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Ship on which man was killed 'had undergone recent survey'

The cruise operator has insisted that the Marco Polo ship - on which a man was killed on Friday - had undergone "stringent and rigorous surveys". His widow has blamed the "badly maintained" vessel for his death.

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Cruise ship passenger dies after freak wave

A cruise ship passenger has died after their 22,000-tonne vessel was hit by a freak wave in the English Channel today.

The wave battered the British cruise ship Marco Polo, operated by Cruise & Maritime Voyages, as it headed for its home port of Tilbury in Essex at the end of a 42-night voyage.

Water crashed through a window injuring a number of the 735 passengers, who were mainly British.

An 85-year-old male passenger and a woman passenger in her 70s were airlifted off the ship. The male passenger later died.

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