In 1997, a German freighter ran ashore on Scilly (off the coast of Cornwall), carrying a load of containers holding car tyres, doors and tobacco.
My dad was in the building trade on the mainland at the time and said they couldn’t sell a single door on Scilly for several years - and all the cars over there had excellent tyres.
I’m sure several kilos of tobacco were recovered from the ship by the official salvors.
