Event
Marchioness disaster: Fifty-one people die when a pleasure boat collides with a dredger on the River Thames adjacent to Southwark Bridge in London
20 Aug 1989 · 51.51° N, 0.09° W
What the records say
- When
- 20 Aug 1989
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 51.51° N, 0.09° W
- Description
- Marchioness disaster: Fifty-one people die when a pleasure boat collides with a dredger on the River Thames adjacent to Southwark Bridge in London.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Marchioness disaster.
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