MS Herald of Free Enterprise
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MS Herald of Free Enterprise was a roll-on/roll-off ferry which capsized moments after leaving the Belgian port of Zeebrugge on the night of 6 March 1987, killing 193 passengers and crew.
Herald of Free Enterprise in Dover's Eastern Docks, 1984
The ship on her side, half-submerged
MS Herald of Free Enterprise towed into the harbour at Vlissingen after salvage, May 1987
Memorial window at St Margaret's Church, St Margaret's at Cliffe, Kent
European Ferries
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European Ferries Group plc was a company that operated in passenger and freight ferries, harbour operation and property management in the United Kingdom and the United States. It was taken over by P&O
MS Herald of Free Enterprise
…leaving the Belgian port of Zeebrugge on the night of 6 March 1987, killing 193 passengers and crew. The eight-deck car and passenger ferry was owned by Townsend Thoresen, designed for rapid loading and unloading on the competitive cross-channel route between Dover and Calais. As is common with RORO ferries, it was built…
Herald of Free Enterprise in Dover's Eastern Docks, 1984