Batillus-class supertanker

The oil tanker Batillus at the end of her construction in Saint-Nazaire, being fueled.
Class overview
NameBatillus class
Operators Société Maritime Shell France
In service1976–2003
Completed4
Retired4
General characteristics
TypeSupertanker
Tonnage
  • 275,268 GT
  • 555,000 DWT
  • 225,473 NT
Displacement
  • 77,300 tonnes light ship
  • 630,962 tonnes full load
  • (Batillus and Bellamya) [1]
LengthLOA: 414.22 m (1,359.0 ft) LBP: 401.10 m (1,315.9 ft)
Beam63.01 m (206.7 ft)
Draft28.5 m (94 ft)
Depth35.92 m (117.8 ft)
Installed power64,800 bhp (48.3 MW)
Propulsion
Speed16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Notes[2][3]
Sea Brilliance ex Prairial laid up with other tankers at Vestnes, Norway in July 1985.

The Batillus-class supertankers were a class of supertanker ships built in France in the late 1970s, with four ships of this class built between 1976 and 1979. Three of the ships were scrapped after less than ten years of oil transport service each, with the fourth one scrapped in 2003.

All four tankers were built in the Bassin C dock of the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyards at Saint Nazaire, France.

  1. ^ "Batillus". Comoria (in French). Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
  2. ^ Clarkson Research Studies Ltd. (1987). Tanker Register 1987. International Publication Service. ISBN 0-8002-4143-6.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference prairial was invoked but never defined (see the help page).