Sinking of Mary Weston
- Title
- Sinking of Mary Weston
- Genre
- News report
- TX Date
- 20 Aug 1978
- Year of production
- 1978
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- Duration
- 00:02:14
- Description
- Ian Murray reports on British seamen trapped in overturned coaster, Mary Weston, near Rouen, France. The vessel sank in the Seine after colliding with an Ivory Coast cargo ship, the Yacasse.
- Contributors
- Ian Murray
- Keywords
- Mary Weston (boat); Yacasse (boat); Shipwrecks; UK; France; Sailors; River Seine
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LBC/IRN, "Sinking of Mary Weston". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0012800411011 (Accessed 04 Sep 2025)