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120 results found for '"Salvage"' in Keywords.
MOD on ability to cope with large oil spills (1978)
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- Interview
Unidentified male speaker from the Ministry of Defence pays tribute to salvage workers on the Christos Bitas oil tanker. He says that no country can be prepared for a disaster on the scale of the Amoco...
Christos Bitas salvage operation deemed a success (1978)
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- Interview
Unidentified male speaker on the salvage operation surrounding the Christos Bitas oil tanker. Speaker outlines the lessons learned from the Amoco Cadiz and Christos Bitas disasters but adds that there is...
Radio Caroline salvage plans (1980)
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- Interview
Interview with a Thanet Council official (not identified â poss. Chief Executive Ian Gill) about the salvaging of the Mi Amigo â the former headquarters of pirate station Radio Caroline- as a...
After eight special - The wreck game (1980)
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- Documentary; Interview; Special
The Wreck Game, an After Eight Special programme on the treasures beneath the waves, presented by Hugh Williams. Examines the increasingly sophisticated techniques and technology used in underwater...
HMS Edinburgh gold recovery (1981)
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- Interview
Unidentified male Managing Director of Jessop Marine, a Scottish diving company, on the salvage operation to recover gold from HMS Edinburgh. Male interviewer not identified.
HMS Edinburgh gold bullion salvage (1981)
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- Interview
Interview with Malcolm Williams of Wharton Williams sub sea engineering company about the salvage of the HSM Edinburgh gold bullion and the removal of bones from the designated war grave. Male interviewer...
Mary Rose salvage fundraising (1982)
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- Interview
Interview with the managing director of a recruitment company (not identified) on a caption competition designed to raise funds for the salvaging of Tudor warship, the Mary Rose, off the coast of Portsmouth....
Rick Wharton on HMS Edinburgh gold (1982)
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- Interview
Diver, Rick Wharton on the likelihood of a second salvage operation to recover the remaining gold on board the HMS Edinburgh which was sunk during World War II. Female interviewer not identified.
RMS Lusitania salvage attempt (1982)
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- News report
Report on the salvage of the wreck of the liner RMS Lusitania which sank after being torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland on 07/05/15. Male reporter not identified.
Holland 1 submarine lifted from seabed (1982)
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- Interview
Telephone interview with Lieutenant John Wakely on the lifting from the seabed off the coast of Cornwall of the Holland 1 - the Royal Navy’s first operational submarine which sank in 1913, three miles from...