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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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Widow tells of 'dreadful' moment husband was killed

The wife of a man killed after a freak wave hit a cruise ship in the English Channel has described the moment the waves crashed through the windows.

Helen Swinstead said:

"It was quite dreadful, I was sitting next to him and this window just came in and the sea with it. We were all very very wet I think a woman was taken to hospital and my husband was going to go on the helicopter but he died before they could get him on it.

"He's never made headline news, he'll be sitting on his cloud chortling."

James Swinstead, 85, died "almost instantly" after water rushed on board the British cruise ship Marco Polo as it was battered by waves during severe storms.

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