Engineering:Berge Emperor
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| History | |
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| Name: |
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| Owner: | Bergesen d.y. |
| Port of registry: |
Stavanger,  Norway |
| Yard number: | 1004[1] |
| Launched: | 30 August 1975[1] |
| Completed: | 1975 |
| Maiden voyage: | 1975 |
| In service: | 1975 |
| Out of service: | 1985 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 7379917 |
| Fate: | Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in April 1986.[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: |
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| Length: | 391.83 m (1,285.5 ft)[1] |
| Beam: | 68.05 m (223.3 ft)[1] |
| Draught: | 22.788 m (74.76 ft)[1] |
| Installed power: | 2 × Stal-Laval turbines[1] |
| Speed: | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) [1] |
The Berge Emperor was a supertanker built in 1975, in Japan , by Mitsui.[1] At 391.83 m (1,285.5 ft) she was one of the world's longest ships.[1]
She was launched on 30 August 1975.[1] The ship was owned by Bergesen d.y. & Co. but was sold to Maastow BV in 1985, and renamed Emperor.[1] The ship was scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on 30 March 1986.[2]
See also
- List of longest ships
- TI-class supertanker
- Freedom Ship
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 "Berge Emperor 1975". Fleetlist sig. Bergesen DY AS/Bergesen DY ASA. NORSKE SKIP 1900-2012. http://norskeskip.no/BergeEmperor75.html. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Berge Emperor". Auke Visser´s International Super Tankers. www.aukevisser.nl. http://www.aukevisser.nl/supertankers/id54.htm. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
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