HMS "Shah" Obelisk - Victoria Park - Portsmouth, Hampshire
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member SMacB
N 50° 47.934 W 001° 05.620
30U E 634338 N 5629194
A granite 4 sided obelisk on base set on sandstone plinth. Victoria Park, Portsmouth
Waymark Code: WMQ2JY
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/07/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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The monument was commissioned c1880 and consists of a granite 4 sided obelisk on a base set on a sandstone plinth.
Inscription reads:
"Erected by the Officers
and Ships Company of H.M.S. Shah To the memory of the Officers
and men who died during the Commission in the Pacific and in
the Zulu War. Commissioned 1876".
Height: 18ft

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Date Created/Placed: Not listed

Address: Not listed

Illuminated: Not Listed
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