HMS_Carlisle_(D67)_Scarpanto_Strait_1943_Memorial.pdf


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English: A wall mounted wooden memorial plaqueshowing a Christian cross and with an inscription in gold leaf recording the ship's losses in action in Scarpanto Strait, 9 October 1943. The names and ranks of the 24 Royal Navy and Royal Marine personnel killed are recorded. The ship's badge (a field gold, with a cross pattée, thereon a rose gold) and the badges of the Royal Navy (a fouled anchor with crown and laurel leaves) and Royal Marines (the globe and laurel leaves with crown) are also depicted.
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Author Springnuts
Camera location 50° 21′ 58.54″ N, 4° 09′ 42.42″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

Located in the Barracks Chapel, Royal Marine Barracks, Stonehouse.

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A memorial to personnel of HMS Carlisle (D67) killed when the ship was in action in Scarpanto Strait, 9 October 1943.

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24 November 2020

50°21'58.540"N, 4°9'42.419"W

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