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Plaque

Marchioness at Southwark Cathedral

Erection date: 1990

Inscription

In remembrance of all those who drowned when the motor vessel Marchioness was struck near Southwark Bridge on Sunday 20 August 1989.
Many waters cannot quench love.
{Above the plaque is a tablet with the names of the 51 victims of the disaster. See commemorated subjects:}

The quotation is from the Song of Solomon 8:7
"Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it".

Site: Marchioness at Southwark Cathedral (1 memorial)

SE1, Montague Close, Southwark Cathedral

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Marchioness at Southwark Cathedral

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Sinking of the Marchioness

The pleasure boat The Marchioness collided with another vessel and sank with ...

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Peter Alcorn

Victim of the Marchioness tragedy, aged 23.

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Christopher Averill

Fashion model and victim of the Marchioness tragedy, aged 20.

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David Ayres

Australian victim of the Marchioness tragedy, aged 29.

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Sophie Bennett

Victim of the Marchioness tragedy, aged 23.

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