With a depth of 36 metres from keel to main deck this ship, with its superstructure, is taller than a 15 storey tower block of flats - truly a floating colossus, for the construction of which more than 70,000 tons of steel were required.
Kubunzulu beemitha ezingamashumi amathathu anesithandathu ukusuka kwisiseko senqanawa ukuya kumgangatho ongaphezulu enqanaweni le nqanawa, ngesakhiwo sayo esingaphezulu kwesinye, inde kunesakhiwo esiphakame kangangeshumi elinesihlanu umgangatho esinamagumbi okuhlala ngokunyanisekileyo umfanekiso oqingqiweyo odadayo, kwisakhiwo apho kwakufuneka iitoni zentsimbi eyomeleleyo ezingaphezu kwamawaka eligamashumi asixhenxe.