TIL: One of the longest ships ever built, the “Seawise Giant”, was so deep the English Channel/La Manche was too shallow for it to pass through.
TIL: One of the longest ships ever built, the “Seawise Giant”, was so deep the English Channel/La Manche was too shallow for it to pass through.
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Seawise Giant - Wikipedia
At the time it was built, it was the heaviest self-propelled ship of any kind. With a laden draft of 24.6 m (81 ft) and a length of 458.45 m (1,504.1 ft), the ship was incapable of navigating the English Channel,[6] the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal. It is generally considered the largest self-propelled ship ever built.[7][8]