Near this spot on Sunday 20th August 1989 the pleasure boat Marchioness was in collision with another vessel and sank with the loss of 51 lives.
SE1, Queen's Walk
We have found three (identical) plaques on the South Bank riverside recalling this disaster, as follows:
Royal Festival Hall
National Theatre - this one,
London Eye.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Marchioness at National Theatre
The pleasure boat The Marchioness collided with another vessel and sank with ...
Note: you can see that when the original plaque was saved from the demolition the stone in which it was laid was reclaimed as well.
This 1897 OS map shows that Bethnal House Lunatic Asylum occupied the land between this alley and Bethnal Green Gardens. The Warburton fa...
From the Imperial College website: The Royal College of Science building was completed in 1906 ….. The building was designed by architect...
The plaque can just be seen inside the porch. 'Scheduled Building of Historic & Architectural Interest' - in modern parlance this is...
November 2014 the plaque was reported as "torn down" but, with promises of a replacement we won't mark it as lost, and hope someone can c...
