Steam Engine Makers Society Memorial (Hms Thunderer), Kingston Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1999. Monument.

Steam Engine Makers Society Memorial (Hms Thunderer), Kingston Cemetery

WRENN ID
fallen-frieze-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 March 1999
Type
Monument
Address
Steam Engine Makers Society Memorial (Hms Thunderer), Kingston Cemetery, St Marys Road, City of Portsmouth
OS grid reference
SU 657 008
Coordinates
50.80317, -1.06857
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Steam Engine Makers' Society Memorial, located in Kingston Cemetery, is a monument dating from 1878. It is made of granite and features a four-sided stone monolith set on a stepped base. The memorial bears an inscription in bronze letters that reads: "This monument is erected by the members of the Steam Engine Makers' Society as a last token of their esteem to their departed Bretheren. 1878". It commemorates Richard Whittle, George W. Adams, and Thomas H. Jenkins, who lost their lives in a boiler explosion on board H.M.S. Thunderer at Spithead on July 14th, 1876.

Local climate

Steam Engine Makers Society Memorial (Hms Thunderer), Kingston Cemetery receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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