Widow on Marchioness disaster

Title

Widow on Marchioness disaster

Genre

Interview

TX Date

24 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:14

Description

Deborah Faldo, the widow of Marchioness skipper Stephen, is interviewed on Southwark Bridge as the boat is towed away. She says he loved his job and was good at it. The Marchioness sank with the loss of 51 lives following collision with the dredger Bowbelle. Male interviewer not identified. For AM programme.

Contributors

Deborah Faldo

Keywords

Deaths; London; Sailors; Rivers; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Salvage; AM (radio programme); Marchioness; Bowbelle; Stephen Faldo; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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