LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Marchioness disaster-salvage operation

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:14

Description

Interview with male speaker (not identified), about the salvage operation after the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger, Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). Says the boat is now lifted from the water and there is no chance of finding more survivors. Broadcast on either 20th or 21st. Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Deaths; London; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Rescue work; Salvage; Marchioness; Bowbelle; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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