MT Haven
Crude oil carrier that sank off the coast of Genoa, Italy in 1991 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the supertanker. For other uses, see Haven (disambiguation).
MT Haven, formerly Amoco Milford Haven, was a VLCC (very large crude carrier), leased to Troodos Shipping (a company run by Loucas Haji-Ioannou and his son Stelios Haji-Ioannou). In 1991, while loaded with 144,000 tonnes (1 million barrels) of crude oil, the ship exploded, caught fire and sank off the coast of Genoa, Italy, killing six Cypriot crew and flooding the Mediterranean with up to 50,000 tonnes of crude oil.[1] It broke in two and sank after burning for three days.
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Owner | Amoco |
Operator | Troodos Shipping |
Port of registry | Cyprus |
Builder | |
Launched | 20 January 1973 |
Out of service | 11 April 1991 |
Identification | IMO number: 7304302 |
Fate | Sunk at 44.22°N 8.46°E / 44.22; 8.46 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 334.02 m (1,095.9 ft) |
Beam | 51.06 m (167.5 ft) |
Draught | 19.80 m (65.0 ft) |
Propulsion | Diesel, single screw |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 44 |
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