Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Portsmouth
Town
Kingston
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
21449

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Current location

Kingston Cemetery
St Mary's Road
Kingston
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO1 5NA
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 65772 01064
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A plain heavy Latin cross on a tapering plinth, inscribed with bronze letters.
Inscription
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND SHIP'S COMPANY OF THE ARIADNE TO RECORD THEIR ADMIRATION OF THE HEROIC EFFORTS MADE BY THE GALLANT OFFICERS AND CREW UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES OF EXTREME PERIL AND TO EXPRESS THE GREAT RELIEF FELT BY ALL HANDS ON BOARD AT THEIR UNTIMELY FATE/ (Names)/ LATE OF HMS ARIADNE WHO ON THE 9TH MARCH 1872 OFF THE COAST OF PORTUGAL WHEN THE SHIP WAS PROCEEDING TO GIBRALTER WERE CAPSIZED IN THE 2ND CUTTER AND DROWNED WHILST BRAVELY ATTEMPTING IN A HEAVY SEA TO RESCUE AN UNFORTUNATE SHIPMATE WHO HAD FALLEN OVERBOARD
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brick
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
History
Surveyed October 1984: some open joints. Stonework severely stained with lichen. Bronze letters stained and a number missing. Stone plinth twisted on brickwork base. Information taken from survey carried out by Portsmouth city museums department and department of architecture and civic design in 1984. See file for complete indexed document with 59 entries, including those relating to non-military memorials in the city. Condition assessments transferred directly: a = urgent = poor. b = limited requirement = at risk. c = sound = good
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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