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HMS Royal Sovereign Memorial

 
 
HMS Royal Sovereign Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, July 31, 2018
1. HMS Royal Sovereign Memorial
Inscription.
Erected by the Officers and Men
In Memory of
Those Who Were Killed in
A Gun Accident on Board
H.M.S. Royal Sovereign
Off Platea
November 9th 1901
Whilst Discharging Their
Duty
Capt. H.W. Spurway H.M.A. · C. Primmer   Cm. Armp. · F. Osborne   P.O. 1st Cl. · L. Colbourne   Armr. · H. Gardiner   P.O. 2nd Cl. · C. Connor   Ld. Seam.
Also in Memory of Those
Who Died During the
Commission.

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical date for this entry is November 9, 1901.
 
Location. 50° 47.985′ N, 1° 5.689′ W. Memorial is in Portsmouth, England. It can be reached from the intersection of Anglesea Road (England Route A3) and Bishop Crispin Way, on the right when traveling north. Located in Victoria Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Portsmouth, England P01 3QL, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in England’s Hampshire Ports. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere.
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Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Charles Napier (a few steps from this marker); HMS Centurion Memorial (a few steps from this marker); HMS Powerful Memorial (a few steps from this marker); HMS Victoria Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); HMS Orlando Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); St. John the Evangelist (within shouting distance of this marker); Workers Memorial Day (within shouting distance of this marker); Dockyard Railway Gate (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Portsmouth.
 
Also see . . .
1. Memorial & Monument in Portsmouth - HMS Royal Sovereign. (Submitted on September 12, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
2. HMS Royal Sovereign (1891) on Wikipedia. (Submitted on September 12, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
 
HMS Royal Sovereign Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, July 31, 2018
2. HMS Royal Sovereign Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 242 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 12, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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Jul. 31, 2026