Wreck of Olympic Bravery
Shipwreck site
- Position
- 48.4728° N, 5.1077° W
- Sank
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No protection is recorded for this wreck in the sources we hold. Position for reference only; not for navigation.
Olympic Bravery was an oil tanker operating under a Liberian flag of convenience. The vessel was built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire and launched in 1975 with Christina Onassis as godmother. Olympic Bravery was operated by the shipping group of Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis. The tanker sank on 24 January 1976, on the reefs of Yuzin Bay, on the north coast of Ushant Island, Brittany. The tanker ran aground empty, but 800 tonnes of fuel oil were enough to oil several kilometers of coastline. All thirty crew members were rescued. The wreck was one of the biggest oil spills in France, and particularly in Brittany, along with the Torrey Canyon, Böhlen, Amoco Cadiz, Gino, Tanio, and Erika.
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Olympic Bravery is a recorded shipwreck site at 48.4728° N, 5.1077° W. Voydar shows wreck locations alongside live ship traffic, free, from Wikidata and public hydrographic records.
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