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 ...
Barnado Gardens. This block was built by the London County Council in 1957. It was named after Dr Thomas Barnardo (1845 - 1905), who open...
{On front of plinth:} Field Marshal The Viscount Slim, KG, CGB,GGMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC 14th Army Burma, 1943 - 1945, Governor General an...
The Grodzinski plaque can be seen in our photo just to the right of the 'one way' sign. The synagogue inscription is on the cream upright...
Unveiled by the Mayor of Tower Hamlets and a Rifles contingent of ten.
Berlin lived here while attending St Paul's School, at that time located in Hammersmith.
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