Tanker towed into Sandown
- Title
- Tanker towed into Sandown
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1979
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- Duration
- 00:03:21
- Description
- Stephen Ross, Liberal MP for Isle of Wight, describes the public reaction to as well as the ecological and financial effects of towing the giant scuppered tanker Pacific Glory into Sandown Bay. The Glory was incapacitated after a collision with the Allegro, in which five crew members died.
- Contributors
- Stephen Ross
- Keywords
- Economics; Protests; Isle of Wight; Environment; Seaborne disasters; Ships; Pacific Glory; Sandown
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LBC/IRN, "Tanker towed into Sandown". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0008800057012 (Accessed 24 Apr 2025)