Herald of Free Enterprise disaster

Title

Herald of Free Enterprise disaster

Genre

Interview

TX Date

7 Mar 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:01:36

Description

Interview with Belgian naval commander Jacques Thas on directing rescue operations relating to the Zeebrugge ferry Herald of Free Enterprise disaster, after she sank in the North Sea on 06/03/87.

Contributors

Jacques Thas

Keywords

Shipwrecks; UK; Belgium; Ferries; Seaborne disasters; North Sea; Disasters (events); Maritime rescue; Search and rescue operations; Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (1987); Zeebrugge; Townsend Thoresen

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