LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Marchioness disaster- relatives visit site

Genre

News report

TX Date

Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:00:40

Description

Camilla Affleck reports from Southwark Bridge on a visit by relatives of victims to the site of the Marchioness disaster. The pleasure boat sank following a collision with the dredger, Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). 51 of the 130 passengers died in the tragedy. Broadcast on either 20th or 21st.

Contributors

Camilla Affleck

Keywords

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

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.