SS Torrey Canyon
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SS Torrey Canyon was an LR2 Suezmax class oil tanker with a cargo capacity of 118,285 long tons 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... Wikipedia
Launched: October 28, 1958
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding
Length: 974′
Fate: Sank after running aground on 18 March 1967
Port of registry: Liberia
Tonnage: 61,263 GRT; 118,285 DWT
Yard number: 532