Urquiola (ship)
The Urquiola was an oil tanker under the Spanish flag with a length of 276 m.
The ship ran aground on May 12, 1976 off A Coruña , Spain, on a shoal not shown on the maps . The ship caught fire. Much of the oil burned up. 50,000 tons of crude oil polluted the waters and the coast.
See also: List of Major Oil Spills
Individual evidence
- ^ Center de Documentation, de Recherche et d'Expérimentations sur les pollutions accidentelles des eau: Urquiola. ( online )
- ^ Incident News: Urquiola. ( online ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. )
- ↑ ER Gundlach: Oil Spill Photographs. ( online ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. )
Coordinates: 43 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ N , 8 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ W.