The Prestige was just another anonymous ship decaying on the high seas until one final storm found it in the world's headlines. The Liberian single hull tanker flying the flag of the Bahamas ran into trouble on November 13, 2002, off northwestern Spain. On the orders of the government, it was towed around for six days, laden with fuel, to try to distance it from the Galician coast.
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