Ships St Germain and Artadi collide

Title

Ships St Germain and Artadi collide

Genre

News report

TX Date

21 Feb 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:02:01

Description

Paul Beard reports on the collision of French train ferry St Germain with Liberian bulk carrier Artadi in fog, in the English Channel. Killed on the St Germain were schoolboy Nigel Bridgeman and a French seaman.

Further information

http://www.sunymaritime.edu/StephenBluceLibrary/MarifilesMiscellaneous.html

Contributors

Paul Beard

Keywords

Deaths; France; English Channel; Ferries; Seaborne disasters; Ships; Fog; Liberia; St Germain (ship); Artadi (ship); Dover Strait; Nigel Bridgeman

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