The Greatest, Biggest, Heaviest Ship Ever Built - and it SUNK! Historsea - Episode 7

For everyone confused about the “sold in 2024,” it was just a quick misspeak. It was actually renamed the Knock Nevis in 2004, and I’m sure that’s what he meant to say ^^

2024...ummm 2024 has not happened yet

I was a ship builder for over five years and for those that have never been on a big ship it's really hard to imagine. I worked on the Edwin H Gott a few times and it's just a behemoth of a ship at 990 feet. But the seawise giant? Over a quarter of a mile long. I can only imagine what kind of twisting and bending this ship did at sea.

This is the first history lesson I’ve had where I learnt about the future sale of a ship in 2024 and subsequent dismantling

I'm stunned they re-floated this giant after it sank. I'd love to have seen that. Something that big rising from the depths would be frightening.

I can't even imagine what this ship must look like in person. Grew up sailing in the Gulf of Mexico, on a 34-foot Hunter, and have passed much smaller oil vessels and even these feel intimidating and enormous when near them. However, this ship would dwarf these smaller ones and would be frightening to be anywhere near it out in the ocean, especially at night. You just feel so tiny anywhere near these behemoth structures. Also, they may be slow compared to other boats but when you're on a small sailboat and see one go by it sure looks to be moving fast for their size.

The largest rock ever transported was the " Thunder Stone". Taken by sea from Finland to Russia in 1768. It weighed 1,400 tonnes. It serves as the base for a statue called Bronze Horseman, of Peter the Great.

Hats off to the guys who said "let's buy it and make it even bigger "

I saw her once. In Sasebo Japan back in the '87. I walked up a mountain road with two shipmates and looked down at the Harbor and realized there was a ship much bigger than our aircraft carrier, which was CV61, worlds first supercarrier. My memories are fading.

"Until 2024, when she was sold again" Hold on there, Mr. Time Traveler...

Worked in the Qatar Al Shaheen field back in 2009. Nock Nevis was the FSO there. Found out what it was as the largest tanker ever built. Nice place to stay with large comfy living quarters. Until she was replaced when the contract ended.

I was a deckhand on the Seawise Giant, all the way back in the year 2077. I miss those days.

Built 2 ships in Singapore alongside her and visited her many times. She. Truly was something to see. Nice piece.

Thanks for the video ref. Seawise giant. It came as a surprise to me that she started working again after being hit by exocets at Bandar Abbas. It was there that myself as being member of a salvage team from Smit Tak worked on her by pumping out the oil in shuttle tankers. ⚓

In 1984, while aboard a large finished product (gasoline, jet fuel) tug and barge, we loaded in Texas and once around Florida, slowed down as brokers ashore negotiated price. Offloaded from Jacksonville to New York. Gas shortages are often contrived.

I believe the hull extension installed on the Edmund Fitzgerald years before caused hull "weak points". The combination of the the giant rhythmic waves, the heavy ore load (last one of the year I believe) and the "two sisters" wave formation caused extreme hull flex, and the blown hatches were caused by the hull flexing at their extension induced weak point due to the hull extensions eventually breaking. That is what I think sank her. I do not think for a second there was one single cause. It was a combination of chances taken, chances lost, and mother nature. Unfortunately she broke in half and nose dived. My condolences to their families.

Oh! come on people i am pretty certain that was a slip of the tongue. Perhaps he ment 2004, First time here and it was excellent, the presentation was great, the flow of information good,and comparison with other ships and buildinge very good. Overall it was most enjoyable to see and listen to, good work, please keep them coming in the same or similar format.

I may have built the fastest boat to sink when I was a kid. Plywood, and we "launched" it in the surf with my little sister in it. The waves quickly filled it up, the back fell off and my sister and I pulled it back onto dry sand. End of my boat building career. A wise move.

hi. you are right, except for 1 thing. I am an electrician, 30+ years ago I lived 4 years i Norway. We build the TROLL A drilling platform. It is the biggest and heaviest object man has moved. Steel platform 120m-140m on 280m long concrete legs. 24 huge silos as bottom. each silo is so big that a semi truck can enter, unload and get out, without backing reverse. From the silos, 4 concrete legs, 230m holds the steel platform. The silos are SO BIG, when in water they can float, with platform on top. Dragged by tugs out in the Northsea, placed over an oil well, they fill the silos with water. Slowly the silos hit the bottom, and because of a million+ tonnes it sinks many meters in the sand. Divers set a series of explosions, making 1M+ ton sink even deeper. like on the beach, set your foot where waves come, vibrate and your foot sinks a little deeper. As electrician we install A LOT of cables. enough cables to go around the world 1,5 times. Jesper from Denmark

l sailed on a number of Shell VLCC tankers..(Very Large Crude Carriers) in the late sixties/seventies They were very large at the time, 200,000 + tons. Speed wise was about 12-15 knots. We used cycles to get around the deck, plus used walkie-talkie radio to communicate information regarding the progress of either loading or unloading the oil..The ship would flex when in a high swell or heavy sea...Bit disconcerting when one first observe it..