On this day in 1989, the nation would wake up to the news of a tragic accident on the the River Thames. The Marchioness pleasure boat sank after colliding with a dredger and 51 people sadly lost their lives. Following the recommendations of the inquiry into the disaster, the RNLI’s rescue service began on the Thames in January 2002, with lifeboats stationed at Teddington, Chiswick, Tower (Waterloo Bridge) and Gravesend. | RNLI

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Titanic Survivors: Frank Prentice - "I thought I was going to die." BBC: There were only 705 survivors. Few of them, of course, are still alive today, but amongst them is Major Frank Prentiss from Bournemouth. Now, Major, you worked in the purser's office of the ship. You were only 18 at the time, and you were in your cabin here in the midships of the Titanic when the collision occurred. Now, what was the first you knew of the disaster? FP: Well, we came to a sudden stop. That's the first I knew