Um El Faroud
Wreck of Um El Faroud | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Libya | |
| Owner | General National Maritime Transport Company |
| Builder | Smiths Dock Company |
| Launched | 31 May 1969 |
| Identification | IMO number: 6918613 |
| Fate | scuttled as an artificial reef |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Motor tanker |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 115 m (377 ft) |
| Beam | 15.5 m (51 ft) |
Um El Faroud was a 5,390 DWT Libyan-owned single screw motor tanker. Following a gas explosion during maintenance work on 3 February 1995, she was scuttled off the coast of Malta as an artificial reef and diving attraction.