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    Memorial

    HMS Penzance

    HMS Penzance Plaque

    Source: Copyright Robert Harrison

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    Current Location

    On the left of the path from Morrab Road and just past the Museum, Penlee Park, Morrab Road, Penzance, Penwith, Cornwall, TR18 4EP, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SW 47024 30011

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    Type of Memorial
    Stone of remembrance
    WMR Reference Number
    66053
    Description
    Granite memorial stone with a dedicatory Plaque. Ship's Crest bottom left and Arms of the Town bottom right. Inscription in white raised lettering on blue background.
    Inscription
    IN MEMORY OF / THE THIRD HMS PENZANCE / AND THE 90 MEMBERS OF THE SHIP'S / COMPANY WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WHEN / THE SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SANK/ IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC ON / 24TH AUGUST 1940 / THIS MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED BY/ PENZANCE TOWN COUNCIL / AND THE SHIP'S COMPANY OF THE / FOURTH HMS PENZANCE / JUNE 2012.
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Sponsor Type
    corporate
    Sponsored By
    Penzance Town Council

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    10 June 2012

    Relatives/ Friends of the fallen

    Dedicated

    10 June 2012

    Unknown

    Components

    Stone of remembrance

    Height: 870 mm

    Width: 480 mm

    Depth: 270 mm


    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    Tablet

    Height: 420 mm

    Width: 320 mm

    Depth: 20 mm


    Made from: Unknown


    Condition: Good


    • 'HMS Penzance memorial unveiled in Cornish town...', 10 June 2012, BBC News website: [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-18374659]
  • 'Tribute to Penzance', Navy News, July 2012, p. 6.