Spills · collision
Liverpool bay, england
Hamilton Trader; Liverpool Bay, England · NOAAORR-6207
- issued
- 1969-04-30 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1969-05-14 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1969-05-14 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Sea
- position
- 53.500, 3.333
- vessel
- TANKER HAMILTON TRADER
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Hamilton Trader; Liverpool Bay, England. Liverpool Bay, England. 1. Early on the morning of April 30, 1969, the Hannes Knuppel collided with the tanker Hamilton Trader in Liverpool Bay in the Irish Sea. The Hamilton Trader was anchored near the Bar Light Vessel at the time of the collision. A starboard tank on the Hamilton Trader was holed and approximately 4,000 barrels of No. 6 Fuel Oil was spilled. The spilled oil impacted approximately 50 miles of shoreline. Cleanup was accomplished primarily with chemical dispersants on the oil slicks at sea. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: NO. 6 FUEL OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 168000 GALLONS. TAGS: COLLISION. 3. POSITION 53.500N 003.333E. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6207: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6207
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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