How Fast Can A Cruise Ship Stop

The solution is simple.

How fast can a cruise ship stop. After all lots of people on cruises are there to enjoy the scenery. If the ship has a targeted destination that destination is within a cone ahead of the ship the destination is less than 1 Mm away and the ship is moving slower than 1 Mms then pressing the Supercruise button will drop the ship to normal flight somewhere within several kilometers of the destination. The struggle is known as the Battle of the Atlantic.

Crossings in small vessels. Time taken to complete a turn is 8 to 10 minutes for average sized cargo vessel 14 to 26 minutes for large vessels. In calm weather this means it must do at least 30 knots.

To disembark all passengers from a cruise ship takes a few hours. When to reroute a ship. Cruise ships rarely hit top speed and will usually only do so if necessary.

During World War II the transatlantic crossing was very important for the United Kingdom as much of Europe had been taken over by Germany and its allies preventing trade and supplies. In July 1952 that ship made the crossing in 3 days 10 hours 40 minutes. Its cruising speed is 226 knots thats about 26 mph and burns an astonishing 11361 gallons of fuel each hour.

If flying is to occur when Covid-19 is still circulating it may be important to achieve methods of ensuring physical distancing of 15 meters during this. Navy and Royal Navys go-to long range missile-system is subsonic travelling around 550 mph and travelling a maximum distance around 1500 miles. Big ships cannot stop on a dime.

In fact these ships may require as much as 5 miles to stop with gears in full reverse. Takes a few hours to pump the fuel aboard and they are loaded with enough fuel for the entire week and some to spare There is another thread on the subject of nuclear powered cruise ships. Stay out of their way.