuff

[@seanreid349]

@@nixxonnor I got that already

[@heuhen]

It's more stable, better carrying capacity, more internal space, better seakeeping, reduced sound from hull and from engine, etc. I can go on and on about the advantaged Ramform gives. If a catamaran hull was good enough, they would use one

[@bozhijak]

Or Trimaran?

[@williamchamberlain2263]

NOT THE WIDEST by length/beam ratio - there were some circular naval vessels built in the 19th century, primarily for large riverine forces in Russia.

[@listerine-pr5lt]

It was every info except the life inside these ships.

[@julianfp1952]

Watch to the end. The video starts discussing life onboard at about 10 minutes in. There’s even a sports hall on board big enough for a basketball court.

[@user-zp7jp1vk2i]

it's an ocean going cable layer with a specific job to do. no problem.

[@janofb]

Not a cable layer. It's towing sonar arrays to map the bottom of the ocean.

[@marcslis7015]

Not sonar arrays, but a spread of seismic cables that contain hydrophones recording acoustic energy produced by two arrays of high pressure air guns, also towed behind the ship, just in front of the cable spread. I used to sail on these ships.

[@user-sv9tk2nj1k]

the next ship should be named RamStein

[@krashd]

I wanted Rambunctious

[@maxnao3756]

What happens to animal life which communicate through underwater sound emission. I suppose the guns terrific power sound pulses would completely saturate, disorient and disrupt marine life communication. This because we know that water being incompressible will transmit such powerful sounds for hundreds of kilometers.

[@caver38]

Will have problems in docks , river entries etc because of width

[@medler2110]

I think the designers might have worked that out and then worked out it doesn't go into rivers and only needs to go into certain ports, however they've also worked out it the best way for it to do the job it was built for.

[@heuhen]

well they do dock from time to time, when they need. Like the SPY ship Marjata (not the one in the video). It would come in to navy base regularly. There is no difference docking a ramform, than any other ships

[@Infernal_Elf]

@@heuhen It still goes into the dock and then rests on Concrete blocks when water is drained. but very few docks in the world can accommodate the width of 70m worlds largest cruise ship is only 48m wide and worlds largest container ship is 61m wide. The Ramform ships needs dry docks fit for Floating oil platforms.

[@kyleeames8229]

I’m surprised that the ships are single hull designs. Seeing the title/thumbnail, I was expecting to see a trimaran/quatromaran design.

[@ZoneofA]

Weird. Why they did not use catamaran or trimaran hull is beyond me.

[@kingjohn1974]

But can they traverse the Panama and Suez canals.

[@medler2110]

Does it need too?

[@somenygaard]

Yes they can. Panama Canal has a maximum beam of 49m

[@Infernal_Elf]

@@somenygaard The Biggest Ramform ships like this one has a beam of 70m

[@norsenomad]

Yes, the current Ramform ships can sail through the Suez Canal. If you search for "ramform titan suez", you'll find an 8 year old photo of the Ramform Titan sailing through the Suez Canal in November 2015, for instance. Suez Canal beam restriction: maximum beam of 70.1 meters, so that's pretty tight... While the Panama Canal is not accessible for the mentioned ship: before, the Panama Canal beam restriction allowed for a maximum beam of 49 meters, which was increased by the Canal Authority effective 1 June 2018 to 51.25 meters. I'm not sure about the smaller (narrower beam) Ramform ships and Panama.

[@bonasperry8747]

I wasted my time waiting to see inside

[@lucyfire6245]

I might be wrong, but isn't T/T Nanny the widest ship ever built?

[@heuhen]

No one have said that these Ramform ships are the wides in the world, except the maker of the video. What the Ramform ships do deliver, is the wides streamers coverage in one go, compared to any other ships out there.

[@simonlawrence5740]

Its working here in trinidad and guyana docks at chagaramas.

[@alexanderchessa1319]

the widest mono hull ship yes, but not the widest ship "Pioneering Spirit" 123.75m

[@lucyfire6245]

What about T/T Nanny with her 79m? Monohull of course

[@alexanderchessa1319]

Thank you never heard before@@lucyfire6245

[@GentlemanMcmike]

Severely out of date information.

[@smytb]

That's ok, no problems

[@GentlemanMcmike]

@@smytb go chew on a ROCK. That will be okay (that’s how you spell OKAY) dingledorf I mean smuts.

[@dickberglund4677]

The widest monohull ever built was a tanker named NANNY. She was delivered in 1978 and was 79 meters wide.

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

Poor whales that get anywhere near these ships!

[@smytb]

They will be safe, the propellers are inside cort nozzles. Nothing can get close to the rotating screws.

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

@@smytb I’m not talking about the propellers! Whales are incredibly sensitive to sound, it’s how they communicate and how they’ve been able to communicate over large distances! They can hear sound you and I can’t hear because the spectrum of the human ear is very small!

[@nos9784]

​@@smytb Marine noise is a problem for wildlife- especially if you don't know it is or don't take that into account, for example during a seismic survey.

[@perstaffanlundgren]

I (think ) they are obligated to listen for sounds of Wales and check there are none near, before using seismic cannons/charges, but i don't know if they do this to well enough to prevent hearing loss of the wales. So dont take my word for it, that this is safe. It may very well cause damage, in marine wildfire .

[@marcslis7015]

You would think the acoustic energy produced by the air gun arrays employed during seismic operations would bother, if not harm whales and other marine mammals, but from decades of study by JNCC certified Marine Mammal Observers have shown sometimes the opposite. Sometimes whales are attracted and both penguins and dolphins like to play right in the arrays as they fire. I spent 20yrs conducting these surveys and for a time was a certified MMO and have watched all 3 species interact w these operations.