Before the last voyage, the vessel was renamed Mont and changed flag in Sierra Leone. In 2009, the ship was washed ashore in Alang (India), where it was disposed of in 2010.
At the same time, the tanker once again changed its name to the modern Knock Nevis. KS-company was later bought by Norwegian ship owner Fred Olsen for his company First Olsen Tankers.įollowing the adoption of laws in the United States and Europe prohibiting the use of single-walled tankers, the so-called single-hull tankers (the Knock Nevis is only 3.5 centimeters thick), in March 2004 the ship at the docks in Dubai was converted into a “floating storage unit” (FPSO ). However, in 1991, even before the completion of the repairs, the KS-company came under the control of the Norwegian ship-owning company Jorgen Jahre, so the tanker left the shipyard under the name Jahre Viking. The ship was repaired in Singapore and renamed Happy Giant. Only in 1989 it was reanimated by the Singapore shipyards, replacing 3.7 thousand tons of crushed steel.Īfter the end of the war, the ship towed to Brunei was bought by the Norwegian company KS-company. The tanker was not killed, but was out of order. In 1986, an Iraqi fighter fired the Exocet anti-ship missile at a ship located almost in the Persian Gulf (or rather, in the Strait of Hormuz, leading into the Gulf). Initially, the ship cruised between the Middle East and the United States, but in 1986 it was used as a floating terminal for the storage and transshipment of Iranian oil during the Iran-Iraq war. The total displacement of the monster after the reconstruction reached 825 thousand 614 tons, which, along with its size, made it the largest ship ever to sail on Earth. In 1981, the tanker was ready for operation. The vessel was cut and enlarged, additional hull sections were added, increasing the deadweight from the original 480 thousand tons to a record 564 763 tons. The new owner ordered an increase in the vessel. Its carrying capacity was equal to 480 thousand tons (typical modern supertankers hold 280 thousand tons). Interestingly, the tanker was not that big then.
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The supertanker was built in Yokosuka, Japan by Sumitomo Corporation under the serial number "1016" and was handed over to the Greek ship owner, who gave the tanker its first real name "Seawise Giant".
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The draft at full load did not allow the vessel to pass not only the Suez and Panama Canals, but also the English Channel. The stopping distance of the vessel is 10.2 kilometers, and the circulation diameter is more than 3.7 kilometers. The maximum speed was 13 knots, the crew of the vessel was 40 people. The length of the tanker is 458.45 meters, the width is 68.86 meters, the draft in cargo is 24.61 meters. Knock Nevis had a deadweight of 564 763 tons, which is 658 362 m? (4.1 million barrels) of oil. Built in 1976, rebuilt in 1979, in last years was used as a floating oil storage, then delivered to Alang (India), where it was disposed of in 2010. Its dimensions were: 458.45 meters long and 69 meters wide, which made it the largest ship in the world. note that if you load it into google earth it comes out really bad (you can see through the whole ship) works great in google sketchup.Knock Nevis (formerly also called Seawise Giant, Happy Giant and Jahre Viking) is a Norwegian-flagged supertanker. I place the ship in the port of Los Angeles even though the real ship is currently located somewhere in the United Erab Emirates.ENJOY,RATE,AND COMMENT.p.s. If you are to use this model please give me the credit of building this beauty, because if you dont respect it I will indeed remove this model. I spent about 4 to 5 hours building this ship from the ground up and it turned out great please rate this and comment it. At 1,504 feet long and 226 feet wide it is around 400 feet longer than the aircraft carrier Enterprise (the largest naval ship in the world).
This is currently the world's largest ship-turned fso.
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