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The Chouet quarry in Guernsey was used as a storage site for oil collected during the cleanup of the 1967 Torrey Canyon oil spill. The spill occurred when the tanker ran aground near the UK's south-west coast, releasing crude oil into the sea. Some of the oil that washed up on Guernsey was pumped into this quarry. A BBC News article reports that the quarry is now considered to be nearly clean, thanks to a bioremediation process that breaks down the oil.
The Chouet quarry in Guernsey was used as a storage site for oil collected during the cleanup of the 1967 Torrey Canyon oil spill. The spill occurred when the tanker ran aground near the UK's south-west coast, releasing crude oil into the sea. Some of the oil that washed up on Guernsey was pumped into this quarry. A BBC News article reports that the quarry is now considered to be nearly clean, thanks to a bioremediation process that breaks down the oil.
One of my early photographs taken when I was 7 years old end of March beginning of April 1967. Sorry about the poor quality taken with my Brownie 127 Mark III which I had been given for Christmas 1965 by my aunt.
Shows several soldiers as work with two military bulldozers and a scraper/grader and a civilian digger on Porthmeor Beach, St Ives.
Work was on going to remove tones of oil which had washed ashore from the wreck of the oil tanker TORREY CANYON which had run aground on the Seven Stones Reef situated between Land's End and the Isle of Scilly.
The ship was bombed by the RAF with aircraft from Lossiemouth, Brawdy, Yeovilton and Chivenor taking part in efforts to sink it and burn off the oil.
One thing I still remember from the occasion was the pungent "bad eggs" sulphur dioxide small that seemed to pervade. Not sure if it was the oil of the chemicals used to try and disperse it.
Also of note is that in the back ground the old St Ives Gas Works can be seen. It had a very large storage tank which looked to be something like a Zeppelin! The Tate Art Gallery stands on the site today.
The supertanker - Torrey Canyon - ran aground off of the Cornish coast in 1967. I remember watching it being bombed by Buccaneer aircraft with the hope that it would burn some of the oil to reduce amount that escaped. The oil slick which reached Guernsey was removed from the beaches and dumped in a disused quarry. It is still there more than 50 years later.
... dumped at Chouet on Guernsey. This was the world's worst oil spillage back in 1967, when I was a medical student.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrey_Canyon_oil_spill
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Newark air museum UK.
XN964 had served with 801, 800, 736 and 803 NAS and during her time with 736 NAS she took part in the bombing attacks on the crippled supertanker Torrey Canyon.
L’élection de miss Esso à eu lieu à l’occasion du 15eme anniversaire d’Erika.
La reine incontestée reste la belle Amoko Cadiz
(16/03/78 en Bretagne) Avec des mensurations impressionnantes 334 mètres pour 234000 tonnes, sponsorisée par Esso.
Première dauphine : Exxon Valdez (23/03/89 en Alaska)
Une superbe poupée aussi : 300m-235000t, de l’écurie Esso également.
Deuxième dauphine : La jolie Torrey Canyon
(18/03/67 aux Îles Scilly, G.B.)
Là, des mensurations plus modestes : 267m-120000t, drivée par la British Pétroléum.
Et enfin, notre Erika, qui conserve sa place de 3ème dauphine. (12/12/99 en Bretagne)
Une bonne petite Française (184m-30000t) de chez Total ...
Bon anniversaire Erika !!
.;-0\\
Newark Air Museum
Outdoor Aircraft
About 20 of the museum's aircraft are still displayed outside. These range from the mighty Vulcan bomber, the Shackleton maritime patroller and the Hasting transport aircraft; through to Heron and Dove light transport aircraft. A MiG-23 and a MiG-27 are also displayed outside to represent the other side of the Cold War.
www.newarkairmuseum.org
Blackburn Buccaneer S.1
XN964
MaritimeStrike/Reconnaissance Aircraft.
XN964 (this Buccaneer) flew for the first time on the 21st July 1963 and entered service with 801 squadron in 1964.
She took part in bombing attacks on the crippled supertanker "Torrey Canyon''.
Carried a crew of two.
This aircraft is equipped for air-to-air-refueling.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Buccaneer
In Scilly Isles Museum, Hugh Town, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly.
Owned by the UNION OIL OF CALIFORNIA, this American oil super-tanker, "Torrey Canyon" was enlarged to carry 120,000 tons of crude oil. (each ton is equivalent to 308 gallons of oil) It ran aground ofshore Cornwall, in UK waters in 1967 The oil leaked from the ship (31,000,000 gallons) and spread along the sea between England and France, killing most of the marine life it touched along the whole of the south coast of Britain and the Normandy shores of France, and blighting the region for many years thereafter. Some 50 miles (80 km) of French and 120 miles (190 km) of Cornish coast were contaminated. Around 15,000 sea birds were killed, along with huge numbers of marine organisms, including all fish within a 75 mile radius[citation needed], before the 270 square miles (700 km2) slick dispersed.
Claims were made by the British and French governments against the owners of the vessel and the subsequent settlement was the largest ever in marine history for an oil claim. The British government was only able to serve its writ against the owners by arresting the Torrey Canyon's sister ship, the Lake Palourde, when she put in for provisions at Singapore, four months after the oil spill. A young British lawyer, Anthony O'Connor, from a Singaporean law firm, Drew & Napier, was deputised to arrest the ship on behalf of the British government by attaching a writ to its mast. O'Connor was able to board the ship and serve the writ as the ship's crew thought he was a whisky salesman.
The French government, alerted to the Lake Palourde's presence, pursued the ship with motor boats but were unable to board and serve their writ. Did the Americans ever compensate the French fishermen?
Photo credit: www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/hu/ergsinhu/aboutergs/torrey....
The Buccaneer is a beast that flies fast and low, which you would never by seeing it shape.
XN964 took part in the bombing attacks on the crippled supertanker Torrey Canyon.
Newark Air Museum, my favorite aviation museum in UK, I can't pass without my yearly visit to it.
