Berge Emperor

History
Name: Berge Emperor
Owner: Bergesen d.y.
Port of registry: Stavanger,  Norway
Yard number: 1004[1]
Launched: 30 August 1975[1]
In service: 1975–1985
Identification: IMO number: 7379917
Fate: Scrapped, Kaohsiung, Taiwan April 1986[2]
General characteristics
Type: Supertanker
Tonnage:
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 X 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 as Emperor.[1] The ship was scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan on 30 March 1986.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Berge Emperor 1975". Fleetlist sig. Bergesen DY AS/Bergesen DY ASA. NORSKE SKIP 1900-2012. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Berge Emperor". Auke Visser´s International Super Tankers. http://www.aukevisser.nl. Retrieved 4 March 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)


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