Memorial
Captain J M Boyd
Current Location
ST COLUMBS CATHEDRAL, Londonderry, Londonderry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Denomination
Church of Ireland
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- WMR Reference Number
- 40496
- Description
- LIFE SIZED FIGURE OF HOPE, HER LEFT ARM RAISED TO HEAVEN, HER RIGHT ROUND AN ANCHOR, SET ABOVE A SARCOPHAGUS TABLET THAT SHOWS CAPTAIN BOYD SURROUNDED BY FOUR SHEET-PULLING SAILORS BATTLING AGAINST THE ELEMENTS THAT OVERWHELMED HMS AJAX IN A HURRICANE ON 9 FEBRUARY 1861.
- Inscription
- (CAPTAIN JOHN MCNEIL BOYD, RN, LOST HIS LIFE WHILE IN COMMAND OF HMS AJAX, WHICH HAD GONE TO THE RESCUE OF THE NEPTUNE OFF DUN LAOGHAIRE (?KINGSTOWN) IN A HURRICANE ON 9 FEBRUARY 1861.)
- War
- Military Service
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- rank,year died,manner of death
- Maker(s)
THOMAS FARRELL, Sculptor
Components
- Sculpture
Made from: Unknown
Condition: Unknown
- NORTHWEST ULSTER by ROWAN, A 382 Source: Image Library Published:PENGUIN BOOKS (BUILDINGS OF IRELAND) 1979
- BRITAIN'S MARITIME MEMORIALS & MEMENTOES by SAUNDERS, DAVID 137 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:PATRICK STEPHENS LIMITED 1996 SPARKFORD
- A COMPANION GUIDE TO ARCHITECTURE IN IRELAND 1837-1921 by WILLIAMS, JEREMY 280 Source: Image Library Published:IRISH ACADEMIC PRESS LTD 1994 DUBLIN