MT Hephaestus
36°01′03″N 14°17′19″E / 36.017459°N 14.288641°E
Hephaestus laid up at Marsa in 2020 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Togo | |
| Name | Hephaestus |
| Namesake | Hephaestus |
| Owner | Orbiter Navigation Corp. |
| Operator | Volont Maritime S.A. |
| Port of registry | Lomé, Togo |
| Builder | Bröderna Jonssons Torrdocka (Kållansdsö Varv AB), Lidköping |
| Completed | 1965 |
| Out of service | 10 February 2018 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scuttled, 29 August 2022 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Oil tanker |
| Tonnage | 595 GRT |
| Length | 61.33 m (201.2 ft) |
| Beam | 7.93 m (26.0 ft) |
| Depth | 4.02 m (13.2 ft) |
| Installed power | 410 kW (550 hp) |
| Propulsion | 1 x 6 cyl. diesel engine |
| Speed | 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Crew | 7 |
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MT or MV Hephaestus was a bunkering oil tanker that ran aground off Qawra, Malta on 10 February 2018 and was subsequently scuttled as a dive site off Xatt l-Aħmar, Gozo on 29 August 2022.