History | |
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Liberia | |
Name: | Esso Atlantic and Esso Pacific |
Owner: | Esso Tankers Inc. Liberia |
Builder: | Hitachi Zosen Corporation Ariake |
Yard number: | 4484, 4485 |
Launched: | October 2, 1977, June 13,1977 |
Status: | Scrapped 2002 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | ULCC |
Tonnage: |
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Displacement: |
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Length: | 406.57 m (1,333.89 ft) |
Beam: | 71.07 m (233.17 ft) |
Draught: | 25.29 metres (83.0 ft) |
Depth: | 31.22 m (102.43 ft) |
Propulsion: | Steam Turbine |
Speed: | 15.5 knots, 1 Propeller |
Capacity: | 516,895 DWT after rename |
Notes: |
The two ships of the Esso Atlantic class, Esso Atlantic and Esso Pacific, were two of only seven ships to surpass a half million tons deadweight in maritime history.
When plying the sea, the vessels had a fully laden draft of 25.3 m (83 ft), rendering them unable to navigate the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal when loaded up to capacity.
10/02/1977 : Esso Atlantic launched and built
??/??/1983 : Transferred to Bahamian flag, owned by Esso International Shipping Co Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas
16/08/1986 : Laid Up near Aalesund
??/??/1990 : By Esso Eastern Marine Ltd., Bermuda, to Ceres Hellenic Shipping Ent. Ltd., Greece. Renamed Kapetan Giannis
13/06/2002 : from Fujairah Anchorage bound for LOOP Oil Terminal. Sold to Pakistani breakers in 2002.
13/06/1977 : Esso Pacific launched and built
??/??/1983 : Transferred to Bahamian flag, owned by Esso International Shipping Co Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas
16/08/1986 : Laid Up near Aalesund
??/??/1990 : By Esso Eastern Marine Ltd., Bermuda, to Ceres Hellenic Shipping Ent. Ltd., Greece. Renamed Kapetan Michalis
2002: Broken up in Gadani Beach, Pakistan.