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Herald of Free Enterprise inquiry

Title
Herald of Free Enterprise inquiry
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
Jun 1987
Year of production
1987
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Duration
00:05:34
Description
Report on the final stages of the public inquiry into the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (06/03/87) and report produced. Describes apportioning of blame by Judge Justice Barry Sheen onto Captain David Lewry; Leslie Sabel, Chief Officer; Bosun Mark Stanley; also blamed Townsend Thoresen company; but lack of prosecutions. Reaction from Peter Ford, Townsend Thoresen; Eric Nevin, National Union of Marine Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers (NUMAST); survivors Alan Rogers and Paul Stevens(?). Male reporter and female interviewer not identified.
Contributors
Alan Rogers; Peter Ford; Paul Stevens(?)
Keywords
Deaths; Shipwrecks; Reports; Public inquiries; Ferries; Marine safety; Seaborne disasters; Disasters (events); Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (1987); Zeebrugge; Townsend Thoresen; David Lewry; Mark Stanley; Barry Sheen; NUMAST; Leslie Sabel

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