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IN RE BARRACUDA TANKER CORPORATION

No. 67 Civ. 3621.

281 F.Supp. 228 (1968)

In the Matter of the Complaint of BARRACUDA TANKER CORPORATION as Owner of the S/T TORREY CANYON and Union Oil Company of California for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

March 1, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Symmers, Fish & Warner, and Dorsey, Burke & Griffin, New York City, for plaintiffs, William Garth Symmers, New York City, of counsel.

Hill, Betts, Yamaoka, Freehill & Longcope, New York City, for claimants, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Republic of France, States of Guernsey, Edwin Longcope, New York City, of counsel.

METZNER, District Judge.

This proceeding arises in the aftermath of the much-publicized stranding and sinking of the tanker Torrey Canyon off the southwest coast of England in March 1967. The tanker had departed from the Persian Gulf, bound for Milford Haven, Wales, with a cargo of 119,328 tons of crude oil. The stranded ship was eventually bombed and sunk by the Royal Air Force, causing the complete loss of both ship and cargo, but not before a substantial amount...

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