Amoco Cadiz
 The sinking Amoco Cadiz | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Amoco Cadiz |
| Owner: | Amoco Transport Co. |
| Port of registry: |
 Liberia |
| Builder: | |
| Yard number: | 95 |
| Laid down: | 24 November 1973 |
| Launched: | 1974 |
| Completed: | May 1975 |
| Out of service: | 16 March 1978 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 7336422 |
| Fate: | Sunk at 48°36′N 4°42′W / 48.6°N 4.7°WCoordinates: 48°36′N 4°42′W / 48.6°N 4.7°W |
| Notes: | [1] |
| 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) |
| Installed power: |
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| Propulsion: | Single screw |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Capacity: | 1.6 Mbbl (250×103 m3) |
| Crew: | 44 |
| Notes: | [1][2] |
Amoco Cadiz was a very large crude carrier (VLCC) under the Liberian flag of convenience owned by Amoco. On 16 March 1978, she ran aground on Portsall Rocks, 5 km (3 mi) from the coast of Brittany, France; and ultimately split in three and sank, resulting in the largest oil spill of its kind in history to that date.[1][2]
Oil spill
Main article: Amoco Cadiz oil spill
Amoco Cadiz contained 1,604,500 barrels (219,797 tons) of light crude oil from Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia and Kharg Island, Iran.[3] Severe weather resulted in the complete breakup of the ship before any oil could be pumped out of the wreck, resulting in her entire cargo of crude oil (belonging to Shell) and 4,000 tons of fuel oil being spilled into the sea.[4]
See also
- SS Torrey Canyon – nearby and similar oil spill disaster in 1967
- MT Haven – formerly Amoco Milford Haven, sister ship of Amoco Cadiz, that sank causing an oil spill disaster in 1991
- List of environment topics
- List of oil spills
References
- 1 2 3 "Amoco Cadiz (IMO 7336422): Summary for Casualty ID 19780316_001". Casualty Database. Center for Tankship Excellence. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- 1 2 Visser, Auke (26 August 2010). "Amoco Cadiz". International Super Tankers. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ↑ Boileau, David; Allen, Tony; Claes, Johnny (04/07/09). "Amoco Cadiz (+1978)". The Wrecksite. Retrieved 11 June 2010. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ Hartog, C. den; Jacobs, R.P.W.M. (March 1980). "Effects of the Amoco Cadiz Oil Spill on an Eelgrass Community at Roscoff (France) with special reference to the mobile benthic fauna". Helgoland Marine Research. Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer. 33 (1-4): 182–191. doi:10.1007/BF02414745. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
External links
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