A floating bar, restaurant and nigthclub sank as heavy rainfall continued to batter the United Kingdom.
The Bar & Boat Co was moored at Temple Pier in London. However, pictures show the boat sank into the River Thames on Thursday, January 4, as heavy rain battered the capital.
It is thought the boat sank around 4.30pm. A Met Office yellow weather warning was in force at the time as storms swept across the UK.
A spokesman for the Bar & Co boat, which was moored at Temple Pier, told the PA news agency: “Likely it sunk because of weather conditions.”
An HM Coastguard spokesman said: “A restaurant vessel sank at Temple Pier in London on January 4.The alarm was raised at about 12.30pm and everyone is accounted for.”
The Port of London Authority has advised vessels to pass Temple Pier with “great caution”.
A Royal National Lifeboat Institution vessel, a Metropolitan Police boat and a London Fire Brigade boat were sent to the scene.
