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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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Passenger: 'I was sitting, next minute I was under water'

Heather Gratland, from Worcestershire, was in the 6th floor restaurant when the water entered the ship.

She said:

All I remember was one minute I was sitting there and the next my head was under water.

The lights went out momentarily. Immediately they were ushering us out.

I was trying to find my shoes and my husband lost his glasses.

We were very lucky, the ones sitting low, because we were less injured than the people higher up.

Other passengers said:

We came through the Channel in the most horrendous gales anyone has ever experienced.

We rode the storm like a bucking bronco.

I'm just surprised more people were not injured.

– Jerry Bart

It was frightening. Things were rushing off shelves in the cabin.

People were really hurt. A man died. It's a shame.

The sea was just amazing to watch. It was white all over. It was pretty terrifying."

– Anna Matheson

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