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Falklands war - HMS Glasgow sailor on return (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Gary Ward, sailor on HMS Glasgow, and his wife, on the ship’s journey home to Portsmouth following the end of the Falklands war. Female reporter not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Sunday Supplement No.84: interview and music programme - Ocean Sound - CD84 (1989)

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: a weekly guest interviews and music programme, Ocean Sound Radio, presented by Amanda Ware. The programme is single track and are location recordings, possibly the original rushes before...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Burial of a Mary Rose sailor (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report from the burial service, in the style of a Tudor funeral, at Portsmouth Cathedral of an unknown sailor who died on the Mary Rose warship over 400 years ago. Margaret Rule of the Mary Rose Trust...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Boat wreck during round the world competition (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a sailor about his boat being wrecked on an unidentified island during a round the world single-handed race, although he hopes to complete the course. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Sailor’s perspective on icebergs in Antarctica (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with an male unidentified representative of the British Antarctic survey ship John Biscoe, about the hazards of icebergs in the region. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Naomi james on David Scott Cowper voyage (1980)

Genre

Interview

Round-the-world yachtswoman Naomi James on the voyage of fellow sailor David Scott Cowper, who is on course to beat her achievement of navigating the globe in 272 days. Female interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Tom McClean Atlantic record attempt (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with lone sailor Tom McClean, during his record sail across the Atlantic in his nine foot nine inch boat Giltspur. Female interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Cornish barrel man on Atlantic crossing (1980)

Genre

Interview

Interview with 61-year-old lone sailor Ted McNamara after his failed attempt to cross the Atlantic from Sennen Cove in Cornwall to Florida in the United States in a five foot long glass fibre barrel. Male...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Rescue by Prince Andrew (1981)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the rescue of a sailor in Scotland involving Prince Andrew, Duke of York as a helicopter pilot, during a military training exercise that became real. The Prince’s instructor, Lieutenant Commander...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Marques sinks during tall ships race (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the sinking of the clipper Marques during the Tall Ships Race section between Bermuda and Canada and speculation over causes. Includes comment from Jean Freeman, mother of survivor Andrew Freeman;...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio