Memorial

HMS Eurydice

Wooded plaque

Source: Paul Cooper

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Current Location

In the Swiss Cottage Museum withing the grounds, Osborne House, Barton Road, Whippingham, Medina, Isle Of Wight, PO32 6LB, England

SZ 51933 94380

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 114082
Description: A piece of oak carved in the form of a book, made from wood salvaged from the training ship HMS Eurydice. Carved in relief on the front with a foundering ship surrounded by rope and flags at half-mast. Carved on the back with a ship in full sail. With a brass plaque and inscription commemorating the loss of the ship.
Inscription: HMS EURYDICE / TRAINING SHIP FOR ORDINARY SEAMEN / CAPTAINED M.A.S. HARE / FOUNDED OFF DUNNOSE / ISLE OF WIGHT IN TWELVE FATHOMS OF WATER / DURING A SNOW STORM ON THE / 24TH MARCH 1878 / OF THE 321 SOULS ON BOARD ONLY / TWO SURVIVED / THE WRECK WAS RAISED BY THE OFFICERS / OF PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD AND BROUGHT / INTO HARBOUR 1ST SEP. 1878 / PRESENTED TO QUEEN VICTORIA BY REAR ADMIRAL HON. F.FOLEY 1878

Plaque

Height: 180mm

Width: 140mm

Depth: 30mm

Made from: Wood - Oak, Brass

Condition: Good