Vessel Loss

Memorial: M5677

Window at St Katherine Cree, City of London commemorating casualties of the loss of the troopship ‘Lancastria’ on 17th June 1940

Location

St Katherine Cree, Leadenhall Street, London, England

Details

Description: Stained glass window showing Christ walking on the water, in the bottom left hand corner a panel depicting the upturned troopship with a boat in the foreground filled with survivors.
Type: Window
Position: South wall of nave
Materials: Glass
Date Erected: 1963
Artists: M.C Farrar Bell
Vessel: HMT Lancastria

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

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Maritime Memorials

Memorial: M5677

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters