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The 300,000 ton tankers I used to navigate had a 4 blade Propeller 9.7m in diameter. approx. 32 feet.
The biggest ship I ever went on was the Batillus, 555,000 DWT
she had two props and two rudders.
I landed on her fore deck by helicpter and went on the bridge, off Cape Town in August 1976 on her maiden voyage, she was bound for the Gulf. so I sailed around the Cape of Good Hope during a six hour helicopter operation to transferr stores.
She was BIG.
Tonnage: 275,276 GT
555,000 DWT
225,473 NT
Length: LOA: 414.22 metres (1,359.0 ft)
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LBP: 401.10 metres (1,315.9 ft)
Beam: 63.01 metres (206.7 ft)
Draught: 28.5 metres (94 ft)
Depth: 35.01 metres (114.9 ft)
Installed power: 64,800bhp (48,321.5kW)
Propulsion: 4 ? Stal Laval steam turbine engines
2 ? propellers
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
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