page_title: Royal Hotel, Cardiff
section_title: Captain Scott's farewell dinner
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Hotel, Cardiff / History and description / Captain Scott's farewell dinner
caption_attribution_description: English: Blue plaque on Royal Hotel, Cardiff, commemorating the fundraising banquet on 13 June 1910 attended by Robert Falcon Scott before his ill-fated voyage to Antartica. This image represents an Open Plaques entry&#160;#13127.
context_page_description: The Royal Hotel is a Grade II listed hotel on a prominent corner of St Mary Street/Wood Street in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. It is Cardiff's oldest grand hotel.
context_section_description: On 13 June 1910, two days before Robert Falcon Scott's ship departed from Cardiff for his ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic, a fundraising dinner for the expedition took place at the Royal Hotel, hosted by Cardiff Chamber of Commerce. A plaque next to the St Mary Street entrance commemorates the event. The first-floor function room in which the event took place (previously called the Alexandra Room) was renamed "The Captain Scott Room" in 1982, after a chance discovery of a menu from the banquet. The Cardiff-based Captain Scott Society was founded in 1983 as a result.
caption: Blue plaque to Captain R F Scott
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