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Which Was the Largest Ship Ever Built?
Quick Answer
The supertanker Seawise Giant, completed in 1979, was the longest ship ever built at 458.45 metres.
The Full Story
Seawise Giant was built in Japan and later enlarged, reaching 458.45 metres in length and a deadweight capacity of about 564,763 tonnes. When fully loaded it was too big to pass through the Suez Canal, the Panama Canal or the English Channel. In 1988, during the Iran–Iraq War, it was bombed by Iraqi aircraft and sank in shallow water. It was refloated, repaired and renamed several times, including Jahre Viking and Knock Nevis. The ship was scrapped at Alang in India in 2010.
Key Facts
1.Seawise Giant was longer than the Empire State Building is tall.
2.Fully laden, its draught was about 24.6 metres.
3.Its stopping distance was estimated at around 10 kilometres.
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