Memorial: M4985

Cross at Loe, Cornwall commemorating those who died in the loss of HMS ‘Anson’ in 1807

Location

Loe bar, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ABOUT 100 OFFICERS AND MEN OF H.M.S. ANSON / WHO WERE DROWNED WHEN THIS SHIP WAS WRECKED / ON LOE BAR 29 DEC 1807 AND BURIED HEREABOUT / HENRY TRENGROUSE OF HELSTON / WAS SO IMPRESSED BY THIS TRAGEDY THAT / HE INVENTED THE LIFESAVING ROCKET APPARATUS / WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL / IN SAVNG THOUSANDS OF LIVES / ERECTED MARCH 1949'

Details

Description: A cross on a triple plinth.

Type: Cross
Date Erected: 1949
Vessel: HMS Anson

Extra

Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 71 (illustration).

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters