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	MS Oliva disaster in pictures The 75,300 tonne bulk carrier MS Oliva en route from Santos to Singapore with a cargo of whole raw soya beans ran aground at Spinners Point on Nightingale Island on 16th March 2011 Left: Photo from Tristan Conservation Team based on Nightingale Island on 16th March with MV Edinburgh alongside. 12 crew were rescued by MV Edinburgh on 16th March
	The remaining 10 by zodiacs operating from the cruise ship Prince Albert II on 17th March Pictures of MS Oliva and the dramatic rescue from Kristine Hannon on 17th March


By 18th March MS Oliva had broken her back. The stern section capsized (see left and centre above) with the larger forward section firmly on the reef (Above right).
	MS Oliva was carrying about 1500 tonnes of fuel oil which leaked out as the ship became a wreck. Soon distressing pictures were being taken of oiled Northern Rockhopper Penguins Photos from the Nightingale Island based Tristan Conservation Team of Simon Glass, Wayne Swain and Matthew Green See: Oliva Outer Islands page
On 21st March the salvage tug Smit Amandla arrived from Cape Town On 23rd March the first batch of oiled Northern Rockhopper Penguins were brought to Tristan aboard MV Edinburgh and into rehabilitation on the main island. Right: Photo of the tug Smit Amandla and MV Edinburgh off the Tristan Settlement on 28th March
	Photos show Rockhopper Penguins being brought ashore in boxes on 25th March
	Penguins in rehabilitation on Tristan da Cunha Pictures in the rehab shed on 24th March See Tristan Penguin Rehab Page

Fitter penguins released into the island's swimming pool Right: Penguins voluntarily taking fish by hand
	The penguins in rehab need a lot of food - pictures of Islanders landing and preparing fish. See Oliva Fishing Page Tristan pictures from Tina Glass, Estelle Van der Merwe and Katrine Herian
	Sean Burns led a team aboard MV Edinburgh to visit the Tristan Conservation Team on Nightingale Island and to observe the worst polluted Middle or Alex Island for himself on 2nd April See Outer Islands Page

First batch of penguins are released back to the ocean on Sunday 3rd April See: Tristan Penguin Rehab Page

Penguin washing gets underway on 8th and the last batch of oiled penguins arrive from Nightingale on 10th April See: Tristan Penguin Rehab Page
	Cleaning the oil from Alex Island on 17th April See Outer Islands Page
	East Beach Rockhopper Penguin Release Pool See: Tristan Penguin Rehab Page
	Final Release of 180 penguins on 21st June See: Tristan Penguin Rehab Page

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