Stricken Marchioness raised

Title

Stricken Marchioness raised

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

23 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:10

Description

Oni Bhattacharya reports on the raising of the pleasure boat the Marchioness which sank with 51 dead after the Bowbelle collided with it on the Thames. Includes interviews with Captain Derek Roberts of the Port of London Authority (PLA) on the salvage and effects on vessels using the river; Bill Ludgrove MD of Tidal Cruisers on the speed of the sinking; David Jeffery of the PLA on navigation regulations. For AM programme.

Contributors

Oni Bhattacharya; Derek Roberts; David Jeffery

Keywords

Deaths; London; Rivers; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Rescue work; Salvage; Port of London Authority; Transport safety; AM (radio programme); Marchioness; Bowbelle; River navigation; Southwark Bridge; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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