HMS BLACKWATER (AN EX-MINESWEEPER NOW REFITTED AS A NORTHERN IRELAND PATROL SHIP); (also) MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR VICTIMS OF THE 1994 MULL OF KINTYRE CHINOOK HELICOPTER CRASH (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
Title:HMS BLACKWATER (AN EX-MINESWEEPER NOW REFITTED AS A NORTHERN IRELAND PATROL SHIP); (also) MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR VICTIMS OF THE 1994 MULL OF KINTYRE CHINOOK HELICOPTER CRASH (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFB 59
Other titles:NORTHERN IRELAND ARMY INFORMATION SERVICES COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: I. The Captain of HMS Blackwater is interviewed about her refit and her rôle as replacement for the old Ton Class vessels). Includes brief shots of Blackwater and of the Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast.
II. Mourners and relatives board a Hercules transport aircraft (exterior and interior shots) and fly to Scotland. They congregate on a clifftop for the memorial service at the Mull of Kintyre, dedicating a cairn erected in memory of the victims and held on 18 September 1994. Service book reads "Church of Scotland Southend Parish Church Service of Remembrance for Those who Died on the Mull of Kintyre on the 2nd June 1994".
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Alternative Title:NORTHERN IRELAND ARMY INFORMATION SERVICES COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]