Seawise Giant
C.Y. Tung / later owners · Scrapped 2010
Length overall458.45 m: longest ship ever
Beam68.8 m
Deadweight564,763 t
Gross tonnage260,941 GT
The yard
The story so far
Sumitomo's Oppama shipyard on Tokyo Bay built the hull that became Seawise Giant, delivered in 1979 and then jumboised to 458.45 metres, the longest ship in history, a record that has outlived the yard's own large-ship era.
Sumitomo Heavy Industries has since concentrated on mid-size tankers and machinery, but its name is permanently attached to the upper bound of the length record board.
The line-up
Sumitomo Heavy Industries ships
Side profiles are sized by real length overall, longer ships draw bigger. Categories are never mixed.
Tankers & giants
1 ship
Full specification →
Side by side
Every ship, ranked by length
| Ship | Category | Length | Beam | Delivered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seawise Giant | Tanker | 458.45 m | 68.80 m | 1979 | Scrapped 2010 |
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