Memorial: M5010

Memorial on Southsea Promenade, Portsmouth to crew members of HMS ‘Aboukir’ who died in a yellow fever epidemic 1873-1874

Location

Promenade, Southsea, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / FORTY EIGHT OFFICERS & MEN WHO DIED / DURING THE EPIDEMIC OF / YELLOW FEVER ON BOARD / H.M.S. ABOUKIR / AT JAMAICA, IN 1873-74'

Details

Type: Obelisk
Materials: Limestone
Artists: Baker
Vessel: HMS Aboukir

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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Maritime Memorials

Memorial: M5010

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters