Algerine Class Minesweepers - Governors Green, Old Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
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Dragontree
N 50° 47.302 W 001° 06.177
30U E 633715 N 5628006
The Algerine Class Minesweepers are commemorated on this memorial in Governors Green.
Waymark Code: WMFT8H
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/27/2012
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This is a small granite memorial which has an inscription which reads:
'"LET THERE BE A WAY
THROUGH THE WATER"
THESE TREES AND MEMORIAL STONE
WERE COMMEMORATED ON THE 14 MAY 2000
REMEMBERING WITH PRIDE AND GRATITUDE THE MEN AND
THE SHIPS OF THE 'ALGERINE' CLASS OF FLEET MINESWEEPER
OPERATING IN THE ROYAL NAVY 1942-1961
AND THOSE WHO ALSO SERVED IN ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY ESCORTS
OF THE 'ALGERINE' CLASS
ACUTE
ALARM
ALBACORE
ALGERINE
ANTARES
ARCTURUS
ARIES
BRAMBLE
BRAVE
CADMUS
CHAMELEON
CHEERFUL
CIRCE
CLINTON
COCKATRICE
COQUETTE
COURIER
ESPIEGLE
FANCY
FANTOME
FELICITY
FIERCE
FLY
FLYING FISH
FRIENDSHIP
GOLDEN FLEECE
GOZO
HARE
HOUND
HYDRA
JASEUR
JEWEL
LAERTES
LARNE
LENNOX
LIBERTY
LIGHTFOOT
LIONESS
LOYALTY
LYSANDER
MAENAD
MAGICIENNE
MAMELUKE
MANDATE
MARINER
MARMION
MARVEL
MARY ROSE
MELITA
MICHAEL
MINSTREL
MOON
MUTINE
MYRMIDON
MYSTIC
NERISSA
NIGER
OCTAVIA
ONYX
ORCADIA
ORESTES
OSSORY
PELORUS
PERSIAN
PICKLE
PINCHER
PLUCKY
PLUTO
POLARIS
POSTILLION
PROMPT
PROVIDENCE
PYRRHUS
RATTLESNAKE
READY
RECRUIT
REGULUS
RIFLEMAN
RINALDO
ROMOLA
ROSAMUND
ROSARIO
ROWENA
SEABEAR
SERENE
SKIPJACK
SPANKER
SQUIRREL
STORMCLOUD
SYLVIA
TANGANYIKA
THISBE
TRUELOVE
VESTAL
WATERWITCH
WAVE
WELCOME
WELFARE
ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY ESCORTS
BORDER CITIES
FORT FRANCES
KAPUSKASING
MIDDLESEX
NEW LISKEARD
OSHAWA
PORTAGE
ROCKLIFFE
SAULT STE MARIE
ST.BONIFACE
WALLACEBURG
WINNIPEG'
Website pertaining to the memorial: [Web Link]
List if there are any visiting hours:
None - Free Access
Entrance fees (if it applies): Free
Type of memorial: Monument
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