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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 passenger: 'Storms were horrendous'

Another passenger on the cruise said the storms were "horrendous".

Linda Kogan said:

It was horrendous, I've never been in storms like it. The waves were coming up almost over the ship.

The ship was at an angle. Some people reported the drawers were falling apart and the wardrobe doors falling off.

A lady was actually thrown out of bed with the force. We weren't in the restaurant when the windows broke but I think it was really scary.

One lady said it was just like the films with the foamy water and being swept across the restaurant.Some people were stunned but on the whole people were quite stoic. The crew were fantastic. Some of the crew were actually injured as well.

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