Day: March 1, 2019

INTRODUCTION On 6th March 1987, at 19:05 local time, Townsend-Thoresen’s prize cross-channel RORO ferry, the Herald of Free Enterprise, departed from Zeebrugge, Belgium, en route to Dover. Within minutes, the ship had capsized. Owing to a cut-price ticket deal, the ship was operating at almost full capacity, with 539 people on board in total. 193…