List of largest machines explained

This is a list of the world's largest machines, both static and movable in history.

Building structure

• Large Hadron Collider – The world's largest single machine

Ground vehicles

Mining vehicles

Model	Type	Length	Height	Width	Weight	Year introduced	Year discontinued
	Bucket-wheel excavator	225m (738feet)^[1] ^[2]	96m (315feet)	46m (151feet)	14200abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1995
	Conveyor bridge	502m (1,647feet)^[3]	79m (259feet)	241m (791feet)	13600abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1969
	Bucket-wheel excavator	220m (720feet)^[4]	96m (315feet)	46m (151feet)	13500abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1978
	Dragline excavator	148m (486feet)^[5]	68m (223feet)	46m (151feet)	12247abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1969	1991
	Giant stripping shovel	97m (318feet)^[6]	64m (210feet)	27m (89feet)	12700abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1965	1991

Engineering and transport vehicles

Model	Type	Length	Height	Width	Weight	Year introduced	Year discontinued
	Mobile gantry crane		150m (490feet)^[7]	124m (407feet)	11000abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2014
	Tunnel boring machine	99m (325feet)^[8]	17.5m (57.4feet)	17.5m (57.4feet)	6100abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2012	2017
	Crawler crane	173m (568feet)^[9]	108m (354feet)		5350abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2013
	Crawler-transporter	40m (130feet)^[10]	NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)	35m (115feet)	2721abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1965

Military vehicles

Model	Type	Length	Height	Width	Weight	Year introduced	Year discontinued
	Railway gun	47.3m (155.2feet)^[11]	11.6m (38.1feet)	7.1m (23.3feet)	1350abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1941	1945
	Siege tower	20m (70feet)^[12]	40m (130feet)	20m (70feet)	160abbr=onNaNabbr=on	305 BCE	292 BCE

Air vehicles

Lighter-than-air vehicles

Model	Type	Length	Diameter	Weight	Year introduced	Year discontinued
	Rigid airship	245m (804feet)^[13]	41.2m (135.2feet)	215abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1936	1937
	Rigid airship	239m (784feet)^[14]	40m (130feet)	182.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1931	1933
	Rigid airship	236.8m (776.9feet)^[15]	40m (130feet)	116.9abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1929	1930
	Hybrid airship	92m (302feet)^[16]	34m (112feet)	33.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2012

Heavier-than-air vehicles

Model	Type	Length	Wingspan	Weight	Year introduced	Year discontinued
	Cargo aircraft	84m (276feet)^[17]	88.4m (290feet)	285abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1988	2022
	Mother ship	73m (240feet)^[18]	117m (384feet)	226abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2019
	Ekranoplan	92m (302feet)	37.6m (123.4feet)	240abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1964	1980
	Wide-body airliner	72.7m (238.5feet)^[19]	79.7m (261.5feet)	285abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2003	2021
	Wide-body airliner	76.3m (250.3feet)	68.5m (224.7feet)	220.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2008	2023
	Flying boat	66.7m (218.8feet)	97.8m (320.9feet)	113abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1947	1947

Sea vehicles

Industrial and cargo vessels

Model	Type	Length	Height/Depth	Width/Beam	Gross Weight Tonnage	Year introduced	Year discontinued
	Floating production storage and offloading	488m (1,601feet)^[20]	105m (344feet)	74m (243feet)	300000abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2013
	Oil tanker	458.4m (1,503.9feet)^[21]	29.8m (97.8feet)	68.6m (225.1feet)	260941abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1979	2009
	Crane vessel	382m (1,253feet)^[22]	30m (100feet)	124m (407feet)	403342abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2013
	Supertanker	414.22m (1,358.99feet)	35.92m (117.85feet)	63.01m (206.73feet)	275268abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1976	2003
	Supertanker	380m (1,250feet)^[23]		68m (223feet)	234006abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2003

Passenger vessels

Model	Type	Length	Height/Depth	Width/Beam	Gross Weight Tonnage	Year introduced	Year discontinued
	Cruise ship	364.75m (1,196.69feet)	59.74m (196feet)^[24]	48.47m (159.02feet)	248663abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2022
	Cruise ship	362.04m (1,187.8feet)^[25]		64m (210feet)	236857abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2020
	Cruise ship	361.011m (1,184.419feet)^[26]	72.5m (237.9feet)	66m (217feet)	228081abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2018
	Ocean liner	345.03m (1,131.99feet)^[27]	72m (236feet)	45m (148feet)	149215abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2004

Military vessels

Model	Type	Length	Height/Depth	Width/Beam	Gross Weight Tonnage	Year introduced	Year discontinued
	Nuclear-powered supercarrier	337m (1,106feet)^[28]	76m (249feet)	78m (256feet)	110000abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2017
	Nuclear-powered supercarrier	332.8m (1,091.9feet)^[29]	76m (249feet)	76.8m (252feet)	106300abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1975
	Conventional-powered supercarrier	316m (1,037feet)^[30]		76m (249feet)	NaNabbr=onNaNabbr=on	2022

Space vehicles

Space stations

Model	Type	Length	Width	Weight	Year introduced	Year discontinued
	Space station	73m (240feet)	109m (358feet)	444.6abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1998
	Space station	55.6m (182.4feet)	9.25m (30.35feet)	100abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2021

Launch vehicles

Model	Type	Length	Diameter	Weight	Year introduced	Year discontinued
	Super heavy-lift launch vehicle	120m (390feet)	9m (30feet)	5000abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2023
	Super heavy-lift launch vehicle	110.6m (362.9feet)	10.1m (33.1feet)	2965abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1967	1973
	Super heavy-lift launch vehicle	105.3m (345.5feet)	17m (56feet)	2750abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1969	1972
	Super heavy-lift launch vehicle	98m (322feet)	8.4m (27.6feet)	2610abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2022
	Super heavy-lift launch vehicle	58.7m (192.6feet)^[31]	17.6m (57.7feet)	2525abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1987	1988

See also

• List of largest passenger vehicles
• List of large aircraft

Notes and References

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