Thread: QM2 Vs. RCCL
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Old January 8th, 2004, 06:32 PM
Terry Steinford
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Default QM2 Vs. RCCL


CupCaked wrote:

The RCI ship will weigh in at 160, 000 gross tons.


Gross tonnage has nothing to do with weight. It is a measure of volume of
the enclosed spaces of the ship's hull and superstructure, where 100 cubic
feet equals one ton.