Memorial

Varyag - Cross

Varyag Memorial, Lendalfoot - Bronze Cross

Source: Copyright Martin Briscoe

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Current Location

Carleton Bay, car park, off A77 Between Girvan And Stranraer, Lendalfoot, Kyle And Carrick, KA26 0JG, Scotland

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NX 12345 89428

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 61079
Description: Bronze cross on two stepped granite base.
Inscription: HERE 50O METRES OFF THE COAST/THE RUSSIAN CRUISER VARYAG/WHICH WON GLORY IN THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR/OF 1904-1905 FOUND ITS LAST RESTING PLACE/ON JANUARY 27,1904THE 1ST RANK CRUISER VARYAG AND/THE GUNBOAT KUBEETS WERE BLOCKADED BY A JAPANESE/SQUADRON COMPRISED OF 15 VESSELS AT THE KOREAN PORT OF/CHEMULPO. THEY WERE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO/SURRENDER AND TURN DOWN THE FLAG, BUT THE RUSSIAN/SEAMEN REJECTED THE ULTIMATUM AND ACCEPTED AN UNEVEN/BATTLE VARYAG AND KUBEETS SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE/DURING THE BATTLE. WITH NO APPARENT POSSIBILTY OF/CONTINUED RESISTANCE, THE RUSSIAN SEAMEN SCUTTLED/THE SHIPS AND RETURNED TO RUSSIA ONBOARD FOREIGN/VESSELS IN 1905 VARYAG WAS RAISED BY THE JAPANESE AND WAS/INTRODUCED INTO THEIR NAVY UNDER THE NAME SOYA. IN/1916 THE CRUISER WAS REPURCHASED BY RUSSIA AND GOT/BACK ITS PREVIOUS NAME. IN 1917 SHE WAS SENT TO BRITAIN FOR REPAIR, BUT BECAUSE OF THE REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR/IN RUSSIA, THE LEGENDARY SHIP WAS SET ADRIFT. IN 1920/VARYAG WAS SOLD BY BRITAIN FOR SCRAP. EN ROUTE FOR/DISMANTLING SHE GROUNDED NEAR LENDALFOOT AND/SUBSEQUENTLY SANK. THE EXPLOITS OF THE CRUISER VARYAG, WHICH MAKES US/BOW OUR HEADS TO THE VALOR OF RUSSIAN SEAMEN, WILL/ALWAYS REMAIN IN THE MEMORY OF GRATEFUL FUTURE/GENERATIONS

Commemoration

War: Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)

War: Military Service

War: First World War (1914-1918)

History

Maker(s): Russian Charity Foundation for the Support of the Navy Cruiser 'Varyag'., Designer

Ceremonies

Unveiled

30 July 2006

Memorial tablet unveiled by Provost Sloan at the site but the Russian people wanted a more significant memorial

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Varyag - Cross

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Varyag - Cross

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