Hms Active Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1999. Monument.

Hms Active Memorial

WRENN ID
waiting-latch-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Portsmouth
Country
England
Date first listed
18 March 1999
Type
Monument
Source
Historic England listing

Description

PORTSMOUTH

SU6300 VICTORIA PARK 774-1/8/121 HMS Active Memorial

GV II

Monument. Late C19. Granite. 4 sided polished pink granite obelisk and base set on grey unpolished granite stepped sub-base. Inscriptions read: "Erected by the Officers and Ship's Company of H.M.S. Active", late flagship on the west coast of Africa and Cape of Good Hope station to perpetuate the memory of those of their shipmates who perished while gallantly doing their duty with the Naval Brigade of that ship during the Kafir War of 1877-8 and the Zulu War of 1879". Casualties are listed with the inscription "Agilis et parata". (Berridge DW: Monuments and Memorials in the City of Portsmouth: 1984-: 19).

Listing NGR: SU6610802158

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