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tanker

ship designed to transport liquids or gases in bulk
Class type of: bulk carrier, tanker vehicle Q14970

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
ship type
Subclass of
bulk carrier, tanker vehicle
Described by source
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15), Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[4][5][6]
MCN code
8901.20.00[7]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en tankship en oiler en tanker en tank ship ar ناقلة da tankskib de Tankschiff el δεξαμενόπλοιο es barco cisterna es buque cisterna es buque tanque es cisterna flotante es navío cisterna es navío-tanque fa تانکر fa مخزن کشتی fi säiliöalus fr tanker fr navire-citerne he מכלית
🔖 Identifiers · 42
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85132300
GND ID
4184401-4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
00 3357 MAXINE DEYMANN - Tankschiff.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300216586
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
tanklaivis
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/3208
BNCF Thesaurus ID
46190
BVPB authority ID
100246
BabelNet ID
00058768n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119798747
Dewey Decimal Classification
387.245
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/tanker
Show all 42 identifiers +30
EuroVoc ID
4830
Freebase ID
/m/07jm90
GEMET ID
8285
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
tankskip
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2246757, 4182107
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
tanker-283c81
J9U entity ID
987007558301705171
KBpedia ID
TankerShip
KulturNav-ID
9cd062ba-1495-468f-8e94-fdcdfb587d24
Lex ID
tankskib
MIL-STD-2525 Symbol Identification Code
10013000001401090000
NALT ID
52969
NDL Authority ID
00574517
NE.se ID
tankfartyg
NL CR AUT ID
ph156630
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging
12763
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
3705
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
4000791
OpenStreetMap key
tanker
PSH ID
13829
STW Thesaurus for Economics ID
14462-6
Statistics Finland Concept Database ID
sailioalus
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials ID
tgm010542
Topic's main category
Category:Tankers
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10641289
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
93193
UNSPSC code
25111505
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
03850710-n
YSO ID
20460
Yale LUX ID
concept/38aca0fa-6551-45ce-9754-56259e4e5aeb

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🔗 Connections
Examples 11
Seawise Giant, Iranian ship Kharg, Italian auxiliary ship Olterra, Khan Asparukh, SS Marine Sulphur Queen, G27 Marajó, RFA Blue Rover, Sig +3 more
Subtypes 10
chemical tanker, gas carrier, Q-Max, Dubna-class medium ocean tanker, Rhön-class tanker, Rover-class tanker ship, T2 tanker, Wave-class tanker +2 more
← Product or material produced 3
Navantia, Chantiers de l'Atlantique, D/S Norden
← Different from 2
cargo ship, tank truck
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Subclass of 1
bulk carrier
Topic's main category 1
Category:Tankers
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Tankers of Japan
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Tankers
← Used by 1
single-buoy mooring
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Summary

tanker is a ship type[1]. tanker is a type of bulk carrier[2] and tanker vehicle[3].

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-11-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BVPB authority ID → 100246
    "Created claim: BVPB authority ID: 100246, batch #294593"
  2. 8w ago · Zache · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Statistics Finland Concept Database ID → sailioalus
    "Created claim: Statistics Finland Concept Database ID: sailioalus, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789608241467"
  3. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → ship type
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15)
    Topic's main category → Category:Tankers
    Subclass of → bulk carrier, tanker vehicle
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 20460, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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