Bellamya
The supertanker Bellamya | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Bellamya |
| Owner | Societe Maritime Shell, France |
| Port of registry | Fos-sur-Mer |
| Builder | Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire, France |
| Yard number | X 25 |
| Laid down | 1975 |
| Launched | 20 October 1976 |
| Completed | 1976 |
| Maiden voyage | 1976 |
| In service | 1976 |
| Out of service | 1984 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped at Ulsan, South Korea, in 1986. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Batillus-class supertanker |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 630,962 t (620,997 long tons) |
| Length | 414.22 m (1,359 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 63.01 m (206 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 28.50 m (93 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power | 48,300 kW (64,800 hp) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Bellamya was a supertanker, built in 1976 by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire for the French branch of Shell Oil. She was the second Batillus-class supertanker. Bellamya, together with her sister ships Batillus, Pierre Guillaumat and Prairial, was one of the biggest ships in the world, surpassed in size only by Seawise Giant (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. By gross tonnage—a measure of volume—Bellamya was the largest ship ever built.