The Braer 30 Years On - What Really Happened? A Talk by Jonathan Wills
Thursday, January 19th 2023 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Shetland Museum Auditorium
What really happened on the Braer? Why does it still matter?
Thirty years ago Shetland News Agency reporters Jonathan Wills and Karen Warner wrote the ‘instant book’ on the Braer tanker wreck. It took them 18 days. They accepted in good faith some statements by the shipowner that later proved questionable, to say the least. As a result, some of the conclusions of their book, Innocent Passage – the wreck of the tanker Braer, were wrong.
More than seven years later, a cache of Shetland Islands Council papers came to light that showed the Braer was probably technically unseaworthy when she left Norway. If so, her insurance would have been invalid.
So why was crucial evidence kept secret and why were important facts ignored by the official British and Liberian inquiries? In his talk at the Shetland Museum at 7pm on Thursday 19th January Jonathan Wills will lead us along the evidence trail.
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Tickets £5
Category: Lectures