The largest ship in the world is Knock Nevis. The largest ship in the world - the supertanker "Knock Nevis"

IN different years ship the ship about which will be discussed, plowed the ocean under the names Seawise Giant, happy giant, Jahre Viking, Mont, but he is best known under the name Knock Nevis . And it is this ship that is considered most big ship in the history of navigation.

In 2009, the tanker once again changes its owner and name. Mont

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The tanker best known under the name Knock Nevis, was the largest ship ever built by mankind. During its existence, this supergiant has changed several names: Seawise Giant, happy giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Mont. Moreover, he managed to change not only the name, but also the dimensions, as well as the scope of its application.

Building Order most big tanker in the world Japanese shipyards received in 1974. And five years later, in 1979, a giant ship was launched into the water, striking in its size. But the Greek shipowner, apparently, thought this was not enough. And he ordered an increase in the size of the tanker. Then, Seawise Giant(as it was then called) was cut in half, and additional sections were added to the middle.

Eventually, dimensions of the largest ship in the world took the following values: length - 458.45 meters, width - 68.86 meters, weight of the transported cargo - 564763 tons, weight of the ship itself - 81879 tons, rudder weight - 230 tons, propeller weight - 50 tons.

As it turned out later, it was these figures that became not only a plus, but also a minus of this giant. When fully loaded, the tanker submerged 29.8 meters under water (approximately the height of a nine-story building). Just compare the two photos, the first one is loaded, the second one is empty.

It is not surprising that with such a draft, the tanker could not ply either the Suez or Panama Canals (the length and width would not allow using the Panama Canal, Seawise Giant exceeds the maximum allowable dimensions gateways by 1.5 times).

IN good weather the ship could accelerate to 30 km / h, but in this case it would take about 9 kilometers to stop completely. Yes, and just make a U-turn for such a ship giant size it was not easy, the turning radius without the help of tugboats was 3.2 km.

In 1981, after completing all the work to increase the size, Seawise Giant finally began to work off the money invested in it. His route ran from the oil fields of the Middle East to the United States and back. However, the Iran-Iraq war that was taking place at that time made its own adjustments to the life of the tanker. Since 1986, the ship has been used as a floating terminal for the storage and further reloading of Iranian oil. But this did not save the ship, on May 14, 1988, an Iraqi fighter attacked the Seawise Giant. The tanker received significant damage, lost all the oil on board (it should be noted that the thickness of the sides giant ship was only 3.5 cm, nothing else separated thousands of tons of oil from the surrounding sea world) and was out of order for three years.

During repairs, the ship was replaced with 3,700 tons of damaged steel and changed its name for the first time. Seawise Giant turned into happy giant. However, even before the restoration work was completed, the owner of the tanker changed, and a Norwegian company bought it for $39 million. Therefore, the docks of Singapore (where the repair actually took place) the ship left under the name Jahre Viking.

The next changes in the life of the giant ship happened in 2004. In the United States and Europe, laws were passed prohibiting the use of single-walled oil tankers and the largest ship in the world was out of work. Jahre Viking renamed to Knock Nevis and since that time it has been used as a floating oil storage.

In the photo, Knock Nevis is the largest ship in the history of navigation.

, as the ship was now called, goes to its last voyage. Its destination is India, or rather the world-famous Alang ship graveyard. There, within a few months, the tanker is cut into pieces and sent for smelting. The only thing left of the world's largest ship is its 36-ton anchor, which is stored in maritime museum Hong Kong.

He could easily take on board the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower. But its cargo is $195 million worth of oil. He survived several owners and is already the fourth name. He was hit with rockets and cut in half. And yet - for more than 20 years, it remains the largest ship on the planet.

The history of this ship began in Japan in 1976 (some sources indicate 1975 for some reason) at the shipyards of Sumitomo Heavy Industries.

Then our hero was born under the modest serial number "1016" and was transferred to a certain Greek shipowner, who gave the tanker its first real name "Seawise Giant".

Interestingly, at that time the tanker was not yet so big. Almost. Its carrying capacity was 480,000 tons (typical modern supertankers hold 280,000 tons).

He sailed for three years, and very soon the ship was sold to a new owner, who ordered its increase. Japanese shipbuilders cut and built up the ship, which took a lot of time.

Finally, in 1981, the tanker was ready for operation again. Welded additional sections of the hull increased its deadweight (capacity) to 564 thousand 763 tons of oil, otherwise - up to 658 thousand 362 cubic meters.

One of the latest shots of Knock Nevis. For the scale of the oil titan - pay attention to the sea freighter, visible on the left in the background (photo from supertankers.topcities.com).

By the way, only one steel board 3.5 centimeters thick separates this oil from the sea.

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.

Some idea of the scale of the monster can be given by people on its deck (photo from dxman.com).

Dimensions. This must be imagined, because there are no such suitable shots that allow you to feel the scale of the supertanker.

Its length is 458.45 meters, width - 68.86 meters (for others sea vessels length is less), draft under load - 24.61 meters.

Not only the Titanic, but also modern cruise giants, surpassing the Titanic in all sizes, are simply not impressive against the background of this tanker. Turbines with a capacity of 50 thousand horsepower accelerate the tanker with a full load to 13 knots (about 24 kilometers per hour).

Interestingly, the crew of the ship has only 40 people.

To put a supertanker at the terminal, you need several powerful tugs at once (photo from supertankers.topcities.com).

Obviously, a tanker of this size provides an opportunity to deliver black gold to its destination in a very economical way (per ton of oil).

True, that's bad luck - with a full load, this tanker cannot pass through the English Channel, Suez and Panama Canal s, as well as moor in most major ports peace.

It would seem that due to its geometric dimensions, it could do this trick. But safety plays an important role here.

A million-ton tanker at full speed is a terrible force (photo from supertankers.topcities.com).

Think about it: the braking distance of the giant is 10.2 kilometers, and the turning circle exceeds 3.7 kilometers! So, among other ships scurrying around these waters, this supertanker is like an elephant in a china shop.

When the tanker needs to be brought to the oil terminal, it is taken in tow and pulled very, very slowly. It is easy to imagine what can happen if a ship weighing almost a million tons is mistaken in maneuvering.

During its life, the supergiant tanker changed several owners and changed its name more than once - first to Happy Giant, then to Jahre Viking.

Comparison of the most large ships planets (by length and gross register tons (generalized characteristic of geometric dimensions). It is a pity that most of our megatanker hero (last drawn) is hidden underwater (illustration from dxman.com).

This year, the tanker was dry docked in Dubai, received new equipment and turned into a so-called "floating storage unit" (Floating Storage and Offloading Unit) for oil. At the same time, the ship was renamed Knock Nevis. The vessel belongs to the Norwegians, and operates in the waters of Qatar.

The tanker, best known as Knock Nevis, was the largest ship ever built by mankind. During its existence, this supergiant has changed several names: Seawise Giant, Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Mont. Moreover, he managed to change not only the name, but also the dimensions, as well as the scope of its application.

In 1974, Japanese shipyards received an order to build the largest tanker in the world. And five years later, in 1979, a giant ship was launched into the water, striking in its size. But the Greek shipowner, apparently, thought this was not enough. And he ordered an increase in the size of the tanker. After that, Seawise Giant (as it was then called) was cut in half, and additional sections were added to the middle.

As a result, the dimensions of the largest ship in the world took the following values: length - 458.45 meters, width - 68.86 meters, weight of the transported cargo - 564763 tons, weight of the ship itself - 81879 tons, rudder weight - 230 tons, propeller weight - 50 tons.

In good weather, the ship could accelerate to 30 km / h, but in this case, it would take about 9 kilometers to stop completely. And it was not easy to just make a U-turn for a ship of such gigantic dimensions, the turning radius without the help of tugboats was 3.2 km.

In 1981, after completing all the work to increase the size, Seawise Giant finally began to work off the money invested in it. His route ran from the oil fields of the Middle East to the United States and back. However, the Iran-Iraq war that was taking place at that time made its own adjustments to the life of the tanker. Since 1986, the ship has been used as a floating terminal for the storage and further reloading of Iranian oil. But this did not save the ship, on May 14, 1988, an Iraqi fighter attacked the Seawise Giant. The tanker received significant damage, lost all the oil on board (it should be noted that the thickness of the sides of the giant ship was only 3.5 cm, nothing else separated thousands of tons of oil from the surrounding sea world) and was out of order for three years.

During repairs, the ship was replaced with 3,700 tons of damaged steel and changed its name for the first time. Seawise Giant has become Happy Giant. However, even before the restoration work was completed, the owner of the tanker changed, and a Norwegian company bought it for $39 million. Therefore, the docks of Singapore (where the repair actually took place) the ship left under the name Jahre Viking.
The next changes in the life of the giant ship happened in 2004. In the United States and Europe, laws were passed prohibiting the use of single-walled oil tankers and the largest ship in the world was out of work. Jahre Viking is renamed Knock Nevis and has since been used as a floating oil storage facility.

Knock Nevis (formerly known as Seawise Giant, Happy Giant and Jahre Viking) is a Norwegian-flagged supertanker. Its dimensions were: 458.45 meters long and 69 meters wide, which made it the largest ship in the world. Built in 1976, rebuilt in 1979 last years was used as a floating oil storage facility, then delivered to Alang (India), where it was scrapped in 2010.

Knock Nevis had a deadweight of 564,763 tons, which is 658,362 m? (4.1 million barrels) of oil.

The length of the tanker is 458.45 meters, the width is 68.86 meters, the draft in cargo is 24.61 meters. Max Speed was 13 knots, the crew of the vessel was 40 people. The stopping distance of the ship is 10.2 kilometers, and the circulation diameter is more than 3.7 kilometers.

Draft at full load did not allow the ship to pass not only the Suez and Panama canals, but also the English Channel.

The supertanker was built in Japan in the city of Yokosuka by Sumitomo Corporation under the serial number "1016" and was handed over to the Greek shipowner, who gave the tanker its first real name "Seawise Giant".

Interestingly, at that time the tanker was not yet so big. Its carrying capacity was 480,000 tons (typical modern supertankers hold 280,000 tons).

The new owner ordered an increase in the vessel. The vessel was cut and lengthened, additional sections of the hull were added, increasing the deadweight from the original 480 thousand tons to a record 564,763 tons. In 1981, the tanker was ready to go. 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.

Initially, the ship sailed between the Middle East and the United States, but in 1986 it began to be used as a floating terminal for the storage and transshipment of Iranian oil during the Iran-Iraq war. In 1986, an Iraqi fighter fired an Exocet anti-ship missile at a ship located almost in the Persian Gulf (more precisely, in the Strait of Hormuz leading to the Gulf). The tanker did not die, but was out of order. Only in 1989, it was reanimated by the ship repairmen of Singapore, replacing 3.7 thousand tons of crumpled steel.

After the end of the war, the ship, towed to Brunei, was bought by the Norwegian company KS-company. The ship was repaired in Singapore and renamed the Happy Giant (Happy Giant). However, in 1991, even before the repair was completed, 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.

KS-company was later bought by Norwegian shipowner Fred Olsen for his company First Olsen Tankers.

After the passage of laws in the US and Europe prohibiting the use of tankers with a single-walled side, the so-called single-hull tankers (the thickness of the side of Knock Nevis is only 3.5 centimeters), in March 2004, the ship at the docks of Dubai was converted into a "floating storage unit" (FPSO ). At the same time, the tanker once again changed its name to the modern Knock Nevis. In 2009, the ship was washed ashore in Alang (India), where it was scrapped in 2010. Before the last trip, the ship was renamed Mont and changed flag to Sierra Leone. It took about a year to completely dispose of the ship.

Let's return to our giant.

The greatest invention of mankind is oil tanker. The word itself comes from English word"tank" - a tank. sea tanker this is a vessel designed for the carriage of liquid cargo (oil, acid, vegetable oil, molten sulfur, etc.) in ship's tanks (tanks). These sea vessels come in various sizes, but among them are special type - supertankers. These are the most big ships among tankers of such a type. They can carry 50 percent more oil per voyage than others, and only 15 percent more operating costs for bunkering, crew, and insurance, allowing the oil companies chartering the vessel to increase their profits and save savings. There will always be a demand for such oil tankers.

Supertankers- a product of the scientific and technological revolution of our time. They did not have any specific inventor, and with the development of science and technology, their creation became possible. On oil tankers the longitudinal hull framing system was tested, the engine room and all superstructures were moved to the stern. And most importantly, during their construction, electric welding began to be widely used in shipbuilding, which later became the only way to connect metal hull structures.

Knock Nevis, a supertanker that has gone by the names Jahre Viking, Happy Giant and Seawise Giant at various times.

Knock Nevis has a length of 458.45 meters, so to turn the tanker in reverse side you need at least 2 km if the turn was carried out with the help of tugs. The vessel has a width of 68.8 meters, to give a better idea - this is the approximate width of a football field.

On upper deck The ship could accommodate 5.5 football fields.

This is the largest in the history of the planet, ever created active ship. It also has its drawbacks, which, in fact, predetermined the short existence of the tanker. Its draft of 24.6 meters is, for comparison, more than a standard 7-storey residential building.

The ship could not pass the Suez and Panama Canals due to its huge dimensions, moreover, it was not allowed to pass through the English Channel, due to the risk of running aground.

The Seawise Giant was the largest ship built in the 20th century. But the giant was built before the era of double-hulled tankers, which began with the Exxon Valdez accident. It is unlikely that new tankers will surpass the size of Seawise Giant, most likely, floating cities will intercept the palm - real floating cities, with housing, offices, and everything else that is available in the city. Some projects of such vessels are already being developed.

Seawise Giant began to be built in 1979 by order of a Greek tycoon, but it went bankrupt as a result of the oil embargo of the 70s. The ship was bought by the Hong Kong magnate Tung, and financed its completion. However, Tung insisted that the deadweight be increased from 480,000 to 564,763 tons, making the Seawise Giant the world's largest ship. The tanker entered service in 1981, and at first transported oil from the fields Gulf of Mexico. Then he was transferred to transport oil from Iran. There, in the Persian Gulf, he was sunk.

In 1986, during the Iran-Iraq war, in the Strait of Hormuz, the tanker was attacked and sunk by Iraqi Air Force aircraft with Exocet missiles. An Iraqi fighter fired an Exocet anti-ship missile at a unique tanker, which was then located almost in the Persian Gulf (or rather, in the Strait of Hormuz, which lies between Iran and the United Arab Emirates, leading to the Gulf).

It sank in shallow water near Kharg Island, due to which in August 1988 it was raised and taken for repairs at the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore by its new owner, Norman International. Ship repairers replaced 3.7 thousand tons of crumpled steel.

Most likely, the company bought, raised and repaired the tanker mainly for the sake of prestige. The refurbished Seawise Giant was renamed the Happy Giant. By 1999, he again changed the owner and name - he was bought by the Norwegian Jahare Wallem and renamed Jahre Viking.

In March 2004, the giant got a new owner, First Olsen Tankers. Times have already changed, and given the age of the tanker, it was decided to convert it into FSO - a floating storage and loading complex, at Dubai shipyards. After the conversion, he received the name Knock Nevis, and was then delivered as an FSO to the Al Shaheen field in the waters of Qatar.

Technical characteristics of the supertanker Knock Nevis

Commissioned: 1976
Withdrawn from the fleet: 01/04/2010
Length: 458.45 m
Width: 68.86 m
Draft: 24, 611 meters
Power point: steam turbines with a total capacity of 50,000 liters. With.
Speed: 13-16 knots
Crew: 40 people.

Weight of transported cargo: 564,763 tons

Another 6 ULCC (Ultra Large Oil Tanker) class tankers have surpassed the 500,000 dwt mark:
Battilus 553.662 dwt 1976 - 1985 (decommissioned)
Bellamya 553,662 dwt 1976 - 1986 (decommissioned)
Pierre Guillaumat 555,051 dwt 1977 - 1983 (decommissioned)
Esso Atlantic 516,000 dwt 1977 - 2002 (decommissioned)
Esso Pacific 516 dwt 1977 - 2002 (decommissioned)
Prairial 554,974 dwt 1979 - 2003 (decommissioned)

During its life, the supergiant tanker changed several owners and changed its name more than once - first to Happy Giant, then to Jahre Viking.

In 2009, the ship was transported to India to Alang, where it was forcibly stranded for disposal.

In 2010, the ship was scrapped.

At present

One of the representatives of this class of ships was oil tanker« Batillus". This cargo ship was created, from start to finish, according to the original project without additional modernization during operation. Nautical tanker from the moment of laying it was built in 10 months, and about 70,000 tons of steel were spent on construction. The construction cost the owner $130 million.