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The gross tonnages of modern vessels are ascertained in accordance with the provisions of International Tonnage Convention (1969). This alters the standards of comparing GT .Rajagopal Nair 10:00, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ship Flag

Maybe I am mistaken, but a ship is registered in a country. The ship then flies the flag of that country, correct? Also, is it not highly unlikely for a ship to fly two flags? I hae seen many a cruis ship stern of photos of the old liners and have never seen two flags. If these two observences/comments are correct, then many of the entries listed under "flag" are incorrect.Gary Joseph 23:53, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

The national flag of registry is flown from the stern. The flag of the country whose waters the ship is traveling flies near the mainmast. This registry list appears correct. Also, I'm removing the Leviathan's listing as world's largest ship. According to all the gross-tonnage listings I've seen, she was always below Majestic's, and was always designed by the Germans to be so, as the second ship of Hapag's giant prewar trio. Even Levithan's page lists a lower figure then Majestic's. The United States Lines did attempt to market her as the "world's largest ship", but they used a slightly different unit measurement to inflate their results. Semyonkotko

Thanks but you did not answer the question. The column now lists "country". But what is this in reference to? If it is the country of registry, then some of those in the column are incorrect. Liberty of the Seas has Bahamaian registry and Freedom of the Seas has Liberian registry. Also, ships are registered in ONE country, so the boxes with two countries listed cannot be right. Clarify what the last column is for please.Gary Joseph 02:13, 1 December 2007 (UTC)