Over here in NH the paper mills aren't doing real well, so my dad became a merchant marine. which was what he did in college. He is a mechanical engineer and he has been on some pretty big ships. one of the recent ones was a car-carrier. it was only 700+ ft. long. but it was 12 stories high, so it had 12 decks. he said it held 4000+ cars, fully loaded. he has been all over the world including China, Japan, and Russia! do you know how long the Queen Victoria will be?