MV Methane Princess was the first LNG carrier taken into service (1964). The ship was built at Vickers shipyard, Barrow-in-Furness, for British Gas. Her sister vessel is Methane Progress.The containment system was Conch type with a total of nine tanks.The ship was scrapped in 1998.Name was reused for a new tanker in 2003: http://maritime-connector.com/ship/methane-princess-9253715/