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Jeremy Clarkson Tours Jahre Viking (ex-Knock Nevis)

16 February 2010

Jeremy Clarkson takes a tour around the "Jahre Viking" (blt 1979 as "Knock Nevis"), the biggest moving man made object on the planet whilst it travels around the Cape of Good hope of the coast of Southern Africa. Vintage Clarkson and mind blowing statisn in this auto review from the BBC show 'Jeremy Clarksons Extreme Machines'.

 

he Knock Nevis is a massive ship, last used as a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO). She was previously a supertanker and was the longest ship ever built, as well as the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded.

 

When plying the sea, the vessel had a fully laden draft of 24.6 m (81 ft), rendering it unable to navigate the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal when its load was up to capacity. As a tanker she was known as the Seawise Giant, Happy Giant, and Jahre Viking.

 

In December 2009, the vessel was sold to Indian breakers and renamed Mont for her final journey. After clearing Indian customs, she was intentionally beached in India for ship breaking.

sources: Wikipedia, YouTube

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