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Transport Ministries: Re-opened Formal Investigation into the Loss of MV Derbyshire
Catalogue reference: MT 203
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MT 203
This series includes the report and presentations to the re-opened Formal Investigation into the loss of MV Derbyshire.
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MT 203
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Title (The name of the record)
- Transport Ministries: Re-opened Formal Investigation into the Loss of MV Derbyshire
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Date (When the record was created)
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1955-2000
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series includes the report and presentations to the re-opened Formal Investigation into the loss of MV Derbyshire.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997-2001
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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72 files, rolls and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2008 Department for Transport
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Following the UK/EC Assessors' Report, on 17 December 1998, the Deputy Prime Minister, The Rt Hon John Prescott MP announced that there was to be a full re-opening of the Formal Investigation and that this was to be held in the High Court under section 269(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
The hearing commenced on 5 April 2000 and lasted for 54 days, concluding on 26 July 2000.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16322/
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Transport Ministries: Re-opened Formal Investigation into the Loss of MV Derbyshire
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