Marchioness disaster-owner interviewed
- Title
- Marchioness disaster-owner interviewed
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 22 Aug 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:00:12
- Description
- Interview with Ken Dwan, owner of the Marchioness, after the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). He likens the accident to a Mini being run over by a tank. 51 of the 130 passengers died. Interviewer not heard.
- Contributors
- Ken Dwan
- Keywords
- Deaths; London; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Marchioness; Bowbelle; Marchioness disaster (1989)
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