Marchioness disaster-engineer’s wife interview

Title

Marchioness disaster-engineer’s wife interview

Genre

Interview

TX Date

21 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:49

Description

Interview with Joan Buckley, following the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger, Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). Her husband, Robert Buckley, was the chief engineer on the Bowbelle and had been one of the members of the crew interviewed by police but released on bail. Male interviewer not identified. From Billboard programme.

Contributors

Joan Buckley

Keywords

Deaths; London; Sailors; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Criminal investigation; Billboard (radio programme); Marchioness; Bowbelle; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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