Memorial

HMS Eurydice

H.M.S. Eurydice

Source: Sharky Ward

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Current Location

W3W fell.jotting.purse, Shanklin Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Shanklin, South Wight, Isle Of Wight, PO37 7EX, England

SZ 58517 82920

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Type of Memorial: Stone of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 114694
Description: A rock with a draped anchor and gun above. Names on WMR #97285
Inscription: 'TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE OFFICERS AND MEN / OF H.M.S. "EURYDICE" /WHICH FOUNDERED OFF SHANKLIN / MARCH 24TH 1878 / SEVEN OF WHOM ARE BURIED HERE / ERECTED BY / PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTIONS / AND UNVEILED BY / LADY ISABEL ATHERLEY / JUNE 23RD 1880'

Unveiled

23rd June 1880

Lady Isabel Atherley

Memorial

Made from: Stone - Portland

Condition: Good

Maritime Memorials Memorial: M4982 https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/m4982/
E.H. Verney 'The last four days of the Eurydice' (Portsmouth, 1879) pp. 58-63 (list of ship's company).
Hampshire Post and Southsea Observer - Friday 25 June 1880 Page 5
ART-UK HMS 'Eurydice' Memorial Frederick James Moynihan (1842–1910) Shanklin Cemetery, St James Avenue, Shanklin, Isle of Wight https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/hms-eurydice-memorial-316820