Herald of Free Enterprise disaster

Title

Herald of Free Enterprise disaster

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:05:17

Description

Press conference with Captain Hans Wallenkamp, salvage crew, on the salvage operation; and Peter Ford, Townsend Thoresen chairman asking press to respect feelings of relatives during salvage operation. Following the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster in the North Sea on 06/03/87. Unedited recording (not intended for broadcast).

Contributors

Peter Ford; Hans Wallenkamp

Keywords

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

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