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We've got all the others, except ships!
Someone posted this in the Aircraft one, and its pretty amazing!
![](http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l253/NewportPag/L1000366copy.jpg)
And The Freedom Of The Seas.. The sheer size of the thing, and its facts..
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Freedom.JPG/800px-Freedom.JPG)
* The ship has 30 lifeboats.
* It is about 229 ft (69.80 m) longer, about 108,000 GT larger, and can accommodate 2,147 more passengers than RMS Titanic.
* It has 75,000 lightbulbs and 4,700 works of art, and uses 35,000 kg of ice daily.
* It has 1.5 million tiles in the bathrooms, shower rooms, etc.
* The largest suite, the Presidential Suite, is 113 square meters, accommodate 14 people and has ten flat panel TVs, a private whirlpool, a wet bar, and a Yamaha GC1 baby-grand piano.
* Rooms for the maiden voyage were priced from $1,900 to $22,000 for the week.
* It consumes approximately 28,000 pounds (12,800 kg) of fuel per hour, enough to refill a 13 gallon tank in a car at one tank a week for over six years.
* It is one of the few ships with 4 bow thrusters on each side with 8 bow thrusters in total.
Provisions
During a typical week long cruise, the Freedom of the Seas goes through the following amount of food:
* 234,000 appetizers (6 appetizers per day per person); 105,000 meals and 300,680 desserts (7.5 desserts per day per person)
* 20,000 lbs. of beef, including 69,000 steaks (1.7 steaks per day per person)
* 12,000 lbs. of chicken
* 4,000 lbs. of seafood; 2,500 lbs. of salmon and 1,400 lbs. of lobster
* 65,000 lbs. of fresh vegetables and 35,000 lbs. of fresh fruits (2.5 lbs. of fruit and veg per day per person)
* 5,800 lbs. of cheese
* 28,000 fresh eggs
* 18,000 slices of pizza
* 8,000 gallons of ice cream
* 1,500 lbs. of coffee and 1,500 gallons of milk
* 11,500 cans of soda; 19,200 bottles and cans of beer and 2,900 bottles of wine
Someone posted this in the Aircraft one, and its pretty amazing!
![](http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l253/NewportPag/L1000366copy.jpg)
And The Freedom Of The Seas.. The sheer size of the thing, and its facts..
* The ship has 30 lifeboats.
* It is about 229 ft (69.80 m) longer, about 108,000 GT larger, and can accommodate 2,147 more passengers than RMS Titanic.
* It has 75,000 lightbulbs and 4,700 works of art, and uses 35,000 kg of ice daily.
* It has 1.5 million tiles in the bathrooms, shower rooms, etc.
* The largest suite, the Presidential Suite, is 113 square meters, accommodate 14 people and has ten flat panel TVs, a private whirlpool, a wet bar, and a Yamaha GC1 baby-grand piano.
* Rooms for the maiden voyage were priced from $1,900 to $22,000 for the week.
* It consumes approximately 28,000 pounds (12,800 kg) of fuel per hour, enough to refill a 13 gallon tank in a car at one tank a week for over six years.
* It is one of the few ships with 4 bow thrusters on each side with 8 bow thrusters in total.
Provisions
During a typical week long cruise, the Freedom of the Seas goes through the following amount of food:
* 234,000 appetizers (6 appetizers per day per person); 105,000 meals and 300,680 desserts (7.5 desserts per day per person)
* 20,000 lbs. of beef, including 69,000 steaks (1.7 steaks per day per person)
* 12,000 lbs. of chicken
* 4,000 lbs. of seafood; 2,500 lbs. of salmon and 1,400 lbs. of lobster
* 65,000 lbs. of fresh vegetables and 35,000 lbs. of fresh fruits (2.5 lbs. of fruit and veg per day per person)
* 5,800 lbs. of cheese
* 28,000 fresh eggs
* 18,000 slices of pizza
* 8,000 gallons of ice cream
* 1,500 lbs. of coffee and 1,500 gallons of milk
* 11,500 cans of soda; 19,200 bottles and cans of beer and 2,900 bottles of wine
![](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f29/Sharfrs2/Shar2/001.jpg)
HMS Invincible in the Med
![](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f29/Sharfrs2/Shar2/003.jpg)
All three RN carriers together off Portland. Illustrious had just returned from the States, Ark Royal from round the world trip and Invincible was just out of refit.
![](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f29/Sharfrs2/Shar2/004.jpg)
Invincible firing Sea Dart off Puerto Rico
![](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f29/Sharfrs2/Shar2/005.jpg)
Italian carrier Garibaldi, Invincible and Dwight D Eisenhower in the Med during exercise in 1990
Edited by Shar2 on Monday 6th April 20:55
Jonny671 said:
Provisions
During a typical week long cruise, the Freedom of the Seas goes through the following amount of food:
* 234,000 appetizers (6 appetizers per day per person); 105,000 meals and 300,680 desserts (7.5 desserts per day per person)
* 20,000 lbs. of beef, including 69,000 steaks (1.7 steaks per day per person)
* 12,000 lbs. of chicken
* 4,000 lbs. of seafood; 2,500 lbs. of salmon and 1,400 lbs. of lobster
* 65,000 lbs. of fresh vegetables and 35,000 lbs. of fresh fruits (2.5 lbs. of fruit and veg per day per person)
* 5,800 lbs. of cheese
* 28,000 fresh eggs
* 18,000 slices of pizza
* 8,000 gallons of ice cream
* 1,500 lbs. of coffee and 1,500 gallons of milk
* 11,500 cans of soda; 19,200 bottles and cans of beer and 2,900 bottles of wine
Must be for Americans.......During a typical week long cruise, the Freedom of the Seas goes through the following amount of food:
* 234,000 appetizers (6 appetizers per day per person); 105,000 meals and 300,680 desserts (7.5 desserts per day per person)
* 20,000 lbs. of beef, including 69,000 steaks (1.7 steaks per day per person)
* 12,000 lbs. of chicken
* 4,000 lbs. of seafood; 2,500 lbs. of salmon and 1,400 lbs. of lobster
* 65,000 lbs. of fresh vegetables and 35,000 lbs. of fresh fruits (2.5 lbs. of fruit and veg per day per person)
* 5,800 lbs. of cheese
* 28,000 fresh eggs
* 18,000 slices of pizza
* 8,000 gallons of ice cream
* 1,500 lbs. of coffee and 1,500 gallons of milk
* 11,500 cans of soda; 19,200 bottles and cans of beer and 2,900 bottles of wine
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