ABSTRACT

At 1:46 a.m. on August 20, 1989, the Marchioness pleasure boat collided with the dredger Bowbelle in the vicinity of Southwark Bridge on the River ames in London, essentially focusing the accident and response area on the stretch of the upper ames between Nine Elms and Cannon Street Bridge. is placed the incident between the City of London (with its own police force) and the London Borough of Southwark.