Vehicles & ships by size
14 things ranked from Emma Maersk at 397 m down to Tesla Model 3 at 4.69 m — a spread of 84.6×.
| Thing | Size | In feet | vs the largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Maersk | 397 m | 1,302 ft | — |
| Allure of the Seas | 362 m | 1,188 ft | 91.2% |
| Queen Mary 2 | 345 m | 1,132 ft | 86.9% |
| USS Nimitz | 333 m | 1,092 ft | 83.8% |
| RMS Titanic | 269 m | 883 ft | 67.8% |
| Saturn V | 111 m | 363 ft | 27.9% |
| Boeing 747-8 | 76.3 m | 250 ft | 19.2% |
| International Space Station | 73 m | 240 ft | 18.4% |
| Airbus A380 | 72.7 m | 239 ft | 18.3% |
| Falcon 9 | 70 m | 230 ft | 17.6% |
| Concorde | 61.7 m | 202 ft | 15.5% |
| Boeing 737-800 | 39.5 m | 130 ft | 9.9% |
| Space Shuttle orbiter | 37.2 m | 122 ft | 9.4% |
| Tesla Model 3 | 4.69 m | 15.4 ft | 1.2% |
How the sizes are taken. Each figure says what it measures — height, length, diameter or elevation — and for which individual or convention. Everything is drawn standing upright on one baseline so a single scale holds, including things that are long rather than tall. Values come from the linked Wikipedia article for each item.
About this list
The 14 entries are a curated selection rather than a complete census, chosen so that sizes spread across a wide range. Emma Maersk sets the top of the scale here at 397 m; Tesla Model 3 sets the bottom at 4.69 m.
Each figure states what it measures and links to its source. Where a thing could be measured two ways, the page names which one it uses.
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How the spread looks
The 14 vehicles & ships here run from 4.69 m to 397 m. The middle entry, International Space Station, is 73 m, which is 18% of the largest. 11 of the 14 are at least a tenth of the size of Emma Maersk, so 3 of them fall more than ten times smaller than the leader.
The widest jump between neighbours in the ranking is from Space Shuttle orbiter (37.2 m) down to Tesla Model 3 (4.69 m), a step of 7.94×. Gaps like this are where a size chart is most useful, because the two things on either side look like different kinds of object.
The largest and the smallest
The three largest are Emma Maersk (397 m), Allure of the Seas (362 m), Queen Mary 2 (345 m). The three smallest are Tesla Model 3 (4.69 m), Space Shuttle orbiter (37.2 m), Boeing 737-800 (39.5 m).
For a sense of human scale, an adult of 1.7 m stands at 0.428% of the largest entry and below the smallest.
How sizes in this group are measured
Vehicles are listed by overall length. Rockets are the exception and are given as full stack height standing on the pad. Everything is drawn standing upright so one scale holds.
Open any row to see its own page, which names the measurement, the basis and the Wikipedia article used, and compares it with the things nearest to it in size.