Blyth Submariners' War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 2016. War memorial.
Blyth Submariners' War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- upper-bronze-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Blyth and Ashington MP: Ian Lavery (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Blyth Submariners' War Memorial, Blyth Cemetery, NE24 3PJ
- OS grid reference
- NZ 319 791
- Coordinates
- 55.10544, -1.5006
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blyth Submariners' War Memorial is located in the north-eastern part of Blyth Cemetery, following the traditional practice of burying shipwrecked sailors on the northern side of burial grounds. This stone monument features a broken ship’s mast that rises from a rocky plinth, which is elevated on a two-stepped base. The plinth is decorated with a lifebuoy and anchor carved in relief, along with a rope that twists around the mast. At the base of the mast, the inscription reads SACRED/ TO THE/ MEMORY/ OF.
The dedication continues on the face of the plinth below, stating THEY THAT GO DOWN/ TO THE SEA IN SHIPS/ AND OCCUPY THEIR/ BUSINESS IN GREAT/ WATERS, THESE MEN SEE/ THE WORKS OF THE LORD/ AND HIS WONDERS IN/ THE DEEP. PSALM 107 V 23. Below this inscription, there is a carving of a submarine on the surface of the ocean. The names of three submariners from HMS E30 and one sailor from HMS Trident are recorded on the top step of the base. George Lyons’ date of death is inscribed on the bottom step, along with the words ERECTED BY THEIR SHIPMATES.
Local climate
Blyth Submariners' War Memorial receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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