Memorial: M4995

Wall tablet in St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard commemorating officers and men of HMS ‘Rattler’ who died during the commission of 1851-1856

Location

St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'IN REMEMBRANCE / OF THIRTY-SIX OF THEIR GALLANT SHIPMATES / WHO BETWEEN THE YEARS 1851 AND 1856 / DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / BY CAPTAIN MELLERSH OF H.M.S. RATTLER / HIS OFFICERS AND SHIP'S COMPANY / OF THESE / TWENTY-FIVE FELL UNDER THE BANEFUL / EFFECTS OF THE CLIMATE OF BURMAH AND CHINA / FIVE WERE DROWNED / SIX WERE KILLED IN ACTION WITH PIRATES / ON THE COAST OF CHINA'

Details

Description: Anthemion acroteria.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Rattler

Event

19th century conflicts in Asia

Extra

Notes: See memorial at Hong Kong for details of crew killed in anti-pirate action.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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