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tation was to concentrate on three main areas. The first was
to study the Dana Anglia as a workplace. The second was
to document the ship as a form of transport and “floating
hotel”. And the third was to provide data on the ship’s
knock-on economic impact on Esbjerg. Most of these tasks
were only possible by having the project team work on the
ship. DFDS was therefore asked whether they would assist
with the project and provide it with the requisite freedom to
move anywhere about the ship and make notes, conduct
interviews with crew members and passengers, and take
photos and videos en route. The project concept was recei-
ved very positively by DFDS, and on 2 September 2002 the
project team of seven persons went on board the M/S Dana
Anglia in Esbjerg to commence the first phase of the study
presented in summary form in this article.
There were a couple of long – but also particularly inte-
resting and rewarding – workdays before the project group
left the ship on 4 September after a successful trip to Eng-
land. In terms of material, the result of the total of 48 hours
of work was about 160 interviews with crew members and
passengers, about 800 photographs, a few hours of videos,
and lists of suppliers, crew and passenger lists, duty rosters,
work instructions and much more. The material collected
will later be supplemented by equivalent collections and
studies on the low-price airline Ryan Air and the Dana Ang-
lia’s replacement ship. Permission to carry out these studies
has been obtained, and all indications are that it will be pos-
sible to proceed with the plans for the major documentati-
on and investigation project which, under the title Modern
passenger traffic post-1960 – Concepts in development and
change, will be an important element in the work of the Fis-
heries and Maritime Museum/CMRS in the years to come.
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Et par af skibets besætningsmedlemmer er på dækket for
at nyde indsejlingen mod Harwich, hvor M/S “Dana Anglia”
passerer forbi den travle havn i Felixstowe.