HMS Charybdis Chapel

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Chapel: Dedicated within church building
District: Guernsey
Town: St Peter Port
County: Channel Islands
Country: Channel Islands
Commemoration: Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 50265

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Description

MANY ITEMS FROM THE SINKING OF THE HMS CHARYBDIS IN 1943, INCLUDING UNION FLAG WHICH WAS DRAPED OVER THE COFFIN OF AN UNKNOWN SAILOR. A SHIPS MATELOT. TWO SHIPS CAPS. A SHIPS LIFEBELT AND VARIOUS SHIPS BADGES. ALSO REFERENCE TO HMS LIMBOURNE. A KNEELER. A CHAIR WITH TAPESTRY CUSHION DEPICTING THE SHIPS BADGE. A FRAMED AND GLAZED SHIPS HISTORY. PICTURES OF THE SHIP. PICTURES OF SOME SURVIVORS AT THE GRAVES OF THEIR COMRADES IN FOULON CEMETERY.

Inscription

[unknown]

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Chapel
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
Relic
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined

Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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