Khark 3

At 137,895 gross tons, Khark 3 is the 1,798th largest of the 84,014 vessels in this registry that report a tonnage. The median across that set is 5,994 GT, so this hull is about 23 times the typical vessel on record here. The largest measures 499,167 GT.

Among the 3,060 oil tankers held here, it ranks 313th by tonnage — larger than 89% of that group. Their median tonnage is 22,184 GT, and the largest tenth begin at 149,274 GT. The flag most often flown by this group is Panama (301 ships). The yard that appears most often against it is HD Hyundai Mipo, with 190 hulls on record.

Iran is the country of registry for 422 vessels in this directory, of which Khark 3 is the 26th largest by tonnage. The most common class under that flag is vessels this registry holds no type classification for (245 ships), and the median vessel measures 4,793 GT. Browse every ship flagged Iran.

Narrowing to both dimensions at once, this registry holds 28 oil tankers flying the Iran flag, of which 9 are larger by tonnage.

Khark 3 was built in 1971, making it 55 years old. It is one of 1,927 hulls in this registry delivered that year, a cohort whose median tonnage is 2,462 GT; within it this ship is the 2nd largest. Across the whole of the 1970s the registry holds 17,331 vessels, median 2,774 GT. The median build year across the entire registry is 1995.

At 342.0 m overall, Khark 3 is 163.0 m longer than the 179.0 m median for oil tankers on record.

IMO numbers are issued in broadly chronological blocks. Within 500 either side of 7042461 this registry holds 48 other vessels, whose median build year is 1971 and which range from 1960 to 1972. That places this hull’s registration in the same part of the series, consistent with its recorded build year of 1971.

Its IMO number, 7042461, carries its own check digit. The first six digits are weighted seven down to two and summed — 7×7 + 0×6 = 101 — and the last digit of that total, 1, must equal the seventh digit, 1. It does, so this number is well formed.