Memorial
HMS Brazen
Current Location
St Michael's Church, Church Hill/ Second Avenue, Newhaven, Lewes, East Sussex, BN9 9LX, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 44262 01164
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Obelisk
- WMR Reference Number
- 17156
- Description
- Obelisk
- Inscription
- SACRED / TO THE MEMORY / OF / CAPTN. JAMES HANSON ,/ THE / OFFICERS, AND COMPANY / OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP / BRAZEN; / WHO WERE WRECKED / IN A VIOLENT STORM / UNDER THE CLIFF / BEARING FROM THIS PLACE S.W. / AT 5 O'CLOCK A.M. JANRY. 20TH. A.D. 1800, / ONE OF THE CREW ONLY SURVIVING / TO TELL THE MELANCHOLY TALE, / BY THIS FATAL EVENT, / THE COUNTRY, ALAS! WAS DEPRIVED, / OF 105 BRAVE DEFENDERS / AT A TIME, WHEN IT, / MOST REQUIRED THEIR ASSISTANCE, / THE REMAINS OF MANY OF THEM / WERE INTERRED NEAR TO THIS SPOT / BY THE DIRECTION OF / THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF / THE ADMIRALTY. / "THE WATERS SAW THEE O GOD." (EAST SIDE) THE "BRAZEN"/ HAD BEEN ORDERED/ TO PROTECT/ THIS PART OF THE COAST/ FROM THE INSOLENT ATTACKS/ OF THE ENEMY;/ AND ON THE EVENING PRECEDING THE/ SAD CATASTROPHE,/ HAD DETAINED A FOREIGN VESSEL,/ WHICH WAS PUT UNDER THE CARE OF/ THE MASTERS MATE,/ A MIDSHIPMAN,/ EIGHT SEAMEN, AND TWO MARINES;/ WHO WERE THEREBY SAVED FROM THE FATE OF THEIR/ COMPANIONS./ (NORTH SIDE) THE FRIENDS OF / CAPTN. HANSON / CAUSED THIS MONUMENT / TO BE ERECTED / AS A MARK OF THEIR ESTEEM / FOR A DESERVING OFFICER / AND A VALUABLE FRIEND. / IT WAS THE WILL OF HEAVEN / TO PRESERVE HIM / DURING FOUR YEARS VOYAGE / OF DANGER AND DIFFICULTY/ ROUND THE WORLD, / ON DISCOVERIES, / WITH CAPTN. VANCOUVER / IN THE YEARS, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 / BUT TO TAKE HIM FROM US / WHEN MOST HE THOUGHT HIMSELF / SECURE. / "THE VOICE OF THE LORD IS UPON THE WATERS." (WEST SIDE) NAMES OF OFFICERS
- War
- Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
- Number Commemorated
- 10
- Died
- 10
- Information shown
- surname,rank,forename
- Order of names
- rank
- Maintenance History
- New slate tablet added 1835
Components
- Obelisk
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
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- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 255801
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- BRITAIN'S MARITIME MEMORIALS & MEMENTOES by SAUNDERS, DAVID 89 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:PATRICK STEPHENS LIMITED 1996 SPARKFORD
- Navy News March 2011 p.39 Report of annual memorial service
- Historic England Listing - https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1206242 - Accessed 21 September 2016.