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.
The oil tanker Batillus at the end of her construction in Saint-Nazaire, being fueled.
Prairial, built in 1979, renamed Sea Brilliance, renamed Hellas Fos, renamed Sea Giant, scrapped in 2003.[3]
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While being the largest ships ever built by gross tonnage until Pioneering Spirit, the four Batillus-class ships were the second largest ever constructed when measuring deadweight tonnage or length overall, behind only the supertanker Seawise Giant (renamed five times, including to Knock Nevis), which existed from 1979 to 2010.[7]
While there were minor differences between the four Batillus-class ships, they all approached a gross tonnage (GT) of 275,000 and 555,000 tonnes deadweight (DWT) tonnage, and had a length overall of over 414 metres (1,358 ft) (longer than all but a few of the tallest skyscrapers in the world).
The Batillus class had a depth of nearly 36 metres (118 ft 1 in) from the main deck and a full load draft of 28.5 metres (93 ft 6 in), the greatest of any vessel, and slightly greater than the two Globtik Tokyo-class ULCCs.
Unlike Seawise Giant and most other ULCCs, the Batillus-class vessels had twin propellers, twin boilers of full size and power, and twin rudders. As a result, in the event of an engine or other failure, they could continue operation with the remaining propeller and boiler.
^Clarkson Research Studies Ltd. (1987). Tanker Register 1987. International Publication Service. ISBN0-8002-4143-6.
^ abAuke Visser (10 June 2010). "Prairial". International Super Tankers. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
^Auke Visser (10 June 2010). "Batillus". International Super Tankers. from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
^Auke Visser (10 June 2010). "Bellamya". International Super Tankers. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
^Auke Visser (10 June 2010). "Pierre Guillaumat". International Super Tankers. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
^Trex, Ethan (1 June 2011). "Seawise Giant: You Can't Keep A Good Ship Down". Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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Building the Batillus
January 01, 1970
batillus, class, supertanker, were, class, supertanker, ships, built, france, late, 1970s, with, four, ships, this, class, built, between, 1976, 1979, three, ships, were, scrapped, after, less, than, years, transport, service, each, with, fourth, scrapped, 200. 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 The oil tanker Batillus at the end of her construction in Saint Nazaire being fueled Class overview NameBatillus class OperatorsSociete Maritime Shell France In service1976 2003 Completed4 Retired4 General characteristics TypeSupertanker Tonnage275 268 GT 555 000 DWT 225 473 NT Displacement77 300 tonnes light ship 630 962 tonnes full load Batillus and Bellamya 1 LengthLOA 414 22 m 1 359 0 ft LBP 401 10 m 1 315 9 ft Beam63 01 m 206 7 ft Draft28 5 m 94 ft Depth35 92 m 117 8 ft Installed power64 800 bhp 48 3 MW Propulsion4 Stal Laval steam turbine engines 2 propellers Speed16 kn 30 km h 18 mph Notes 2 3 Sea Brilliance ex Prairial laid up with other tankers at Vestnes Norway in July 1985 All four tankers were built in the Bassin C dock of the Chantiers de l Atlantique shipyards at Saint Nazaire France Contents 1 History 1 1 Vessels in class 2 Measurements 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThis section needs expansion with who were these ships built for who paid for them You can help by adding to it December 2020 Vessels in class edit Batillus built in 1976 scrapped in 1986 4 Bellamya built in 1976 scrapped in 1986 5 Pierre Guillaumat built in 1977 scrapped in 1983 6 Prairial built in 1979 renamed Sea Brilliance renamed Hellas Fos renamed Sea Giant scrapped in 2003 3 Measurements editWhile being the largest ships ever built by gross tonnage until Pioneering Spirit the four Batillus class ships were the second largest ever constructed when measuring deadweight tonnage or length overall behind only the supertanker Seawise Giant renamed five times including to Knock Nevis which existed from 1979 to 2010 7 While there were minor differences between the four Batillus class ships they all approached a gross tonnage GT of 275 000 and 555 000 tonnes deadweight DWT tonnage and had a length overall of over 414 metres 1 358 ft longer than all but a few of the tallest skyscrapers in the world The Batillus class had a depth of nearly 36 metres 118 ft 1 in from the main deck and a full load draft of 28 5 metres 93 ft 6 in the greatest of any vessel and slightly greater than the two Globtik Tokyo class ULCCs Unlike Seawise Giant and most other ULCCs the Batillus class vessels had twin propellers twin boilers of full size and power and twin rudders As a result in the event of an engine or other failure they could continue operation with the remaining propeller and boiler See also editList of world s longest ships TI class supertankerReferences edit Google Translate Clarkson Research Studies Ltd 1987 Tanker Register 1987 International Publication Service ISBN 0 8002 4143 6 a b Auke Visser 10 June 2010 Prairial International Super Tankers Retrieved 29 June 2010 Auke Visser 10 June 2010 Batillus International Super Tankers Archived from the original on 13 July 2010 Retrieved 29 June 2010 Auke Visser 10 June 2010 Bellamya International Super Tankers Retrieved 29 June 2010 Auke Visser 10 June 2010 Pierre Guillaumat International Super Tankers Retrieved 29 June 2010 Trex Ethan 1 June 2011 Seawise Giant You Can t Keep A Good Ship Down Retrieved 6 December 2020 External links editBuilding the Batillus Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Batillus class supertanker amp oldid 1187067194, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
