Marchioness disaster: Thames historic vessels 'still not modernised'
safety proposalsModern vessels' hulls are required to be divided into watertight compartments, so any flooding resulting from a breach can be more easily contained.
January 2002, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution introduced four lifeboat stations on the River Thames. "These new standards may not have prevented the Marchioness disaster but you've got to decide if the safety recommendations are important enough.
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