Did the Coroner Make this Disaster Worse?

The brutal sinking of the pleasure boat Marchioness was only the beginning for the families and friends of the victims. 

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SELECTED SOURCES/FURTHER READING

Marchioness Inquiries https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2001-03-23/debates/e8424dd7-c246-442d-ac9d-0b298f9becfe/MarchionessInquiries

"The Marchioness nightmare" https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/the-marchioness-nightmare-7285588.html

Thames Safety Inquiry https://www.jesip.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Marchionness-Bowbelle-Incident-Thames-Safety-Inquiry.pdf

"How to identify a body: the Marchioness disaster and my life in forensic pathology" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/apr/18/how-to-identify-a-body-the-marchioness-disaster-and-my-life-in-forensic-pathology

"Dredger captain says saving victims from Marchioness 'not top priority'" https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/oct/04/jeevanvasagar

"Sank in 30 Seconds: The Marchioness Disaster 1989" https://youtu.be/wwXKSVDRfoM?si=dMLP0Jjp6hLSxSst

"Coroner review ordered after hands severed" https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/mar/24/jeevanvasagar

"Marchioness victims had hands severed" https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/dec/01/taniabranigan

"Marchioness disaster: Thames historic vessels 'still not modernised'" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-49346082

"Tragedy on the Thames: 30 years on, remembering the Marchioness disaster" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/marchioness-disaster-victims-london-boat-crash-thames-bowbelle-a8953251.html