Herald of Free Enterprise disaster

Title

Herald of Free Enterprise disaster

Genre

Interview; News bulletin

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:15

Description

The Herald of Free Enterprise was a roll-on/roll-off car and passenger ferry owned by Townsend Thoresen. She was one of three ships commissioned by the company to operate on the Dover –Calais route across the English Channel. The ferry capsized on the night of 6 March 1987, killing 193 passengers and crew. Three clips: a news bulletin read by Douglas Cameron is followed by two interviews with survivors.

Contributors

Douglas Cameron

Keywords

Deaths; Shipwrecks; UK; Belgium; Ferries; Seaborne disasters; Disasters (events); Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (1987); Zeebrugge

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