Peter Spooner on Estonia salvage decision

Title

Peter Spooner on Estonia salvage decision

Genre

Interview

TX Date

12 Dec 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:01:10

Description

Interview with Peter Spooner, co-founder of the Herald Families Association which was set up after the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry sank in 06/03/87, on the decision by an advisory committee to the Swedish Government which has recommended that the Estonia car ferry should be left on the sea bed and not salvaged. 900 bodies are believed to be entombed in the ill-fated ship. Spooner says it will be a very difficult decision for the families to accept and that, if it is at all possible, the ferry should be recovered. Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

Peter Spooner

Keywords

Shipwrecks; Belgium; Sweden; Ferries; Harbours; Seaborne disasters; P & O; Salvage; Dead bodies; Zeebrugge; Herald of Free Enterprise disaster (1987); Estonia (ferry)

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