E-class container ship
The E class comprises eight 14,770 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) container ships. Each sister ship bears a name beginning with the letter "E". Until 2012, they were the largest container ship ever constructed, and are among the longest ships currently in use at 398 metres (1,306 ft) long and 56 metres (184 ft) wide. They are owned by the Danish A. P. Moller-Maersk Group. The first in the class built was Emma Maersk by Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd., Denmark. The ships Emma, Estelle, and Eugen were subjects of TV documentaries. The E class was followed by the larger and more fuel efficient Triple E class.
Eleonora Maersk at Gdańsk Deepwater Container Terminal on 26 May 2011 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. |
| Operators | Maersk Line |
| Succeeded by | Triple E class |
| In service | 8 |
| Completed | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Container ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 397.7 m (1,304 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 56.4 m (185 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 15.5 m (50 ft 10 in) |
| Depth | 30.2 m (99 ft 1 in) (deck edge to keel) |
| Propulsion | 81 MW (109,000 hp) Wärtsilä 14RT-Flex96c plus 30 MW (40,000 hp) from five Caterpillar 8M32 |
| Speed | 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) |
| Capacity | |
| Crew | 13, with room for 30 |
| Notes | |
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