Esso Languedoc

Machine-translated from the French article

The Esso Languedoc is a supertanker of the Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) type, built from 1972 to 1973 at the AG Weser shipyards in Bremen, Germany, for Esso Tankers Inc, which transferred it in 1974 to Esso S.A.F. One of the company's largest vessels, it was announced as the second of a series of eight ships ordered by the French company Esso S.A.F to meet France's growing needs. The oil fleet of Esso S.A.F. was then expanded by the Esso Normandie in September 1974 and the Esso Picardie in January 1976. The name Languedoc had previously been given to an oil tanker, acquired in 1954 by the Société française de transports pétroliers (Maison Worms & Cie), which sank in 1974 off Senegal following a fire.