Herald of Free Enterprise disaster

Title

Herald of Free Enterprise disaster

Genre

Interview

TX Date

9 Mar 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:35

Description

Interview with David West, owner of the Eastenders Bar in Zeebrugge, on the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster, after she sank in the North Sea on 06/03/87. On his fundraising efforts, atmosphere in the bar and identifying bodies.Reporter not identified (poss. Mark Mardell). Unedited recording (not intended for broadcast).

Contributors

Mark Mardell?; David West

Keywords

Shipwrecks; UK; Fundraising; Belgium; Ferries; Seaborne disasters; North Sea; Disasters (events); Richard McKenny; Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (1987); Zeebrugge; Townsend Thoresen

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