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Jahre Viking (1991–2004) Knock Nevis (2004–2009) Mont (2009–2010) Owner: Amber Development (2009–2010) ... Size comparison of some of the longest ships.
Size comparison between five of the longest ships of their type. The world's longest ships are listed according to their overall length (LOA), which is the maximum length of the vessel measured between the extreme points in fore and aft.
The Batillus was a supertanker built in 1976 by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire for the French branch of Shell Oil.The first vessel of the Batillus class, she was, together with her sister ships Bellamya, Pierre Guillaumat and Prairial, one of the biggest ships in the world, surpassed in size only by Seawise Giant [10] [11] (later Jahre Viking, Happy Giant and Knock Nevis) built in ...
Maybe it should be mentioned in the caption that Knock Nevis/Seawise Giant/Jahre Viking was scrapped in 2010. Other than that, a very nice and informative diagram. Otto Jula ( talk ) 16:25, 27 October 2011 (UTC) [ reply ]
She is also distinguished as the third biggest ship ever constructed, surpassed in size only by Seawise Giant [5] [6] (later Jahre Viking, Happy Giant, Knock Nevis, and finally Mont) built in 1976 and subsequently lengthened, and her sister ship Pierre Guillaumat. The vessel was completed and commissioned in 1979.
Among oil tankers, supertankers were designed for carrying oil around the Horn of Africa from the Middle East; the FSO Knock Nevis being the largest vessel in the world, a ULCC supertanker formerly known as Jahre Viking (Seawise Giant). It has a deadweight of 565,000 metric tons and length of about 458 meters (1,500 ft).
Seawise Giant was renamed Happy Giant in 1989, Jahre Viking in 1991. [48] From 1979 to 2004 she was owned by Loki Stream, at which point she was bought by First Olsen Tankers, renamed Knock Nevis and converted into a permanently moored storage tanker. [48] [49] The Batillus class supertankers are the biggest ships ever constructed by gross tonnage.
The Pierre Guillaumat was a supertanker built in 1977 by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire for Compagnie Nationale de Navigation. It was the third vessel of Batillus class supertankers (the other three, slightly smaller, were Batillus, Bellamya and Prairial) and distinguished for being the biggest ship ever constructed (by gross tonnage).