Memorial: M4308

Statue in Mowbray Park, Sunderland commemorating Jack Crawford d. 1831

Location

Mowbray Park, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England

Transcript

'THE SAILOR WHO SO HEROICALLY NAILED ADMIRAL DUNCAN'S / FLAG TO THE MAIN-TOP-GALLANT MAST OF H.M.S. VENERABLE IN THE / GLORIOUS ACTION OFF CAMPERDOWN ON OCTOBER 11TH 1797 / JACK CRAWFORD WAS BORN AT THE POTTERY BANK SUNDERLAND 1775 / AND DIED IN HIS NATIVE TOWN 1831 AGED 56 YEARS / ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION'

Details

Description: Depicts Crawford nailing the colours of his ship to the mast.
Type: Statue
Materials: Bronze
Date Erected: 7/4/1890
Artists: Percy Wood

Event

Battle of Camperdown

Event Date

1797

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Crawford, Jack
Age: 38
Date of Death: 1813
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Cast at Colebrookdale.
Bibliography: Paul Usherwood 'Public Sculpture in North-East England' (Liverpool UP)

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters