LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Marchioness disaster

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:58

Description

Michael O’Neill reports on the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). Includes interviews with eyewitnesses; and survivors including brother of banker Antonio Vasconcellos - Diorgo Vasconcellos; Ken Dwan, owner of Marchioness; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Broadcast on either 20th or 21st.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Michael O’Neill; Diorgo Vasconcellos; Ken Dwan

Keywords

Deaths; London; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Marchioness; Bowbelle; Antonio Vasconcellos; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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