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2. Esso Northumbria - Wikipedia

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   Esso Northumbria. The Esso Northumbria was the first of a series of Very Large Crude Carrier ships, built by Swan Hunter at Wallsend on Tyneside, in 1969. When launched on 2 May 1969 by Princess Anne it was the largest vessel to have been built in Britain at that time. [5]

3. TI-class supertanker - Wikipedia

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   TI-class supertanker. Hellespont Tara (later TI Europe) in the Netherlands on June 24, 2005. The TI class of supertankers comprises the ships TI Africa, TI Asia, TI Europe and TI Oceania (all names as of July 2004), where the "TI" refers to the ULCC tanker pool operator Tankers International. The class were the first ULCCs (ultra-large crude ...

4. List of Esso Atlantic-class supertankers - Wikipedia

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   The two ships of the Esso Atlantic class, Esso Atlantic and Esso Pacific, were two of only seven ships to surpass a half million tons deadweight in maritime history.. When plying the sea, the vessels had a fully laden draft of 25.3 m (83 ft), [1] rendering them unable to navigate the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal when loaded to capacity.

5. SS Montebello - Wikipedia

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   SS Montebello in Vancouver, 1930s. Photograph by Walter E. Frost. Montebello was a steam oil tanker built in 1920–1921 by the Southwestern Shipbuilding Co. of San Pedro for Union Oil Company. It was designed to carry oil and petroleum products along the West Coast of the United States and Canada, as well as between the United States and Chile.

6. Oil tanker - Wikipedia

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   An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products. There are two basic types of oil tankers: crude tankers and product tankers. [1] Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined crude oil from its point of extraction to refineries. [1]

7. Batillus-class supertanker - Wikipedia

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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 ...

8. Tanker (ship) - Wikipedia

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   A tanker (or tank ship or tankship) is a ship designed to transport or store liquids or gases in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker (or petroleum tanker), the chemical tanker, cargo ships, and a gas carrier. Tankers also carry commodities such as vegetable oils, molasses and wine. In the United States Navy and Military Sealift ...

9. Glückauf (1886) - Wikipedia

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   Glückauf (1886) Glückauf. (1886) Glückauf was a German ship that represented a major step forward in oil tanker design. "When the Glückauf sailed from the Tyne on 10 July 1886 she was the first ocean going tanker with oil to her skin". [ 3] The vessel was in use from 1886 to 25 March 1893, when it ran aground at Fire Island in New York.