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Transport Ministries: Lord Donaldson's Inquiry into the Loss of MV Derbyshire , LDI...
Catalogue reference: MT 209
What's it about?
MT 209
This series contains files of the secretariat of Lord Donaldson's Inquiry into the Loss of MV Derbyshire.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MT 209
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Title (The name of the record)
- Transport Ministries: Lord Donaldson's Inquiry into the Loss of MV Derbyshire, LDI Series Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1969-2000
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the secretariat of Lord Donaldson's Inquiry into the Loss of MV Derbyshire.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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LDI
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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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)
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- Department of the Environment, 1970-1997
- Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997-2001
- Department of Transport, 1976-1997
- Department of Transport, International Transport Division, 1976-1984
- Ministry of Transport, 1959-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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30 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2010 Department for Transport
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals are expected.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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In 1994 the International Transport Workers' Federation funded an underwater search to locate the MV Derbyshire. The survey was successful, and it was found at a depth of 4200 metres. The Department of Transport (DoT) appointed Lord Donaldson of Lymington to carry out an assessment as to what further steps could be taken to obtain evidence as to the cause of the loss, the cost of taking such steps and what benefit to ship safety could be secured if the cause of the loss were established.
Lord Donaldson was assisted by naval architects Mr R Williams, Mr R Torchio and Professor D Faulkner sitting as assessors and reported in December 1995. Support to the Inquiry was provided by the International Shipping Policy Division of DoT.
An earlier inquiry under Mr G R A Darling with Dr B Baxter, Mr J Bunnis and Captain J Murray sitting as assessors, reporting in 1989 had been able to make only tentative conclusions due to the absence of wreckage.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16614/
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