''Karen Knutsen'' is a
shuttle tanker
A shuttle tanker is a ship designed for oil transport from an off-shore oil field as an alternative to constructing oil pipelines. It is equipped with off-loading equipment compatible with the oil field in question. This normally consists of a tau ...
built in 1999. It was originally named ''Knock Whillan'' flying a
Liberian flag. On 15 July 2003 it was renamed ''Karen Knutsen'' and reflagged to
Isle of Man
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on 22 December 2003. Its home port is
Douglas
Douglas may refer to:
People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
* Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
*Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civi ...
. It is owned by
Knutsen O.A.S. Shipping AS and managed by KNOT Management AS.
History
The ship was originally ordered on 4 April 1997. The keel was laid on 25 August 1998 in yard number 1125 by Hyundai Heavy Industries in
Ulsan
Ulsan (), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring ...
, South Korea. The launch took place on 4 December 1998, and it was completed on 18 March 1999.
Description
![Karen Knutsen 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Karen_Knutsen_2.JPG)
''Karen Knutsen'' has an overall length of 273.95 metres, an
LPP of 264.0 metres, and is 50 metres wide. It has a gross tonnage of 88,109 tons and deadweight of 145,000 tons.
This ship can travel at a speed of approximately 14.7 knots. The
draught is about 16.02 metres.
References
External links
Current location at vesselfinder.comCurrent location at marinetraffic.comVoyage log
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1998 ships
Ships built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Group
Tankers of Liberia
Merchant ships of the Isle of Man