Memorial

HMS Doterel 1881

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Current Location

Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Romney Road (A206), Greenwich, Greenwich, Greater London, SE10 9LW, England

TQ 38630 77920

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 46485
Description: Ornate white marble tablet mounted onto a black marble backboard. Carved inscription on the tablet. Draped flag is carved at the top of the inscription tablet with a wreath below it. Carved relief depicting the explosion on board the ship is depicted at the bottom of the tablet
Inscription: SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE/ OFFICERS AND MEN/ OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND THE ROYAL MARINES/ WHO WERE LOST IN H.M.S. DOTTEREL/ ON THE 26TH OF APRIL 1881/ WHEN SHE WAS SUNK WHILE AT ANCHOR/ OFF SANDY POINT/ IN THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN/ BY THE EXPLOSION IN HER FORE-MAGAZINE./ (NAMES)/ "THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD/ WHICH WERE IN IT"

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 8
Died: 8
Information shown: rank, forename, surname, manner of death, place of death, date of death
Order of names: rank (descending)

Backboard

Made from: Marble - Black

Condition: Good

Tablet

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good