Memorial
HMS Charybdis Chapel
Source: Copyright Andrew Walker
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Current Location
St John's Church, Les Amballes, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY1 1WY, Channel Islands
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Chapel: Dedicated within church building
- WMR Reference Number
- 50265
- Description
- MANY ITEMS FROM THE SINKING OF THE HMS CHARYBDIS IN 1943, INCLUDING UNION FLAG WHICH WAS DRAPED OVER THE COFFIN OF AN UNKNOWN SAILOR. A SHIPS MATELOT. TWO SHIPS CAPS. A SHIPS LIFEBELT AND VARIOUS SHIPS BADGES. ALSO REFERENCE TO HMS LIMBOURNE. A KNEELER. A CHAIR WITH TAPESTRY CUSHION DEPICTING THE SHIPS BADGE. A FRAMED AND GLAZED SHIPS HISTORY. PICTURES OF THE SHIP. PICTURES OF SOME SURVIVORS AT THE GRAVES OF THEIR COMRADES IN FOULON CEMETERY.
- Inscription
- [unknown]
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Components
- Chapel
Made from: Unknown
Condition: Unknown
- Relic
Made from: Unknown
Condition: Good