TSS Mona's Queen III Anchor - Port St. Mary, Isle of Man
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N 54° 04.074 W 004° 44.214
30U E 386337 N 5992471
The salvaged anchor of TSS Mona's Queen III is the centrepiece of this memorial
Waymark Code: WMV4PF
Location: Isle of Man
Date Posted: 02/23/2017
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The salvaged anchor of TSS Mona's Queen III is the centrepiece of this memorial.
The anchor was retrieved from the wreck of the TSS Mona's Queen to mark the 70th anniversary of its sinking during the Dunkirk evacuation. After extensive treatment to preserve and weather-proof it, it was brought to Kallow Point to serve as a memorial and was dedicated on 29 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.
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