有史以来，由于原油泄漏而造成对海岸的最大一次的灾难，是在肯特郡海岸触礁的油轮泄出了1700吨原油：该次事故死亡鸟类数以千计，而且两年后这一带海岸仍留有摧残痕迹，寸草不长。

• The biggest oil invasion ever to ruin a coast was 1700 tons from a tanker wrecked off the Kent shore: thousands of birds died and some of the coast still showed signs of the blight two years later.