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Torrey Canyon is famous for

A. Gulf of War

B. Industries

C. Electric Potential

D. Oil spillage

Answer: Option D

Solution(By Examveda Team)

SS Torrey Canyon was an LR2 Suezmax class oil tanker with a cargo capacity of 120,000 short tons (110,000 t) of crude oil. She was shipwrecked off the western coast of Cornwall, England, on 18 March 1967, causing an environmental disaster. At that time she was the largest vessel ever to be wrecked.

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