Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: verithingeoff on March 05, 2017, 02:23:39 am
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My mate was the skipper of a Townsend Thoresen ferry running between Felixstowe and Zeebrugge, he rang me on the evening of 6 March 1987 to tell me he wasn't on [/size]Herald of Free Enterprise for that trip.
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That was a very sad loss of life that should never have happened. Didn't they refloat the ship and call it another name?
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a family friend was an engineer on that ship, he should have been on shift that day, but had swapped - he is still suffering as if he had been on shift it would have been his responsibility to shut the bow doors.
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A very sad day indeed.
may god continue to look over those pour souls and their families.
Please let this post remain as a remembrance of the sad loss and be treated with respect and not a recrimination of what should or shouldn't have happened on that day.
Jim.
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It was salvaged but remained unsold and went to the breakers.
Colin
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Completely agree with you Jim.
Let them rest in peace.
Ned
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I too think Ned and Jim have said it all
Regards Howard