Herald of Free Enterprise recovery

Title

Herald of Free Enterprise recovery

Genre

Interview

TX Date

27 Apr 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:37

Description

Interview with Commander Jack Birkett, leader of the Royal Navy divers, on recovery efforts relating to the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (06/03/87) and conditions below. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Jack Birkett

Keywords

Shipwrecks; Ferries; Seaborne disasters; Disasters (events); Divers; Search and rescue operations; Salvage; Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (1987); Zeebrugge; Townsend Thoresen

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