Memorial

HM Ships Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy

Plaque

Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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Current Location

By the gang-plank to HMS Cavalier, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Main Gate Road, Chatham, Rochester Upon Medway, Kent, ME4 4TY, England

TQ 75910 69250

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 84816
Description: A metal plaque vertically mounted on a granite block. A recessed silhouette of a cruiser above three separate plaques each with a cruiser name. The inscription is on a separate plaque above the silhouette
Inscription: First World War 100th Anniversary / To commemorate the loss of three Chatham Division Cruisers / His Majesty's Ships ABOUKIR, HOGUE and CRESSY / and 1,459 men on 22nd September 1914 as a result of enemy action in the North Sea // Unveiled by / His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent KG / on 22nd September 2014 // Labels:- HMS ABOUKIR // HMS HOGUE // HMS CRESSY

Plaque

Height: c250mm

Width: c300mm

Made from: Metal