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 ...
The plaques are on the stone pillars either side of the entrance; plaque 1 to the left in our photo and plaque 2 to the right. The stran...
W H Hudson, writer & naturalist, 1841 - 1922. In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his birth, 1991. Mario Campora Ambassador ...
Apart from the actual names the two plaques are the same. Our photo shows the one on the left.
The dates given on the plaque are about the time that the church ceased functioning and was demolished but we can't explain the exact dates.
Our colleague Andrew Behan has done some detailed research on these names and also found a newspaper report of the incident at Trove (The...
