The Knock Nevis was a massive ship, last used as a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO). She was previously a supertanker and was the longest ship ever built, as well as possessing the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded. Fully laden, her displacement tonnage was 646,642 tons,[6] the heaviest of any ship of any kind. For these reasons she was generally considered the largest ship ever built.[7][8]
When roaming the sea, the vessel had a fully laden draft of 24.6 m (81 ft), rendering it unable to navigate the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal when its load was up to capacity.[9] As a tanker she was known as the Seawise Giant, Happy Giant, and Jahre Viking.
In December 2009, the vessel was sold to Indian breakers and renamed Mont for her final journey. After clearing Indian customs, she was intentionally beached in India for ship breaking. She was photographed beached for scrapping at Alang, India, on 4 January 2010
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