Shell M class
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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 | |||||
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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
- Page about the Shell M-Tanker (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Equasis homepage (English)