Ship Sunk In The Thames -- A British coastal vessel built only this year and loaded with iron and steel sank in a few minutes after Collision with an overseas liner in the Thames at Gallions reach. The wrecked vessel caused a great hold up of shipping being right in the path of the trade channel.The wrecked vessel with divers and wreck lighters ***** work. September 23, 1935. (Photo by Universal Pictorial Press & Agency)