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Short story (1985)

aka: Alex

Written by James Kelly of Sunderland who won the 1984 Metro Radio writing competition. The story relates the experience of the author while he was working in California, and brings alive the remarkable...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

RMS Lusitania salvage attempt (1982)

Genre

News report

Report on the salvage of the wreck of the liner RMS Lusitania which sank after being torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland on 07/05/15. Male reporter not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Grey whales trapped in Alaska (1988)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Lieutenant Mike Haller of the Alaska National Guard on attempts to free three Californian grey whales (nicknamed Crossbeat, Bonnet and Bone) which are ice-bound off the coast of Alaska. Male...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Storm damage in Torcross (1979)

Genre

Interview

Robert Cooper speaking on storm damage to Torcross: what is needed to help secure the buildings on the coast, and whether the armed forces should help.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Mary Rose salvage fundraising (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the managing director of a recruitment company (not identified) on a caption competition designed to raise funds for the salvaging of Tudor warship, the Mary Rose, off the coast of Portsmouth....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Orion oil rig grounded (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with member of Cor Arondyke, Dutch salvage firm, on the refloating of the Orion oil rig off the coast of Guernsey. Interviewer and interviewee not identified. (The salvage company was Wijsmuller...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

QE2 afloat once more after grounding (1992)

Genre

Interview

Interview with US coastguard Michael Sabellico, after the QE2 ran aground off the East Coast of America after striking an uncharted object. He says the ship has managed to free itself and is in no immediate...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Gulf war - navy shelling (1991)

Genre

News report

Report on the shelling of Iraqi positions near the coast by the Navy as the Gulf war military operation continues. Male reporter not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Ardcarna trawler rescue (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview about the rescue of an Irish fishing trawler called the Ardcarna off the coast of Ireland (02/05/83). Male speaker not identified - poss. Greencastle coastguard. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Sinking of Mary Weston (1978)

Genre

News report

Ian Murray reports on British seamen trapped in overturned coaster, Mary Weston, near Rouen, France. The vessel sank in the Seine after colliding with an Ivory Coast cargo ship, the Yacasse.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio