The MS Herald of Free Enterprise went down after water flooded into the car deck as it left the port area of the Belgian city of Bruges THREE decades ago almost 200 people died when a British ferry ...

Belgium paid homage on Monday to the 193 people who died when the "Herald of Free Enterprise" ferry capsized off the port of Zeebrugge 30 years ago. Officials onboard a coastguard boat laid wreaths ...

Boats attend the Herald of Free Enterprise the day after the disaster in March 1987. The bow doors had been left open as she left the Belgian port; she capsized so quickly there was no time to send an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Memorial events have taken place on both sides of the English channel to mark the 30th anniversary of the Zeebrugge ferry disaster ...

It is 35 years since one of the UK’s worst peacetime maritime disasters. On 6 March 1987, 193 people were killed when the Herald of Free Enterprise car ferry capsized shortly after leaving the Belgian ...

Belgium paid homage on Monday to the 193 people who died when the "Herald of Free Enterprise" ferry capsized off the port of Zeebrugge 30 years ago. Officials onboard a coastguard boat laid wreaths ...

Memorial events have taken place on both sides of the English channel to mark the 30th anniversary of the Zeebrugge ferry disaster. Wreathes mark the spot where the Herald of Free Enterprise capsized ...

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Events have been held on both sides of the English Channel to mark the 30th anniversary of the Zeebrugge ferry disaster. The Herald of Free Enterprise capsized on 6 March 1987, resulting in the deaths ...

Families touched by the Zeebrugge ferry disaster will gather at a church service on Monday to mark the 30th anniversary of the tragedy that claimed 193 lives. At about 6pm on March 6 1987, the ...