modern times. In the early
hours of 20 August 1989, the
90-ton pleasure cruiser was
run down by the 2,000-ton
dredger Bowbelle, near
Cannon Street Railway
Bridge. The Marchioness
sank in less than a minute and
fifty-one of the 131 people on
board, most of them attending
a birthday party, drowned.
The causes were said to be
poor visibility, both vessels
using the centre of the river
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