 
This is the tanker, BRAER which ran aground on the Shetland Islands (and subsequently broke up). All crew saved. At the court of inquiry the Master was (in my view, unfairly) held largely to blame.  To learn more about how tankers operate and their various size denominations, click on STEVE'S TANKER INFORMATION PAGE. 
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