50,000 people on just 10 ships means a LOT of very close "friendships" developing! Even if you could find 10 ships each capable of holding an average of 5,000 people there's not a lot of space left for the necessities of life such as food, water, oxygen, etc...
I believe it's also mentioned in Going Home that even though the general perception was there wasn't enough space for everyone, there was plenty of room for all.
The RMS Queen Mary II is unable to carry enough fresh water to cater for it's passengers and crews needs for the relatively short hop across the Atlantic today. It is equipped with several desalination plants to make the crossing possible without everyone dying of thirst halfway.
So, it's not just space for people and their possessions which needs to be taken into acount, but their needs to remain alive along the way and, hopefully, for a period after debarkation.
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