Shell M class

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Ship data
Ship type Crude oil tanker
Shipping company Shell tankers
Construction period 1967 to 1970
Units built 22nd
Cruising areas Worldwide trip
Ship dimensions and crew
length
325.00 m ( Lüa )
310.00 m ( Lpp )
width 47.00 m
Side height 24.50 m
Draft Max. 19.00 m
measurement approx. 105,000 GRT
Machine system
machine 2 × geared steam turbine
Top
speed 		16.0 kn (30 km / h)
propeller 1 × fixed propeller
Transport capacities
Load capacity approx. 210,000 dw
Others
Classifications Lloyd's Register
annotation
Data

Deviations due to different construction types

The M-Class from the Shell oil company was a series of VLCC crude oil tankers built in the late 1960s .

history

The designation M-Class was derived from the ship name of the series, which began with the letter "M". Shell ordered the series from several shipyards in Japan, Denmark, Northern Ireland, France, Germany and the Netherlands at the end of the 1960s. The individual designs of the various shipyards were partly similar in terms of their rough dimensions, but were not standardized. All ships were given load capacities of around 210,000 tons.

In the course of the tanker crisis, Shell decided in the mid-1970s to sell superfluous ships to other shipping companies as early as the mid-1970s. The poor economy in tanker shipping in the late 1970s and 1980s due to the reopening of the Suez Canal and the large tonnage overcapacities resulted in M-Class tankers being sold directly to scrapping yards from the late 1970s . In the mid-1980s, all but three units were scrapped or lost. Some of these ships were used as floating oil stores.

Several M-Class units were involved in serious accidents. As early as 1969, the only three-month-old Marpessa sank on a ballast trip after an explosion while washing the tank. The Metula ran aground in the Strait of Magellan in 1974 and lost 53,000 tons of oil. The former Melania exploded as Atlas Titan in Setubal in 1979 while washing the tank. The most serious marine casualty was the collision of the Aegean Captain , the former Marisa , with the tanker Atlantic Empress off Tobago, in which several crew members were killed and about 310,000 tons of crude oil spilled into the sea.

description

The ships are designed as pure crude oil tankers in single-hull construction. The deckhouse was arranged far aft above the engine room, the tapered chimney stood on the rear deck structure behind the bridge house. The tankers had two continuous longitudinal bulkheads and a different number of transverse bulkheads depending on the type of construction. All ships had slop tanks and two side tanks for ballast water. The manifold with two booms was placed amidships. There were differences within the series by which the individual designs could be distinguished. For example, there were fore ships with or without a bulbous bow, although the bulbous bow design of the various shipyards differed significantly.

Two steam turbines from STAL-Laval , Mitsubishi or IHI each served as drive systems, some of which were manufactured under license from the respective shipyards. The turbines gave their power to a single fixed propeller via a reduction gear.

gallery

  • The Melania was launched (1), In: Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid

  • Launch of the Melania (2), In: Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid

  • Arrival of the Macoma , In: Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid

The ships

Shell M class
Building name Shipyard /
construction number		 IMO number delivery Client /
shipping company		 Renaming and whereabouts
Macoma IHI, Tokyo / 924 6729969 January 1968 Curacaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij, Willemstad arrived at the An Hsung Iron & Steel Company in Kaohsiung for demolition on May 17, 1983.
Megara Mitsubishi, Nagasaki / 1634 6727387 19th January 1968 Shell Tankers, London 1976 Dyvi Nova , scrapped from August 19, 1978 at the Korea Iron & Steel Company in Masan.
Marisa Hitachi, Sakai / 4126 6728599 March 20, 1968 Shell Tankers, London 1977 Aegean Captain , collision with the tanker Atlantic Empress on July 19, 1979 , scrapped in Kaohsiung from March 26, 1980.
Myrina Harland & Wolff, Belfast / 1666 6725236 April 24, 1968 Deutsche Shell AG, Hamburg scrapped from September 5, 1981 at Inchon Iron & Steel Company in Inchon.
Murex HDW, Kiel / 1133 6806365 July 1968 Shell Tankers, London 1982 Tazerka , 1995 as a tank farm, from September 29, 1999 scrapped at Priya Blue Industries in Alang.
Magdala Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire / R23 6803727 July 1968 Société Maritime Shell, Paris scrapped from May 24, 1978 at Long Jong Industry Company in Kaohsiung.
Marinula Odense Staalskibsværft , Lindø / 22 6815201 August 1968 Curacaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij, Willemstad Opened from April 1975 to October 1976, arrived in Kaohsiung on December 27, 1982 at the Chien Yung Enterprise Company in Kaohsiung for demolition.
Metula IHI, Yokohama / 2019 6818760 September 25, 1968 Curacaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij, Willemstad Aggravated on August 9, 1974 in the Strait of Magellan, Tula in 1976, at Recup on June 13, 1976. Submarinos arrived in Santander for demolition.
Lackia Kawasaki, Kobe / 1100 6822084 November 1968 Shell Tankers, London 1976 Andros Tanker , 1976 Jarmona , 1979 Korea Donghae No. 2 , arrived on December 30, 1982 at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Company in Ulsan for demolition.
Medora Mitsubishi, Nagasaki / 1655 6823090 November 29, 1968 Shell Tankers, London 1980 as a tank farm , 1981 Fulmar FSU , 1996 SPU 4 , 1998 Red Fulmar I , scrapped from October 1st, 2002.
Meta Hitachi, Sakai / 4164 6828296 December 1968 Shell Tankers, London arrived on July 24, 1982 at Inchon Iron & Steel Company in Ulsan for demolition.
Melania NDSM , Amsterdam / 535 6828569 January 21, 1969 Shell Tankers, London 1976 Andros Tempo , 1976 Atlas Titan , exploded on May 27, 1979 in Setubal, scrapped at Chi Young Steel Enterprise Company in Kaohsiung from May 31, 1980.
Miter Odense Staalskibsværft, Lindø / 25 6904301 February 1969 Shell Tankers, London scrapped from November 8, 1978 at Keun Hwa Iron Steel Works & Enterprise in Kaohsiung.
Mactra HDW, Kiel / 1200 6903058 March 1969 Shell Tankers, London scrapped from June 27, 1980 at Gi Yuen Steel Enterprise Company in Kaohsiung.
Mytilus Hitachi, Sakai / 4165 6921678 August 12, 1969 Curacaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij, Willemstad 1981 Gregorio del Pilar , 1988 Nita I , from April 21, 1993 scrapped at the Star Cotton Corporation in Gadani Beach.
Mysia Mitsubishi, Nagasaki / 1656 6918467 September 1969 Shell Tankers, London scrapped from September 8, 1978 at the Taiwan Ship Scrap Company in Kaohsiung.
Marpessa IHI, Yokohama / 2020 6921878 15th September 1969 Curacaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij, Willemstad Exploded on December 12, 1969 on a ballast voyage from Rotterdam to Mena al Ahmadi off Senegal and on December 15 at position 16.30 ° N; 017.45 ° W dropped.
Miralda Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire / S23 6929260 October 1969 Société Maritime Shell, Paris 1982 Urania , scrapped from September 22nd, 1985 at Hai Kwang Steel Enterprise Corporation in Kaohsiung.
Melo Kawasaki, Sakaide / 1105 6924325 October 1969 Shell Tankers, London 1976 World Recovery , 1976 Selefkia , scrapped from June 3, 1980 at Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corporation in Kaohsiung.
Myrtea Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire / X23 7005712 February 1970 Société Maritime Shell, Paris from July 26, 1982 scrapped at Gi Yuen Steel Enterprise Company in Kaohsiung.
Mysella NDSM, Amsterdam / 536 7002667 February 27, 1970 Shell Tankers, London 1976 Bergecaptain , the same day 1976 Mobil Tern , 1978 Solon , 1982 Alaman , bow and stern scrapped in Yokohama from December 3, 1983, central ship kept as a tank farm.
Marticia NDSM, Amsterdam / 537 7019062 August 1, 1970 Shell Tankers, London 1976 Bergemaster , 1976 Mobil Raven , 1977 Al Qasim , scrapped from December 8, 1983 at the Sun-Hua Enterprise Company in Kaohsiung.
Data: Equasis

literature

  • Brennecke, Jochen: Tanker - From the petroleum clipper to the super tanker . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford 1975, ISBN 3-7822-0066-7 , p. 233-234 .
  • Stewart, IG: The World's Super Ships . 1965-1980. IGS Marine Publishers, Perth 1980.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Equasis homepage (English)