The Tragic Tale Of The Doomed Ferry The Herald Of Free Enterprise

Capt. John

Exactly seven months after a tragedy which devastated a nation, doomed ferry the Herald of Free Enterprise sailed like a ghost ship past the port she once called home, reports Kent Online.

The unrecognizable remains

The battered remains of the cross-Channel vessel limped along the Kent coastline towed by the Markustrum, an ocean-going tug-boat. Attached by cables, the ferry’s carcass was unmanned and without power.

Gone were the recognisable trademarks of its operator – Townsend Thoresen; the...

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