Monument MPM1889 - HMS Ariadne Memorial, Kingston Cemetery

Heavy stone cross on a plinth, erected as a memorial to officers and crew who died attempting to resue a shipmate in the sea off Portugal in 1872.

Memorial to HMS Ariadne in Kingston Cemetery, comprising a heavy stone cross on a plinth. The following is inscribed in bronze letters on the plinth:

'This monument is erected by the officers and Ship's Company of the Ariadne to record their admiration of the heroic efforts made by the gallant officers and crew under circumstances of extreme peril and to express the great grief felt by all hands on board at their untimely fate'. The names of those commemorated are listed followed by 'Late of HMS Ariadne who on the 9th March 1872 off the coast of Portugal when the ship was proceeding to Gibralter were capsized in the 2nd cutter and drowned whilst bravely attempting in a heavy sea to rescue an unfortunate shipmate who had fallen overboard'.

Howarth, A J, Norrish, K V, 1984, Monuments & Memorials in the City of Portsmouth (Unpublished document). SPM509.