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, Jubilee Gardens
We have found three (identical) plaques on the South Bank riverside recalling this disaster, as follows: Royal Festival Hall, National Theatre, London Eye - this one.
Check the one at the National Theatre for the current status of all 3.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Marchioness at London Eye
The pleasure boat The Marchioness collided with another vessel and sank with ...
The small black plaque above the door shows the Bridge House Estates symbol. A number of other blocks of flats in this area carry similar...
Other sources give varying opening and closing dates for the depot.
Initially the only information we had about this poignant memorial came from Islington's Management Plan for the garden (2017 'page not f...
Frank Bates, 1889 - 1921, vocalist and lead singer with pioneering jazz ensemble the Southern Syncopated Orchestra, resided here, 1918 - ...
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