MT Haven

History
Name	Amoco Milford Haven MT Haven
Owner	Amoco
Operator	Troodos Shipping
Port of registry	Cyprus
Builder	Astilleros Españoles Cádiz, Spain
Launched	20 January 1973
Out of service	11 April 1991
Identification	IMO number: 7304302
Fate	Sunk at 44°13′N 8°28′E / 44.22°N 8.46°E / 44.22; 8.46
General characteristics
Tonnage	233,690 DWT 109,700 GRT
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

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.