This huge ship used to be the best in its time and has served the world with its consistent services level of straight 35 years. Basically it was an Oil tanker with the deadweight tonnage capacity of almost 516,000 tones. The length of this huge ship was 1,334 feet and the speed capacity was up to 16 knots.
Fun & Interesting Facts About Sri Lanka. 1  The official name of Sri Lanka is âThe Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lankaâ. 2  Sri Lanka is often known as the âPearl of the Indian Oceanâ. 3  The official languages of Sri Lanka are Sinhala and Tamil. 4  Sri Lanka gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1948 and became a republic in 1972.
Report Abuse. What is happening in Tamilnadu is unfortunate. Petty partisan politics is taking precedence over national and strategic foreign policy agenda. What is happening in Sri Lanka is indeed, to me, an internal affair of Sri Lanka. It is essentially a fight against discrimination that the Tamil population started and got hijacked by the violent LTTE. Every nation has problems where the minority felt discriminated. But there are ways to resolve these issues.