Name the year that Terry Waite was kidnapped in Beirut, and the 'Herald of Free Enterpise' capsized off the coast near Zeebrugge?
MS Herald of Free Enterprise MS Herald of Free Enterprise MS "Herald of Free Enterprise" was a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferry which capsized moments after 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, owned by Townsend Thoresen, had been designed for rapid loading and unloading on the competitive cross-channel route, and there were no watertight compartments. When the ship left harbour with her bow-door open, the sea immediately flooded the decks, and within minutes she was lying on her side in shallow water. Although the immediate cause of the sinking
MS Herald of Free Enterprise and Calais. The ships were constructed by Schichau-Unterweser AG in Bremerhaven, Germany. Propulsive power was by means of three 8000bhp 12-cylinder Sulzer medium-speed diesel engines driving variable-pitch propellers. The vehicle deck bow doors were constructed by Cargospeed, Glasgow, Scotland. On the day the ferry capsized, "Herald of Free Enterprise" was working the route between Dover and the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. This was not her normal route and the linkspan at Zeebrugge had not been designed specifically for the "Spirit"-class vessels: she used a single deck, preventing the simultaneous loading of both E and G decks, and the ramp could