Kenneth Victor Dwan (born 6 July 1948) is a British former rower who competed in the Olympic Games in 1968 and 1972 and won the Wingfield Sculls six times.
He joined Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club at the age of 12, initially as a cox but soon as an oarsman.
When he was 15 he was apprenticed as lighterman to his grandfather Williams and this allowed him to enter the novice sculls in the National Dock Labour Board (NDLB) regatta at Putney.
After two year with Humphrey & Grey he obtained his lighterman's licence and went on the dock labour pool to experience a variety of firms.
During 1967 the decasualisation scheme following Devlin's report was implemented and all dock workers had to be allocated to an employer.
The disaster was found by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch to have been caused by the poor visibility from each ship's wheelhouse, the fact that both vessels were using the centre of the river, and that no clear instructions were given to the look-out at the bow of the Bowbelle.