MT Hephaestus information

	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	Broderna Jonssons Torrdocka (Kallansdso Varv AB), Linköping
Completed	1965
Out of service	10 February 2018
Identification	IMO number: 6519326; MMSI number: 671943000; Call sign: 5VFD8;
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

36°01′03″N 14°17′19″E / 36.017459°N 14.288641°E / 36.017459; 14.288641

MT or MV^[a] Hephaestus was a bunkering oil tanker which 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.

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^ ^a ^b Adi Associates Environmental Consultants Ltd. (September 2021). "PA/04687/10 – Proposed scuttling of the M/T Hephaestus at a site off the south coast of Qala, Gozo to create a new diving attraction – Project Description Statement" (PDF). Environment and Resources Authority. San Ġwann. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2022.
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[adi-2] Adi Associates Environmental Consultants Ltd. (September 2021). "PA/04687/10 – Proposed scuttling of the M/T Hephaestus at a site off the south coast of Qala, Gozo to create a new diving attraction – Project Description Statement" (PDF). Environment and Resources Authority. San Ġwann. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2022.

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History
Hephaestus laid up at Marsa in 2020
Togo
Name	Hephaestus
Namesake	Hephaestus
Owner	Orbiter Navigation Corp.
Operator	Volont Maritime S.A.
Port of registry	Lomé, Togo
Builder	Broderna Jonssons Torrdocka (Kallansdso Varv AB), Linköping
Completed	1965
Out of service	10 February 2018
Identification	IMO number: 6519326 MMSI number: 671943000 Call sign: 5VFD8
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