Memorial
HMS Atalanta and HMS Eurydice
Source: Copyright Amy Savage by kind permission of the Naval Base Commander HMNB Portsmouth
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Current Location
Contact the Chaplaincy in advance in order to make arrangements to access the Dockyard. Located above the north door to the nave, St Ann's Church, Anchor Lane, HMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
OS Grid Reference
SU 63171 00566
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Window
- WMR Reference Number
- 49841
- Description
- Single light plain glass window with quatrefoil-shaped stained glass centre. Window constructed from fragments of the East Window which was destroyed by enemy action during the Second World War. At that time, the East Window was a memorial to those who lost their lives on HMS Atalanta and HMS Eurydice. The inscription is on the window and forms part of the design.
- Inscription
- Left side: This panel was/ made from fragments/ recovered from the/ former East end window,/ destroyed by enemy/ action in May 1941. Right side: It was erected/ as a memorial/ to officers and men/ who lost their lives/ in H.M.S. Atalanta/ and H.M.S. Euridice.
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- War
- Military Service
- Maintenance History
- 1941: ORGINAL WINDOW WAS DESTROYED DURING AN AIR RAID. FRAGMENTS OF THE GLASS WERE COLLECTED AND REINSTALLED IN THE CURRENT LOCATION
Components
- Window
Made from: Stained Glass
Condition: Good
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- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 75439
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