Batillus
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Batillus was a supertanker built in 1976 by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire for the French branch of Shell Oil. The first vessel of the , she was, together with her sister ships , and Prairial, one of the biggest ships in the world, surpassed in size only by (later Jahre Viking, Happy Giant and Knock Nevis) built in 1976, and extended in 1981, although the four ships of the Batillus class had a larger gross tonnage. She was sold for scrap in 1985 after a prolonged downturn in the oil market made her economically impractical.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- oil tanker
- Manufacturer
- Chantiers de l'Atlantique
- Image
- Batillus tanker in Saint-Nazaire.jpg
- Width
- 63.01
- Length
- 414.22
- Speed
- 16
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- Commons category
- IMO 7360095
- shipping port
- Fos-sur-Mer
- yard number
- V 25
- draft
- 28.6
- call sign
- FNWJ
- vessel class
- Batillus-class oil tanker
- beam
- 63.0
- service entry
- 1976-00-00
- country of registry
- France
- gross tonnage
- 275267
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