Seawise Giant
The TT Seawise Giant is a well-known tanker that has been the longest self-propelled ship ever built for many years. The tanker maintained this primacy until 2013, when it was surpassed by about 30 meters by the Floating Liquified Natural Gas installation Shell Prelude (FLNG).
The ship was built between 1974 and 1979 by the Japanese company Sumitomo Heavy Industries and served at sea until 2009. Already in 1988 during the Iraq-Iran conflict, it was sunk, but was eventually rescued and rebuilt floating storage and offloading unit (FSO). Between 2004 and 2009, she served again.
technical parameters Seawise Giant
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| Port of registry | Norway (1980–2010) |
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| Completed | 1979 |
| Out of service | 1988 and 2009 |
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| Type | Crude oil tanker |
| Length | 458.45 m (1,504.10 ft) |
| Beam | 68.6 m (225.07 ft) |
| Draft | 24.611 m (80.74 ft) |
| Depth | 29.8 m (97.77 ft) |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Capacity | 4.1 million barrels |
Seawise Giant
