Shipping Disasters - MS Estonia, TEV Wahine, MS Herald of Free Enterprise

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be discussing some boat / shipping disasters. We will discuss the MS Estonia, a ferry which sank when crossing from Estonia to Sweden in 1994 and is one of the deadliest maritime disasters of all time, the TEV Wahine which sank in 1968 off the Wellington harbour and the MS Herald of the Free Enterprise, a car roll on, roll off ferry which capsized near Belgium in 1987. 

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Sources:
The Perfect Storm 

https://tc.canada.ca/en/marine-transportation/marine-safety/free-surface-effect

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Le_Joola

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_roll-on/roll-off_vessel_accidents

MS Estonia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Estonia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_MS_Estonia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Viking_Sally_murder

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/05/a-sea-story/302940/

https://maritimecyprus.com/2022/09/30/flashback-in-maritime-history-ms-estonia-sinking-on-28-september-1994-claiming-852-lives-4/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmX8seNKVQo

Wahine

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/wahine-disaster

https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/102846031/wahine-disaster-50-years-on-what-happened-that-day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEV_Wahine

https://maritimeradio.org/in-distress/wahine/

MS Herald of Free Enterprise

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/54c1704ce5274a15b6000025/FormalInvestigation_HeraldofFreeEnterprise-MSA1894.pdf

https://www.ukpandi.com/news-and-resources/articles/2022/the-capsizing-of-the-herald-of-free-enterprise/

https://safety4sea.com/cm-herald-of-free-enterprise-a-wake-up-call-for-ro-ro-safety/