List of largest machines

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=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Model

!Type

!Length

!Height

!Width

!Weight

!Year introduced

!Year discontinued

Bagger 293

|Bucket-wheel excavator

|{{convert|225|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/mining/8433249/The-worlds-largest-diggers-in-pictures.html?image=2|title=The world's largest diggers: in pictures|date=6 April 2011|publisher=|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2009/10/giant-gadgets/|title=Monstrous Mechanical Marvels: 9 Enormous Gadgets|first=Brian X.|last=Chen|magazine=Wired |date=5 October 2009|publisher=|via=www.wired.com}}

|{{convert|96|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|46|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|14,200|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|1995

Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60

|Conveyor bridge

|{{convert|502|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=https://www.f60.de/en/the-bridge/details.html|title=F60 - The bridge in detail|website=F60}}

|{{convert|79|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|241|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|13,600|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|1969

Bagger 288

|Bucket-wheel excavator

|{{convert|220|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com/en/products-and-services/mining-systems/bucket-wheel-excavators/bagger-288/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127035609/https://www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com/en/products-and-services/mining-systems/bucket-wheel-excavators/bagger-288/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2019-01-27 |title=Bagger 288 – a giant among bucket wheel excavators |author= |year=2018 |website=thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions product information page |publisher=thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG |access-date=27 January 2019}}

|{{convert|96|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|46|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|13,500|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|1978

Big Muskie

|Dragline excavator

|{{convert|148|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{Cite web|url=http://abandonedonline.net/location/big-muskie/|title=Big Muskie|last=Cahal|first=Sherman|date=2018-12-08|website=Abandoned|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111123240/http://abandonedonline.net/location/big-muskie/ |archive-date=2019-11-11 |access-date=2019-11-11}}

|{{convert|68|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|46|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|12,247|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|1969

|1991

The Captain

|Giant stripping shovel

|{{convert|97|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web|title=Bucyrus page on Marion |url=http://www.bucyrus.com/marion.htm |accessdate=2008-09-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531071221/http://www.bucyrus.com/marion.htm |archivedate=2008-05-31 |url-status=dead }}

|{{convert|64|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|27|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|12,700|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|1965

|1991

=Engineering and transport vehicles=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Model

!Type

!Length

!Height

!Width

!Weight

!Year introduced

!Year discontinued

Honghai Crane

|Mobile gantry crane

|{{convert|150|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=http://www.heavyliftnews.com/news/honghua-launches-psv-using-honghai-crane|title=Honghua launches PSV using Honghai crane|author=Richard Krabbendam|date=11 December 2014|website=Heavyliftnews.com|accessdate=2015-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225041959/http://www.heavyliftnews.com/news/honghua-launches-psv-using-honghai-crane|archive-date=25 December 2015|url-status=dead}}

|{{convert|124|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|11,000|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|2014

Big Bertha

|Tunnel boring machine

|{{convert|99|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=The World's Largest EPB Shield Tunneling Machine |url=http://www.hitachizosen.co.jp/english/pickup/pickup008.html |publisher=Hitachi Zosen Corporation |access-date=April 29, 2016}}

|{{convert|17.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|6,100|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|2012

|2017

XGC88000 crawler crane

|Crawler crane

|{{convert|173|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=https://xcmgexport.en.made-in-china.com/product/OykmZJcxgRVE/China-2017-Manufacturer-Xgc88000-Crawler-Crane-with-3c.html|title=2017 Manufacturer Xgc88000 Crawler Crane with 3c|website=Made-in-China}}

|{{convert|108|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|5,350|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|2013

NASA Crawler-transporter

|Crawler-transporter

|{{convert|40|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190626-apollo-in-50-numbers-the-rocket |title=Apollo in 50 numbers: The rocket |publisher=BBC |last=Hollingham |first=Richard |date=June 26, 2019 |access-date=June 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317071533/https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190626-apollo-in-50-numbers-the-rocket |archive-date=2022-03-17 |url-status=live }}

|{{convert|6-8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|35|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|2,721|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|1965

=Military vehicles=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Model

!Type

!Length

!Height

!Width

!Weight

!Year introduced

!Year discontinued

Schwerer Gustav

|Railway gun

|{{convert|47.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web | title=1500-ton Self-Propelled 80cm Gun | first=Gary | last=Zimmer | url=https://fingolfen.tripod.com/superheavy/p1500.html}}

|{{convert|11.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|7.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|1,350|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|1941

|1945

Helepolis

|Siege tower

|{{convert|20|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=Helepolis: The Failed War Machine From Which Rose a Wonder of The Ancient World|url=https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/07/helepolis-failed-war-machine-from-which.html|author = Kaushik Patowary}}

|{{convert|40|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|20|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|160|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|305 BCE

|292 BCE

Air vehicles

=Lighter-than-air vehicles=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Model

!Type

!Length

!Diameter

!Weight

!Year introduced

!Year discontinued

LZ 129 Hindenburg

|Rigid airship

|{{convert|245|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{Cite book|title=Zeppelin Hindenburg: An Illustrated History of LZ-129|last1=Grossman|first1=Dan|last2=Ganz|first2=Cheryl|last3=Russell|first3=Patrick|publisher=The History Press|year=2017|isbn=978-0750969956|pages=33}}

|{{convert|41.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|215|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|1936

|1937

USS Akron

|Rigid airship

|{{convert|239|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Richard K|title=The Airships Akron & Macon: Flying Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy|date=1965|publisher=United States Naval Institute|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=0-87021-065-3|page=210}}

|{{convert|40|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|182.8|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|1931

|1933

R101

|Rigid airship

|{{convert|236.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite book|title=Popular Science Monthly: Keeping Pace with Aviation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ikDAAAAMBAJ|date=January 1930|publisher=Bonnier Corporation|page=41}}

|{{convert|40|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|116.9|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|1929

|1930

Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander 10

|Hybrid airship

|{{convert|92|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-42037832 |title=World's longest aircraft collapses |date=2017-11-18 |work=BBC News |access-date=2017-11-18 |language=en-GB}}

|{{convert|34|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|33.2|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|2012

=Heavier-than-air vehicles=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Model

!Type

!Length

!Wingspan

!Weight

!Year introduced

!Year discontinued

Antonov An-225 Mriya

|Cargo aircraft

|{{convert|84|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite magazine|last1=Spaeth|first1=Andreas|title=When size matters|page=29|magazine=Air International|date=December 2009|issn=0306-5634|lccn=74646112|oclc=1237957535}}

|{{convert|88.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|285|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|1988

|2022

Scaled Composites Stratolaunch

|Mother ship

|{{convert|73|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web | title = Get the Latest From Stratolaunch | website = Stratolaunch | url = https://www.stratolaunch.com/vehicles/carrier | access-date = April 17, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190415175523/https://www.stratolaunch.com/ | archive-date = April 15, 2019 | url-status = live }}

|{{convert|117|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|226|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|2019

Caspian Sea Monster

|Ekranoplan

|{{convert|92|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|37.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|240|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|1964

|1980

Airbus A380

|Wide-body airliner

|{{convert|72.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}}Hamilton, Scott. "[http://leehamnews.com/2014/02/03/updating-the-a380-the-prospect-of-a-neo-version-and-whats-involved/ Updating the A380: the prospect of a neo version and what's involved]" Leehamnews.com, 3 February 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140408075935/http://leehamnews.com/2014/02/03/updating-the-a380-the-prospect-of-a-neo-version-and-whats-involved/ Archived] on 8 April 2014.

|{{convert|79.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|285|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|2003

|2021

Boeing 747-8

|Wide-body airliner

|{{convert|76.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|68.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|220.1|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|2008

|2023

Hughes H-4 Hercules

|Flying boat

|{{convert|66.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|97.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|113|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|1947

Sea vehicles

=Industrial and cargo vessels=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Model

!Type

!Length

!Height/Depth

!Width/Beam

!Gross Weight Tonnage

!Year introduced

!Year discontinued

Prelude FLNG

|Floating production storage and offloading

|{{convert|488|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url = https://www.helderline.com/tanker/prelude|title = PRELUDE}}

|{{convert|105|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|74|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|300,000|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|2013

Seawise Giant

|Oil tanker

|{{convert|458.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=Knock Nevis - The world's largest ship ever|url=https://www.container-transportation.com/knock-nevis.html|access-date=2020-10-09|website=Container Transportation}}

|{{convert|29.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|68.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|260,941|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|1979

|2009

Pioneering Spirit

|Crane vessel

|{{convert|382|m|ftin|abbr=on}}[http://www.deltamarin.com/references/pioneering-spirit-pieter-schelte-pipelay-vessel/ Pioneering Spirit (Pieter Schelte)]. Deltamarin. {{retrieved|accessdate=2016-10-22}}

|{{convert|30|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|124|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|403,342|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|2013

Batillus

|Supertanker

|{{convert|414.22|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|35.92|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|63.01|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|275,268|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|1976

|2003

|Supertanker

|{{convert|380|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web|title=TI Europe|url=http://www.aukevisser.nl/supertankers/id137.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205081809/http://aukevisser.nl/supertankers/id137.htm|publisher=Auke Visser´s International Super Tankers|accessdate=9 June 2018|url-status=live|archivedate=5 February 2009}}

|{{convert|68|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|234,006|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|2003

=Passenger vessels=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Model

!Type

!Length

!Height/Depth

!Width/Beam

!Gross Weight Tonnage

!Year introduced

!Year discontinued

Icon of the Seas

|Cruise ship

|{{convert|364.75 |m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{DNV|id=38545|shipname=Icon of the Seas|access-date=14 January 2024}}

|{{convert|59.74|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{Cite web |title=Icon of the Seas Size Comparison: Facts and Stats|date=23 February 2024 |url=https://www.cruisehive.com/icon-of-the-seas-size-comparison/123877}}

|{{convert|48.47|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|248,663 |tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|2022

Wonder of the Seas

|Cruise ship

|{{convert|362.04|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web|title=Wonder of the Seas Fact Sheet|url=https://www.royalcaribbeanpresscenter.com/fact-sheet/34/wonder-of-the-seas/|access-date=27 January 2022|website=Royal Caribbean Press Center|publisher=Royal Caribbean Group}}

|{{convert|64|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|236,857|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|2020

Symphony of the Seas

|Cruise ship

|{{convert|361.011|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite news |url=https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/175218/royal-caribbean-international-lays-keel-for-oasis-no-4/ |title=Royal Caribbean International Lays Keel for Oasis No. 4 |work=World Maritime News |date=30 October 2015 |access-date=24 March 2018 |archive-date=25 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325110009/https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/175218/royal-caribbean-international-lays-keel-for-oasis-no-4/ |url-status=dead }}

|{{convert|72.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|66|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|228,081 |tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|2018

Queen Mary 2

|Ocean liner

|{{convert|345.03|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{Cite ship register|register=LR|id=9241061|shipname=Queen Mary 2|access-date=16 October 2019}}

|{{convert|72|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|45|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|149,215|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|2004

=Military vessels=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Model

!Type

!Length

!Height/Depth

!Width/Beam

!Gross Weight Tonnage

!Year introduced

!Year discontinued

Gerald R. Ford

|Nuclear-powered supercarrier

|{{convert|337|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Command History & Facts |url=https://www.airlant.usff.navy.mil/Organization/Aircraft-Carriers/USS-Gerald-R-Ford-CVN-78/Command-History/ |website=Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic |publisher=US Navy |access-date=8 March 2021}}

|{{convert|76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|78|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|110,000|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|2017

Nimitz

|Nuclear-powered supercarrier

|{{convert|332.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}Polmar, p. 112

|{{convert|76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|76.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|106,300|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|1975

Fujian

|Conventional-powered supercarrier

|{{convert|316|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url= https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3182032/china-launches-fujian-pla-navys-3rd-aircraft-carrier |title= China launches Fujian, PLA Navy's 3rd aircraft carrier |date=17 June 2022 |website=South China Morning Post |first=Jack |last=Lau}}

|{{convert|76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|80,000-100,000|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}

|2022