South West Sailing » scilly isles http://southwestsailing.com Weekly Guide To Sailing in South West England and Beyond Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:25:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Torrey Canyon http://southwestsailing.com/2008/10/01/the-torrey-canyon/ http://southwestsailing.com/2008/10/01/the-torrey-canyon/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:34:09 +0000 Andy Tyler http://southwestsailing.com/?p=53 The Torrey Canyon is a named etched in the history of shipwrecks off the Cornish coast as the first major super tanker disaster to spark a major environmental crisis.

The Torrey Canyon piled onto a reef off the Scilly Isles in March 1967 at a time when such a disaster was regarded as almost impossible. There was no infrastructure in place to cope with such a major oil spillage at the time so the UK Government resorted to bombing and napalming the wreck to burn off the oil.

Likewise detergent was widely used to break up oil slicks with no regard for the impact on wild life.

Next Monday there will be a lunchtime lecture on the Torrey Canyon and the aftermath of its sad demise on Pollard’s Rock on the Seven Stones Reef at the NMMC with the lunch and lecture costing £12.50.

Bookings can be made on 01326 214546.

The NMMC has a whole season of winter talks on a host of maritime related subjects offering something for everyone.

This talk by Sam Willis sounds particularly interesting and definitely worth attending.

See you there!

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