Batillus-class supertanker
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The Batillus-class supertankers were a class of supertanker ships built in France in the late 1970s, with four ships of this class built between 1976 and 1979. Three of the ships were scrapped after less than ten years of oil transport service each, with the fourth one scrapped in 2003.
All four tankers were built in the Bassin C dock of the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyards at Saint Nazaire, France.
History
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Vessels in class
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- Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., built in 1979, renamed Sea Brilliance, renamed Hellas Fos, renamed Sea Giant, scrapped in 2003.[4]
Measurements
While being the largest ships ever built by gross tonnage until Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the four Batillus-class ships were the second largest ever constructed when measuring deadweight tonnage or length overall, behind only the supertanker Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (renamed five times, including to Knock Nevis), which existed from 1979 to 2010.[5]
While there were minor differences between the four Batillus-class ships, they all approached a gross tonnage (GT) of 275,000 and Template:DWT tonnage, and had a length overall of over Script error: No such module "convert". (longer than all but a few of the tallest skyscrapers in the world).
The Batillus class had a depth of nearly Script error: No such module "convert". from the main deck and a full load draft of Script error: No such module "convert"., the greatest of any vessel, and slightly greater than the two Globtik Tokyo-class Ultra Large Crude Carriers (ULCCs).
Unlike Seawise Giant and most other ULCCs, the Batillus-class vessels had twin propellers, twin boilers of full size and power, and twin rudders. As a result, in the event of an engine or other failure, they could continue operation with the remaining propeller and boiler.
See also
- List of world's longest ships
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References
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