Hms Orlando Monument

PORTSMOUTH

SU6300 VICTORIA PARK 774-1/8/123 HMS Orlando Monument 25/09/72

GV II

Monument. Early C20. Stone and marble. Solid stone tent roof with ball finial supported by brown polished marble squat columns on white marble base. Elaborate monument in form of miniature Chinese temple. Commemorates the Far East Commission of H.M.S. Orlando 1899-1902. Contains bronze Chinese bell 'taken at the capture of the North-West Fort Taku, June 1890, and brought home by H.M.S. Orlando.' Chinese inscription on bell, the translation of which 'Come pleasant weather and gentle rain. The empire happy, at peace again' is inscribed on tablet below. Inscriptions list those who died during the Commission and refer to the capture of Fort Taku, Trensin and the defence of the legation Peking. (Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974-: 86; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Lloyd DW: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Harmondsworth: 1967-: 456, 457; Berridge DW: Monuments and Memorials in the City of Portsmouth: 1984-: 15).

Listing NGR: SU6610802158

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