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18/03/1967 Torrey Canyon oil spill

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Oil Tanker Aground (1967)

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Torrey Canyon Oil Spill Uniliver 1967

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Seven Stones Oil Tanker Disaster Aka Torrey Canyon (1967)

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Torey Canyon Disaster (1967)

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Torrey Canyon clean up 1967

The supertanker SS Torrey Canyon carried a full cargo of crude oil from Kuwait National Petroleum refinery to Milford Haven in Wales. Due to a navigational error, the tanker struck the rocks between Cornish Mainland and the Isles of Scilly. Estimated 25-36 million gallons of oil were spilled into the ocean.
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