The Seawise Giant was a supertanker that held the record for being the longest and heaviest ship ever built. It was 100 meters longer than the longest active cruise ship currently, the 'Icon of the ...

We’ve all heard of the Titanic and the Exxon Valdez. The story of the tanker that was once known as the Seawise Giant is much less familiar, although it’s every bit as memorable. The largest ship ever ...

While Seawise Giant’s massive size made her majestic, it also posed maneuvering challenges during its navigation through oceans and seas. The journey of the world’s largest ship to be ever built, the ...

A ship that dwarfed the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building in length is an epic tale of engineering ambition. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT At 1,504 feet in length - and with a cargo ...

The Seawise Giant was twice the size of the Titanic and was sunk but sailed again. Weighing more than 564,000 tonnes and measuring 1,500ft in length, she was the largest ship ever built. The amazing ...

Were this to be a big-budget fiction movie, critics would declare the plot to be absurd: the story of a ship – the largest ever built – being bombed, sunk and then hauled from the seabed and patched ...

Strange, then, that so few people know the history behind this gargantuan sea vessel — all 564,000 tonnes of it, about 15m longer than the Empire State Building in New York is high, with a hold that ...

The journey of the world’s largest ship to be ever built, the Seawise Giant, was as majestic as the vessel itself. Over three decades of being in service, the ship underwent several renames and owners ...