TSS Mona's Queen III Anchor Memorial Compass Rose - Port St. Mary, Isle of Man - Compass Roses on Waymarking.com

The salvaged anchor of TSS Mona's Queen III is displayed above a compass rose to the south of the village of Port St. Mary. The compass rose in set in a large circular base of small irregular stone cobbles.

Stone wall which partially surrounds the Anchor Memorial is a dedication tablet which carries the following text.
"TSS MONA'S QUEEN III
ANCHOR MEMORIAL

This memorial commemorates those men and women
of the Merchant Navy who sacrificed their lives
for our future during Operation Dynamo.

TSS Mona's Queen III was one of three Isle of Man Steam
Packet Company vessels lost during the evacuation of Dunkirk.
Her anchor was recovered from the seabed
off Dunkirk on 29th Many 2010, to commemorate
the 70th anniversary of her sinking.

Dedicated on 29th May 2012"
Mona's Queen was one of the first vessels to make a successful round trip during the Dunkirk evacuation. Under the command of Captain Radcliffe Duggan, she arrived back in Dover during the night of 27 May 1940 with 1,200 troops. The next day the ship returned to sea and was shelled off the French coast by shore guns but escaped damage.

Captain Duggan was temporarily replaced by Capt. Holkman following which in the early hours of 29 May 1940, the Mona's Queen set sail for Dunkirk from Dover loaded with water canisters because troops on the Dunkirk beaches were short of drinking water. However the ship struck a sea mine outside Dunkirk harbour at 5.30am. The Mona's Queen sank in two minutes.

Captain Archibald Holkham, who had taken over as Master, and 31 members of the crew were picked up by destroyers. Twenty-four of the crew were lost. Of the crew who died, 14 worked in the engine room. They included the Chief and Second Engineer. Seventeen of the dead were from the Isle of Man. The wreck is designated as a war grave.

Port St. Mary (Manx Gaelic: Purt le Moirrey) is a southeast facing village at the southwest end of the Isle of Man. In the past the village was a major centre of the Island's herring fishery. It is now the home of the Isle of Man Yacht Club.

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