Vessel Loss

Memorial: M5032

Tablet at St Jude’s Church, Southsea, Portsmouth commemorating Herbert Marsden Lanyon, drowned in the loss of HMS ‘Victoria’ 1893

Location

St Jude's Church, Southsea, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / HERBERT MARSDEN LANYON MIDSHIPMAN R.N. / SON OF/HERBERT OWEN LANYON OF BELFAST / BORN 14TH AUGUST 1876. / REFUSING TO LEAVE HIS ADMIRAL HE WAS LOST / BY THE FOUNDERING OF H.M.S. VICTORIA AT TRIPOLI / 22ND JUNE 1893. / FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH. Rev.II 10'

Details

Description: Rectangular yellow mosaic tablet framed in pink and brown veined marble moulding. Inscription in red mosaic roman caps and lower case.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Lanyon Chapel
Materials: Marble, mosaic
Vessel: HMS Victoria

People

Lanyon, Herbert Marsden
Age:
Date of Death: 22/6/1893
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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