Herald of Free Enterprise inquiry

Title

Herald of Free Enterprise inquiry

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

17 May 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:01:59

Description

Report on the public inquiry into the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (06/03/87). Describes evidence of David Steel, QC who read a letter from David Gudgeon whose wife Irene died; praise for Andrew Parker in rescue of other passengers and his evidence; includes interview with Parker outside court. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Andrew Parker

Keywords

Deaths; Shipwrecks; David Steel; Public inquiries; Ferries; Marine safety; Seaborne disasters; Disasters (events); Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (1987); Herald of free Enterprise; Zeebrugge; Townsend Thoresen; Andrew Parker; David Gudgeon; Irene Gudgeon

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