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This is a list of the world's largest machines, both static and [[vehicle|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}}<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/2009/10/giant-gadgets/|title=Monstrous Mechanical Marvels: 9 Enormous Gadgets|first=Brian X.|last=Chen|date=5 October 2009|publisher=|via=www.wired.com}}</ref>
|{{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}}<ref name="f60">{{cite web|url=https://www.f60.de/en/the-bridge/details.html|title=F60 - The bridge in detail|website=F60}}</ref>
|{{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}}<ref name="thyssenkrupp2019">{{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=<!--Not stated--> |year=2018 |website=thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions product information page |publisher=thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG |access-date=27 January 2019}}</ref>
|{{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}}<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref>
|{{convert|68|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|46|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|12,247|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
|1969
|1991
|-
|[[Marion 6360|The Captain]] 
|[[Power shovel#Giant stripping shovels|Giant stripping shovel]]
|{{convert|97|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name=bucyrus>{{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 }}</ref>
|{{convert|64|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|27|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|12,700|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
|1965
|1991
|-
|[[Big Brutus]] 
|[[Power shovel#Giant stripping shovels|Giant stripping shovel]]
|{{convert|45.72|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name=bucyrus/>
|{{convert|48.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|18|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|5,500|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
|1963
|1974
|-
|}

===Engineering and transport vehicles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Model
!Type
!Length
!Height
!Width
!Weight
!Year introduced
!Year discontinued
|-
|[[Honghai Crane]] 
|[[Gantry crane|Mobile gantry crane]]
|
|{{convert|150|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{convert|124|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|11,000|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
|2014
|
|-
|[[Bertha (tunnel boring machine)|Big Bertha]] 
|[[Tunnel boring machine]]
|{{convert|99|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{convert|17.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{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}}<ref name="Made-in-China">{{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}}</ref>
|{{convert|108|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|
|{{convert|5,350|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
|2013
|
|-
|[[Crawler-transporter|NASA Crawler-transporter]] 
|[[Crawler-transporter]]
|{{convert|40|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="bbc20190626">{{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 }}</ref>
|{{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}}<ref>{{cite web | title=1500-ton Self-Propelled 80cm Gun | first=Gary | last=Zimmer | url=https://fingolfen.tripod.com/superheavy/p1500.html}}</ref>
|{{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}}<ref name="amusingplanet">{{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}}</ref>
|{{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}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{convert|41.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|160|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
|1936
|1937
|-
|[[USS Akron]] 
|[[Rigid airship]]
|{{convert|239|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="Smith (1965)">{{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}}</ref>
|{{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}}<ref name="PopSci">{{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}}</ref>
|{{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}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| 
|{{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}}<ref name="Spaeth">{{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}}</ref>
|{{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}}<ref name=stratolaunch>{{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 }}</ref>
|{{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}}<ref name=leeUp>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.</ref>
|{{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
|1947
|-
|}

==Sea vehicles==
===Industrial and cargo vessels===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Model
!Type
!Length
!Height/Depth
!Width/Beam
!Gross Weight Tonnage
!Year introduced
!Year discontinued
|-
|[[Seawise Giant]] 
|[[Oil tanker]]
|{{convert|458.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{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}}<ref name="deltamarin">[http://www.deltamarin.com/references/pioneering-spirit-pieter-schelte-pipelay-vessel/ Pioneering Spirit (Pieter Schelte)]. Deltamarin. {{retrieved|accessdate=2016-10-22}}</ref>
|{{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}}<ref name="deltamarin"/>
|{{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
|-
|[[TI-class supertanker|TI]] 
|[[Supertanker]]
|{{convert|380|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="ti">{{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}}</ref>
| 
|{{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
|-
|[[Wonder of the Seas]] 
|[[Cruise ship]]
|{{convert|362.04|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="RCIwonder_fs">{{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}}</ref>
| 
|{{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}}<ref name="wmn20151030">{{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}}</ref>
|{{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}}<ref name = Lloyds>{{Cite ship register|register=LR|id=9241061|shipname=Queen Mary 2|access-date=16 October 2019}}</ref>
|{{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-class aircraft carrier|Gerald R. Ford]] 
|[[Aircraft carrier|Nuclear-powered supercarrier]]
|{{convert|337|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref>{{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=[[Naval Air Force Atlantic|Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic]] |publisher=US Navy |access-date=8 March 2021}}</ref>
|{{convert|76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|78|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|110,000|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
|2017
|
|-
|[[Nimitz-class aircraft carrier|Nimitz]] 
|[[Aircraft carrier|Nuclear-powered supercarrier]]
|{{convert|332.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="Polmar">Polmar, p. 112</ref>
|{{convert|76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|76.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|106,300|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
|1975
|
|-
|[[Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian|Fujian]] 
|[[Aircraft carrier|Coventional-powered supercarrier]]
|{{convert|316|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url= https://amp.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}}</ref>
| 
|{{convert|76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|80,000-100,000|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
|2022
|
|-
|}

==Space vehicles==
===Space stations===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Model
!Type
!Length
!Width
!Weight
!Year introduced
!Year discontinued
|-
|[[International Space Station]] 
|[[Space station]]
|{{convert|73|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| {{convert|109|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|444.6|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
|1998
|
|-
|[[Tiangong Space Station]] 
|[[Space station]]
|{{convert|52.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|9.25|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|100|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
|2021
|
|-
|}

===Launch vehicles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Model
!Type
!Length
!Diameter
!Weight
!Year introduced
!Year discontinued
|-
|[[SpaceX Starship]] 
|[[Super heavy-lift launch vehicle]]
|{{convert|120|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|9|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|5,000|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
|2023
|
|-
|[[Saturn V]] 
|[[Super heavy-lift launch vehicle]]
|{{convert|110.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|10.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|2,965|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
|1967 
|1973
|-
|[[N1 (rocket)|N1]] 
|[[Super heavy-lift launch vehicle]]
|{{convert|105.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|17|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|2,750|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
|1969
|1972
|-
|[[Space Launch System|SLS Block 1]] 
|[[Super heavy-lift launch vehicle]]
|{{convert|98|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|8.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|2,610|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
|2022
|
|-
|[[Energia (rocket)|Energia]] 
|[[Super heavy-lift launch vehicle]]
|{{convert|58.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="buran-energia">[http://www.buran-energia.com/energia/energia-carac.php Energia Characteristics]</ref>
|{{convert|17.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|2,525|tonne|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
|1987 
|1988
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of largest passenger vehicles]]
*[[List of large aircraft]]

==References==
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