The Freedom Ship is 25 storeys high and would feature a casino, an art gallery, a park and a shopping centre
The concept, designed by a Florida-based company would cost $10billion if was commissioned to be built
The vessel could house 50,000 people but it would contain additional space to hold an extra 30,000 visitors
The ship would constantly sail around the world – doing a full circuit every two years – but would be too large to enter any ports
By
Peter Simpson
PUBLISHED:
07:21 EST, 28 November 2013
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UPDATED:
09:49 EST, 29 November 2013
Floating around the globe, drifting from country to country, never staying in one place long enough to get bored …
If you like travelling, life on the Freedom Ship, the world’s first floating city, sounds perfect.
There’s only a couple of hitches – it’s not built yet, and it’s going to look an awful lot like a multi-storey carpark when it is.
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Designed by the Florida-based Freedom Ship International, the floating city, concept pictured, is set to cost $10 billion and weigh 2.7 million tonnes – making it too large to ever dock. The ship would spend the whole time at sea, circling the globe once every two years, powered by solar and wave energy
THE FREEDOM SHIP IN NUMBERS
Width: 750ft
Length: 4,500ft
Height: 350ft
Weight: 2.7 million tones
Capacity: 50,000 permanent residents with room for an extra 30,000 daily visitors, 20,000 crew and 10,000 overnight guests.
Cost: $10 billion
Buildings: Accommodation, schools, hospitals, businesses, parks, promenades, an art gallery, a shopping centre, casino and airport
Its designers have released computer-generated photographs of what they hope the mile-long vessel will look like.
It
would have enough room for 50,000 permanent residents within its 25
storeys and boasts schools, hospitals, art galleries, shops, parks, an
aquarium and a casino. It would even have its own airport on the roof,
with a runway serving small private and commercial aircraft carrying up
to 40 passengers each.
Roger
M Gooch, director and vice-president of Florida-based firm Freedom Ship
International, said: ‘The Freedom Ship will be the largest vessel ever
built, and the first ever floating city.’
His
company is trying to raise the estimated £6billion needed to turn the
dream, which has been several years in the planning, into an ocean-going
reality.
‘This will be a
very heavily capitalised project and the global economy in the last few
years hasn’t been too inviting for unproven progressive projects like
ours,’ he added.
‘[But] in
the last six months we’ve been getting more interest in the project and
we are hopeful we will raise the $1billion (£600million) to begin
construction.’ The ship would spend 70 per cent of its time anchored off
major cities and the rest sailing between countries.
Powered
by solar panels and wave energy, the city would navigate from the east
coast of the US across the Atlantic to Europe and into the
Mediterranean.
It would loop
back and sail around the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa and
across to Australia. Heading into East Asia, it would steer across the
Pacific before spending the end of the year on the west coast of North
America. It would chase the summer sun into South America.
If
completed, the city will be 750ft at the beam, 350ft high and 4,500ft
in length – four times longer than the Queen Mary II cruise
ship which measures 1,132ft.
Visitors and residents would be able to leave the ship, either by plane or by boat thanks to a dock at the rear, concept pictured, to visit cities and countries where the ship will also pick up supplies as and when needed
The Freedom Ship, concept pictured, is a mile long, 25 storeys high and features schools, hospitals, businesses, parks, promenades, an art gallery, a shopping centre, casino and airport on the roof
The planned route, pictured, would take the ship from the east coast of the U.S across the Atlantic into Europe, passing Italy before looping back and sailing around Africa and across to Australia. It would then travel into Asia before spending the end of the year on the west coast of the U.S and South America
In addition to 50,000 permanent residents, the Freedom Ship would also have room for an extra 30,000 daily visitors, 20,000 crew and 10,000 overnight guests
The airport, on the ship’s top deck, pictured, would serve private and small commercial aircraft carrying up to 40 passengers each. It could also be used to fly supplies to the ship. Aircraft could land and takeoff even when the ship is moving
This drawing shows a cross section of the ship. If built, the whole vessel would be 750ft wide, 350ft tall and 4,500 ft long. This would make it four times longer than the Queen Mary II cruise ship
The vessel, concept pictured, is just an idea at the moment until the Florida-based designers can raise at least $1 billion to start construction. The company said following a hiatus, and a drop in the global economy, it has started receiving interest in the ship again and hopes to raise this funding soon
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Ralloh,
Negley,
5 minutes ago
Interesting concept, but, if it’s built I can see a major disaster in the making.
Simple Observer,
Here-and-There,
8 minutes ago
Living in an over-priced pseudo-country is the solution to which problem? Billionaires no longer having to pay taxes they don’t pay anyway? Good riddance!
Greg Miller,
Emett, United States,
31 minutes ago
Until a hurricane or iceberg sinks it.
Karl Magnus,
Metamora Michigan,
33 minutes ago
1.) Given its height, a “rogue wave” would overturn that thing in a heartbeat. 2.) They will need very experienced Naval Aviators to land on it, 3.) While the concept is interesting, if it were scaled-down – a LOT, I believe it just MIGHT work.
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Dang,
Texas City, United States,
34 minutes ago
The one in the movie 2012 looked cooler.
mikegall,
Hitchin, United Kingdom,
42 minutes ago
What design software did they use, Minecraft?
Computer_Expert,
Washington DC,
46 minutes ago
Looks “top-heavy” and would have some issues, in foul weather. Try modeling a smaller version, first.
koan,
Elk Grove,
49 minutes ago
I can see these things happening, rich people living on them exempt from any law as they stay in international waters for the most part, excellent security, and absolute control of who is aboard.
I would live on one in an instant.
PaulInPgh,
Pittsburgh, United States,
49 minutes ago
oh goodness gracious, the Freedom Ship, again, really? This idea has been around for several decades now and ever few years during slow news cycles they trot it out as some grand thing that’s just around the corner, except it never even gets off the ground. Don’t hold your breath waiting for a spot on the Freedom Ship because it’s probably never going to actually be built.
kripayoga,
Woodstock, United States,
50 minutes ago
What citizenship would they give to the ones that are born aboard this ship?
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