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  1. Edward Heath on Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with former Prime Minister Edward Heath on the investigation which will need to be carried out into the Fastnet yacht race disaster on 14/08/79, after his boat was one of the few to reach the...

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  2. Plymouth return after Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Dave Loyn reports on the Fastnet yacht race disaster, as the last few yachts return to Plymouth today. Includes interviews with race organisers spokesman Roger Ware; surviving yachtsmen Ernest Dewar and...

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  3. Rescue operation in Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)

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    Interview

    Dave Loyn interviews Plymouth rescue team member Tim Hunt on the ongoing rescue operation by naval helicopter and ship following the freak storm during the Fastnet yacht race, with 22 yachts still missing.

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  4. Rescue operation in Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with military crew member from Yeovilton on the massive rescue operation after the Fastnet yacht race disaster. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.

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  5. Witness account of Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Witness account by yachtsman of the freak storm during the Fastnet yacht race which has led to the largest ever peacetime rescue operation. Also on whether the Royal Ocean Racing Club was at fault in...

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  6. Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Account by female interviewee, whose husband is believed to have died after his life raft overturned as it went to the aid of another boat during the Fastnet yacht race disaster. Male interviewer not...

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  7. Rescue operation in Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with an RAF Wing Commander (Derek Larkin?) on the ongoing air rescue operation by the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy following the freak storm during the Fastnet yacht race, and the part played by...

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