MV Methane Princess

Sister ships MV Princess and Progress
History
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 and 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

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