However, he hit Pollard's Rock on Seven Stones Reef, which sits between Land's End and the Isles of Scilly – and the Torrey Canyon's hull was torn open. In the hours that followed, the ship's ...

The TORREY CANYON was one of the first tankers large ... the British Government decided to bomb the ship in an attempt to burn the oil. This was a radical decision because the wreck was outside ...

This week’s ship collision off the Humber could have been much worse. Just one person is unaccounted for and one other needed ...