Year
1991
Description
On 14th February around 0315, the bulk carrier 'Sanko Harvest' hit a reef and sank in the Recherche Archipelago, approximately 19 n. miles south east of Esperance, polluting islands, coastline, seals and birdlife with crude oil and spilling a cargo of fertilizer into the ocean.
Harbour Master Ian Harrod enacted procedures of the National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil. Spraying with dispersant was conducted by the Esperance Harbour tug and by helicopter.
The ship finally sank in the early hour of 18th February and is now a diving site.
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