Herald of Free Enterprise recovered

Title

Herald of Free Enterprise recovered

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

28 Apr 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:50

Description

Report on the recovery salvage of the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry after the disaster (06/03/87) and search for bodies. Interview with Hans Walenkamp, Smit Tak salvage company on the tight schedule due to the current tides and delay in operation. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Hans Walenkamp

Keywords

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

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