The Hellespont Fairfax is the largest  supertanker in the world. The double-hulled oil tanker was constructed in South Korea's Daewoo yard in 2002 and flies a Greek flag.  Hellespont Fairfax elevates standards for large tanker strength and speed and has a number of unusual features, including full-time inerting of the ballast spaces for safety and corrosion protection and a white paint system to protect internal coatings.  Loa 380 m, beam 68 m, draft 24.5 m, cargo capacity 513,684 cu m. 17.5 knots speed. 

Hellespont Fairfax was the subject of an episode of The Discovery Channel's television show Superships, entitled "Launching a Leviathan—Hellespont Fairfax".

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This Hellespont Fairfax model features:

• Scratch-built

• All wooden and metal parts

• Plank-on-frame hull construction just like the way real ships are built

39" long x 7" wide x 11" tall        $1,900        S & H is $130

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