MV Methane Princess
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Sister ships MV Princess and Progress
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Name: | Methane Princess |
Owner: | Shell Tankers U.K., Conch Methane |
Operator: | British Gas |
Builder: | Vickers |
Launched: | 1964 |
Out of service: | 1997 |
Fate: | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | LNG carrier |
Length: | 621 ft (189 m) |
Beam: | 82 ft (25 m) |
Installed power: | 13,750 shp (10,250 kW) |
Propulsion: | Steam |
Speed: | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) |
Capacity: | 1,220,000 cubic feet (35,000 m3) methane |
MV Methane Princess was the first LNG carrier in service (1964). The ship was built at Vickers shipyard, Barrow-in-Furness, for British Gas. Her sister vessel is Methane Progress.
The containment system was Conch type with a total of nine tanks.
The ship was scrapped in 1998.
The ship's name was reused for a new tanker in 2003.[1]
References
External links
- http://www.helderline.nl/tankers/372/Methane+Princess/
- http://www.chesterahoy.com/SHIPS/bd.htm
- http://www.tonyholt.net/mprincess.htm
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