Just a short time after The Herald of Free Enterprise accident I was on a RoRo ferry from Pieta near Valletta (Malta) going over to Gozo. I was up on the top deck with a friend and when the ferry was passing the breakwater outside the harbour it was going from side to side just like the Arran ferry.
For a few minutes we were hanging onto the deck rails wondering whether to go back inside or not but things calmed down as the ship headed north and out of the side currents.
On arrival at Gozo a lorry had shed its load onto the car just two in front of mine and had to remain there until the ferry returned to Malta. The car was wrecked with broken glass everywhere.
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