FREEDOM SHIP!!!!

M.S. Freedom Ship - A Floating City Ship concept put forward by Freedom Ship International.

The passenger ocean liner is, without question, the greatest of all man-made construction, especially as exhibited at the peak of its development from the 1930s onwards. They were as large then as any skyscraper or any of the world’s greatest railway stations. But unlike these edifices, locked to the earth, static upon their foundations, the passenger ocean liners, fitted with machinery as large as that of any power station, were powerful, mobile monuments of man’s engineering prowess. Cleaving the waves at anything up to 30 knots, they were the leviathans and monarchs of the oceans, and truly were floating cities.In the 19th and 20th century the ocean liner and their scheduled routes were a means of travel between countries. They enabled people for the first time to travel long distances between countries and continents on a regular basis. By the 1960s and 70s this role of the ocean liner had declined due to the advent of air travel. As a result in the late 20th century the ocean liner adapted for cruising and became the cruise liner. Now rather than being a means of travel cruise liners are a destination in themselves and have become floating resorts. In turn the ocean liner and cruise liners have sown the seed of the floating city concept. In the early 21st century we have seen the emergence of the first residential condominium ships. Thus marking the next stage in the continued evolution of the ocean passenger ship.

The ocean passenger liner has come a long way since the 19th century when its scheduled ocean services were a vital means of travel. In the 20th century the ocean liner evolved into the cruise liner and became a floating resort, and today in the early 21st century there is the new and exciting development of the residential condominium ship. We may yet be a long way from seeing the floating city ship concept becoming reality. But one thing is certain the ocean passenger ship that had its origins in the ocean liners of the 19th and 20th centuries will continue to evolve and doubtless there will be many more exciting developments in the future.