LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Herald of Free Enterprise inquiry

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

21 May 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:12

Description

Report on the public inquiry into the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (06/03/87). Describes evidence of survivor, lorry driver John Calderwood and his cross-examination by David Steel, QC, and Anthony Clark, counsel for Townsend Thorensen. Includes interview with Calderwood outside court on his claims he saw crew hammering at the bow doors. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

John Calderwood

Keywords

Deaths; Shipwrecks; David Steel; Public inquiries; Ferries; Marine safety; Seaborne disasters; Disasters (events); Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (1987); Zeebrugge; Townsend Thoresen; Anthony Clark

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