Turbine Tanker Jahre Viking

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Port of registry: Sandefjord

Flag - Norway (NIS)

Call Sign LADU4

Satcom 1312734/LADU

Year of construction- Launched- 1975, Completed- 1979

Yard Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. Oppama Shipyard, Yokosuka

1980 additional cargo section Nippon Kokan

Owner Jahre Dahl Bergesen AS

Charterers Mercur Tankers ASA

Deadweight 564763

Length 458.45m

Breadth 68.86m

Depth 29.80m

Tanks 12 center 30 wing tanks

Cargo pumps 4 cargo pumps total 22000T/Hr

Main engine 2 steam turbines geared to single shaft

Speed 13knots

Horsepower 50000 Hp {36778Kw}

Generators 1x2800Kw, 2x1500Kw 450v 60Hz ac

COW (Crude Oil Washing), Inert Gas System, and Segregated Ballast Tanks.

The Jahre Viking is presently the largest man-made moving object on the face of the planet 50ft taller than empire state building at 1504 foot long. The holds could swallow St Pauls cathedral four times over. It has a crew of 35, which means it only needs two lifeboats. Taking 5.5 miles to stop with a turning circle of 2 miles and carries 4.2 million barrels of crude oil, which is separated from the ocean by a 3.5-cm hull. If this has failed to impress you then please head back to whatever index you have come from and start again.

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