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Entries tagged

‘wreck’

EventDate
Guernsey shipwreck results in starvation 19th December
HMS Boreas sank at Hanois 28th November
A tomato ship and a tanker collided 6th August
President Garcia is re-floated in Saints Bay 20th July
Point Law runs aground off Alderney 15th July
Guernsey and France tackle the Amoco Cadiz oil spill 31st March
Torrey Canyon spills oil on Guernsey’s beaches 18th March
Mail ship wrecked on Black Rock 1st February
Radiant Med sinks with loss of life 23rd January
MV Prosperity is wrecked at Perelle 16th January
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