CHANT (ship Type)
A CHANT (from Channel Tanker) was a type of prefabricated coastal tanker which was built in the United Kingdom during the Second World War due to a perceived need for coastal tankers after the invasion of France. Some CHANTs were adapted to carry dry cargos. These were known as the Empire F type coasters.
Although five CHANTs were lost during the war, the majority of the ships saw service post war, lasting into the 1990s.
Read more about CHANT (ship Type): Design, Empire F Type Coasters, D-Day, Last in Service
Famous quotes containing the word chant:
“Pan’s Syrinx was a girl indeed,
Though now she’s turned into a reed;
From that dear reed Pan’s pipe does come,
A pipe that strikes Apollo dumb;
Nor flute, nor lute, nor gittern can
So chant it, as the pipe of Pan;”
—John Lyly (1553–1606)