Some of the recovered items from the Orion oil rig on display at the shipwreck museum inside Fort Grey at Rocquaine Bay on the west coast of Guernsey

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Some of the recovered items from the Orion oil rig on display at the shipwreck museum inside Fort Grey at Rocquaine Bay on the west coast of Guernsey in the Channel Islands, Britain. The rig was being transported on a large barge on its way from Rotterdam to Brazil when early in February 1978 the tow cable broke causing the rig to drift onto rocks off the west coast of Guernsey.

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Size: 6016px × 4016px
Location: St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Ilslands
Photo credit: © richard sowersby / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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