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The Marchioness

In August 1989, 51 people lost their lives when the Bowbelle dredger collided with the Marchioness passenger boat on the River Thames. The design of both vessels was criticised. Numerous warnings about the inevitability of such an accident had gone unheeded for years.

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  • "51 people lost their lives when the 'Bowbelle' dredger collided with this passenger boat."
  • "In August 1989, 51 people lost their lives when the Bowbelle dredger collided with the Marchioness passenger boat on the River Thames. The design of both vessels was criticised. Numerous warnings about the inevitability of such an accident had gone unheeded for years."@en
  • "On 20th August 1989 51 people lost their lives when the Bowbelle dredger collided with the Marchioness passenger boat. The average age of those who died was 25. This video is a dramatic reconstruction of events that night includes commentary from crash investigators and interviews with survivor, Jonathan Phang, and Margaret Lockwood-Crot whose son, Shaun, died in the accident."
  • "Series investigating catastrophes. The Marchioness: 51 people were killed in 1989 when the pleasure boat collided with a dredger in the Thames in London. Recounts the night and examines shortcomings in river safety that still remain."
  • "Series investigating catastrophes. The Marchioness: 51 people were killed in 1989 when the pleasure boat collided with a dredger in the Thames in London. Recounts the night and examines shortcomings in river safety that still remain."@en

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  • "Documentary television programs"@en

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  • "The Marchioness"
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  • "Marchioness"

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