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Batillus-class supertanker

Class of supertanker ships

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	Batillus tanker in Saint-Nazaire.jpg
image_caption	The oil tanker Batillus at the end of her construction in Saint-Nazaire, being fueled.
section2	{{Infobox ship/class overview
name	Batillus class
operators	[[File:Flag of France.svg	24px]] Société Maritime Shell France
in_service_range	1976–2003
total_ships_completed	4
total_ships_retired	4
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
type	Supertanker
tonnage	*
displacement	*77,300 tonnes light ship
*(Batillus and Bellamya)<ref>{{Cite web	url-status	dead	website=Comoria	url=http://www.comoria.com/152377/Batillus&prev=search	title=Batillus	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923205716/http://www.comoria.com/152377/Batillus&prev=search	archive-date=23 September 2015	lang=fr }}
length	LOA: 414.22 m
LBP: {{convert	401.10	m	abbr	on}}
beam	63.01 m
draft	28.5 m
depth	35.92 m
power	64800 bhp
propulsion	*4 × Stal-Laval steam turbine engines
speed	16 knot
notes

630,962 tonnes full load
(Batillus and Bellamya) LBP: 401.10 m
2 × propellers

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 Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyards at Saint Nazaire, France.

History

Vessels in class

, built in 1976, scrapped in 1986.
, built in 1976, scrapped in 1986.
, built in 1977, scrapped in 1983.
, built in 1979, renamed Sea Brilliance, renamed Hellas Fos, renamed Sea Giant, scrapped in 2003.

Measurements

While being the largest ships ever built by gross tonnage until , the four Batillus-class ships were the second largest ever constructed when measuring deadweight tonnage or length overall, behind only the supertanker (renamed five times, including to Knock Nevis), which existed from 1979 to 2010.

While there were minor differences between the four Batillus-class ships, they all approached a gross tonnage (GT) of 275,000 and tonnage, and had a length overall of over 414 m (longer than all but a few of the tallest skyscrapers in the world).

The Batillus class had a depth of nearly 36 m from the main deck and a full load draft of 28.5 m, the greatest of any vessel, and slightly greater than the two Globtik Tokyo-class Ultra Large Crude Carriers (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.

References

"Batillus".
Clarkson Research Studies Ltd.. (1987). "Tanker Register 1987". International Publication Service.
Auke Visser. (10 June 2010). "Batillus". International Super Tankers.
Auke Visser. (10 June 2010). "Bellamya". International Super Tankers.
Auke Visser. (10 June 2010). "Pierre Guillaumat". International Super Tankers.
Auke Visser. (10 June 2010). "Prairial". International Super Tankers.
Trex, Ethan. (1 June 2011). "Seawise Giant: You Can't Keep A Good Ship Down".

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