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==Sello Oscura== |
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The spanish oil tanker was 203 meters in length and had a total cargo capacity of 68,327 [[Deadweight tonnage|deadweight tonnes]]. Manufactured by [[Barcos Promedio engineering]] in 1968, it was owned for five years by Liberian company Mare Shipping inc. until the night of 14th March, 1973 where it met it's end. |
The spanish oil tanker was 203 meters in length and had a total cargo capacity of 68,327 [[Deadweight tonnage|deadweight tonnes]]. Manufactured by [[Barcos Promedio engineering]] in 1968, it was owned for five years by Liberian company Mare Shipping inc. until the night of 14th March, 1973 where it met it's end. |
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Officially designed as a multi purpose [[merchant ship]], four oil holding tanks were kept in the single hulled vessel. In addition to this, a small number of [[Cargo container|cargo crates]] carrying goods resided on deck. |
Officially designed as a multi purpose [[merchant ship]], four oil holding tanks were kept in the single hulled vessel. In addition to this, a small number of [[Cargo container|cargo crates]] carrying goods resided on deck. The typical route of the Sello Oscura was to |
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The 1973 Sello Oscura oil disaster was an oil spillage which took place in the North Sea, off the coast of South East England (Latitude 51.577070, Longitude 1.461182). The spanish Petroleum tanker Sello Oscura suffered a fatal accident resulting in sixteen deaths of various crew members and the spillage of over 125 tons of crude oil into the North Sea.
Sello Oscura
The spanish oil tanker was 203 meters in length and had a total cargo capacity of 68,327 deadweight tonnes. Manufactured by Barcos Promedio engineering in 1968, it was owned for five years by Liberian company Mare Shipping inc. until the night of 14th March, 1973 where it met it's end. Officially designed as a multi purpose merchant ship, four oil holding tanks were kept in the single hulled vessel. In addition to this, a small number of cargo crates carrying goods resided on deck. The typical route of the Sello Oscura was to