Memorial at Governor’s Green, Old Portsmouth commemorating Algerine Class minesweepers and their crews
Location
Governor's Green, Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
"LET THERE BE A WAY THROUGH THE WATER" / THESE TREES AND MEMORIAL STONE / WERE COMMEMORATED ON 14 MAY 2000 / REMEMBERING WITH PRIDE AND GRATITUDE THE MEN AND / THE SHIPS OF THE "ALGERINE" CLASS OF FLEET MINESWEEPERS / OPERATING IN THE ROYAL NAVY 1942-1961 / AND THOSE WHO ALSO SERVED IN ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY ESCORTS / OF THE "ALGERINE" CLASS / ACUTE / ALARM / ALBACORE / ALGERINE / ANTARES / ARCTURUS / ARIES / BRAMBLE / BRAVE / CADMUS / CHAMELEON / CHEERFUL / CIRCE / CLINTON / COCKATRICE / COQUETTE / COURIER / ESPIEGLE / FANCY / FANTOME / FELICITY / FIERCE / FLY / FLYING FISH / FRIENDSHIP / GOLDEN FLEECE / GOZO / HARE / HOUND / HYDRA / JASEUR / JEWEL / LAERTES / LARNE / LENNOX / LIBERTY / LIGHTFOOT / LIONESS / LOYALTY / LYSANDER / MAENAD / MAGICIENNE / MAMELUKE / MANDATE / MARINER / MARMION / MARVEL / MARY ROSE / MELITA / MICHAEL / MINSTREL / MOON / MUTINE / MYRMIDON / MYSTIC / NERISSA / NIGER / OCTAVIA /ONYX/ ORCADIA / ORESTES / OSSORY / PELORUS / PERSIAN / PICKLE / PINCHER / PLUCKY / PLUTO / POLARIS / POSTILLION / PROMPT / PROVIDENCE / PYRRHUS / RATTLESNAKE / READY / RECRUIT / REGULUS / RIFLEMAN / RINALDO / ROMOLA / ROSAMUND / ROSARIO / ROWENA / SEABEAR / SERENE / SKIPJACK / SPANKER / SQUIRREL / STORMCLOUD / SYLVIA / TANGANYIKA / THISBE / TRUELOVE / VESTAL / WATERWITCH / WAVE / WELCOME / WELFARE / ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY ESCORTS / BORDER CITIES / FORT FRANCIS / KAPUSKASING / MIDDLESEX / NEW LISKEARD / OSHAWA / PORTAGE / ROCKCLIFFE / SAULT STE MARIE / ST. BONIFACE / WALLACEBURG / WINNIPEG'
Details
Type: Memorial
Materials: Granite
Vessel: HMS Alarm, HMS Albacore, HMS Algerine, HMS Antares, HMS Arcturus, HMS Aries, HMS Bramble, HMS Brave, HMS Cadmus, HMS Chameleon, HMS Cheerful, HMS Circe, HMS Clinton, HMS Cockatrice, HMS Coquette, HMS Courier, HMS Espiegle, HMS Fantome, HMS Felicity, HMS Fierce, HMS Fly, HMS Flying Fish, HMS Friendship, HMS Golden Fleece, HMS Gozo, HMS Hare, HMS Hound, HMS Hydra, HMS Jaseur, HMS Jewel, HMS Laertes, HMS Larne, HMS Lennox, HMS Liberty, HMS Lightfoot, HMS Lioness, HMS Loyalty, HMS Lysander, HMS Maenad, HMS Magicienne, HMS Mameluke, HMS Mandate, HMS Mariner, HMS Marmion, HMS Marvel, HMS Mary Rose, HMS Melita, HMS Michael, HMS Minstrel, HMS Moon, HMS Mutine, HMS Myrmidon, HMS Mystic, HMS Nerissa, HMS Niger, HMS Octavia, HMS Onyx, HMS Orcadia, HMS Orestes, HMS Ossory, HMS Pelorus, HMS Persian, HMS Pickle, HMS Pincher, HMS Plucky, HMS Pluto, HMS Polaris, HMS Postillion, HMS Prompt, HMS Providence, HMS Pyrrhus, HMS Rattlesnake, HMS Ready, HMS Recruit, HMS Regulus, HMS Rifleman, HMS Rinaldo, HMS Romola, HMS Rosamund, HMS Rosario, HMS Rowena, HMS Seabear, HMS Serene, HMS Skipjack, HMS Spanker, HMS Squirrel, HMS Stormcloud, HMS Sylvia, HMS Tanganika, HMS Thisbe, HMS Truelove, HMS Vestal, HMS Waterwitch, HMS Wave, HMS Welcome, HMS Welfare, HMCS Border Cities, HMCS Fort Francis, HMCS Kapuskasing, HMCS Middlesex, HMCS New Liskeard, HMCS Oshawa, HMCS Portage, HMCS Rockliffe, HMCS Sault Ste Marie, HMCS St Boniface, HMCS Wallaceburg, HMCS Winnipeg