SS Torrey Canyon
Oil tanker wrecked off the coast of Cornwall / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS Torrey Canyon was an LR2 Suezmax class oil tanker with a cargo capacity of 118,285 long tons (120,183 t) of crude oil. She ran aground off the western coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, on 18 March 1967, causing an environmental disaster. At that time she was the largest vessel ever to be wrecked.
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History | |
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Name | SS Torrey Canyon |
Owner | Barracuda Tanker Corporation |
Operator | BP |
Port of registry | Liberia |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding |
Yard number | 532 |
Launched | 28 October 1958 |
Completed | January 1959 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sank after running aground on 18 March 1967 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Supertanker |
Tonnage | |
Length | 974.4 ft (297.0 m) |
Beam | 125.4 ft (38.2 m) |
Draught | 68.7 ft (20.9 m) |
Propulsion | Single shaft; steam turbine |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
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