Incredible footage showed the moment the largest ever cruise ship to pass through the Corinth Canal in Greece squeezed through the tiny gap. The video showed the vessel as it passed through as people watched on from the top deck.
Passengers on the 72 foot (22 metre) wide MS Braemar cruise ship could reach out and touch the sides of canal - which is 78 foot (24 meters) wide at its narrowest point.
The 643 ft (196 metre) long cruise ship can carry more than 1,200 passengers and crew on board and was assisted by a tugboat to guide it into the correct position.
The four-mile long Corinth Canal separates mainland Greece from the Peloponnesian Peninsula and connects the Corinthian and Saronic Gulfs.
The canal, constructed between 1880 and 1893, enables ships in the Aegean Sea that are travelling to the Adriatic take off nearly 185 nautical miles from their journey.
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