Marchioness disaster - Dredger master’s view

Title

Marchioness disaster - Dredger master’s view

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:29

Description

Don Able, dredger master, on the dangers of navigating the Thames and the need for 100 percent concentration. The interview comes after the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). Male interviewer not identified. Broadcast on either 20th or 21st.

Contributors

Don Able

Keywords

London; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Marchioness; Bowbelle; River navigation; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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