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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

I cant remember the name but there was a grim sinking in the north sea of a car ferry that left its bow doors open to blow the fumes from the cars out after loading, and was swamped and sank in heavy seas almost immedeatly it left the harbour with a massive loss of life, it was reported several English guys formed a human chain passing women and kids out of the windows of the main seating area until they themselves were drowned, we Brits love a good sinking in the realm of the Birkenhead drill and the band on the Titanic, it is part of the national psyche

Yikes, that was a grim sinking with 193 people dying! The ship capsized in 90 seconds.

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