Al Bacruz 
- Name
- Al Bacruz
- Accident date
- 14/01/1970
- Location
- Portugal
- Accident area
- 300 miles east of Azores
- Spill area
- Offshore
- Cause of spill
- Weather conditions
- Nature of pollutant
- crude oil
- Quantity spilled
- 20, 400 tonnes
- Ship / structure type
- Oil tanker
- Built date
- 1954
- Flag
- Liberian
On 14 January 1970, 300 nautical miles east of Azores, the Liberian oil tanker Al Bacruz sprung a leak in the machine room. This caused the vessel to sink with its cargo of 20,400 tonnes of crude oil.
Source:
- Banque de données sur les accidents de navire ayant provoqué un déversement de pétrole en mer supérieur à 500 tonnes - Volume II - 1970-1974, Janvier 1979, Institut Français du Pétrole