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Title Oil Pollution in Navigable Waters. Torrey Canyon: Grounding off Scilly Isles, March 1967
Reference POWE 63/340
Collection Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Power, and of related bodies
Library The National Archives
Date 1967-1968
Description The SS Torrey Canyon was a large oil tanker that was wrecked off the coast of Cornwall in the UK. The subsequent oil spill led to an environmental disaster. These papers describe the event and discuss future safeguards and other matters of importance.
Document Type Report, Correspondence
Primary Commodity Oil
Theme Ecology and the Environment; Trade and Commerce; Transportation
Keywords pollution, petroleum, shipping, fuel, commerce, navigation, importation, exportation, government
Region Europe, Africa, South America, North America
Places UK; Liberia; Panama; USA
Company or Organisation Kuwait National Petroleum Company; Vacuum Oil Company
Copyright The National Archives