Catalogue description Transport Ministries: Lord Donaldson's Inquiry into the Loss of MV Derbyshire , LDI Series Files

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Title: Transport Ministries: Lord Donaldson's Inquiry into the Loss of MV Derbyshire , LDI Series Files
Description:

This series contains files of the secretariat of Lord Donaldson's Inquiry into the Loss of MV Derbyshire.
Date: 1969-2000
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: LDI
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

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
Physical description: 30 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

in 2010 Department for Transport
Accruals: No further accruals are expected.
Administrative / biographical background:

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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