- Type of Memorial
- Sculpture
- WMR Reference Number
- 85168
- Description
- A stone Latin cross fouled by an anchor chain which bears the dedication.
Further Information
[From The Times, 26 March 1878]
'.....The Eurydice was a wooden sailing, fully rigged ship of 921 tons displacement, at one time considered one of the smartest and quickest 26-gun frigates in the service. The Eurydice left Bermuda on the 6th Inst. and nothing was heard of her until she was seen by the coastguard at Bonchurch at 3.30 on Sunday afternoon, bearing for Spithead under all plain sail and with her port stunsails set on the foretopmast and maintopmast, the object being clearly to arrive at the anchorage at Spithead before nightfall.....
.....At ten minutes to four the wind suddenly veered round from the west to the eastward and a gale, accompanied by a blinding fall of snow, came rushing from the high lands down Luccombe Chine, striking the Eurydice just a little before the beam, driving her out of her course, which was heading to the north-east, and turning her bows to the east. This is what seems probable, though from the manner in which the sea was concealed by the snow, nothing was seen of her at the supreme moment when she capsized to Starboard......As soon as anything could be seen, the masts and top hamper of the ship were discerned above the water......Of the whole number of persons aboard, only two persons, as already reported, succeeded in reaching the shore alive.'
- Inscription
- [unknown]