Minehunters leave Scotland for the Mediterranean

Title

Minehunters leave Scotland for the Mediterranean

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

13 Aug 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:03

Description

Jim Duff reports on three minehunters leaving the Rosyth naval base in Scotland for the Mediterranean, to join the Gulf Task Force. Yvonne Mitchell, the wife of a rating, talks about her husband going to sea; John Lannan, the grandfather of the same rating, talks about how things were different when he went to sea; Roman Catholic Chaplain, Father Ray Clancy talks about helping the families left behind.

Contributors

Jim Duff; Yvonne Mitchell; John Lannan; Ray Clancy

Keywords

Scotland; Sailors; Wars (events); Gulf War (1990-1991); Rosyth; Naval vessels; HMS Hurworth; HMS Atherstone; HMS Cattistock

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