HMS Boadicea Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Gosport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 2016. Memorial.
HMS Boadicea Memorial
- WRENN ID
- narrow-pewter-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gosport
- Constituency
- Gosport MP: Dame Caroline Dinenage (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SZ 609 985
- Coordinates
- 50.78334, -1.13687
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The HMS Boadicea Memorial is a commemorative monument dedicated to the fallen crew of HMS Boadicea during her campaign from 1879 to 1882.
Constructed from pink granite and limestone, the memorial features wrought iron railings. It consists of an obelisk and pedestal set upon a dressed granite plinth, which is surrounded by low iron railings adorned with stylised foliate decoration. The four faces of the base are inscribed with applied metal lettering. The principal face reads: ‘IN MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS, SEAMEN, MARINES, KROOMEN OF / HMS BOADICEA / COMMODORE SIR FW RICHARDS, KCB / WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION OR DIED OF WOUNDS / DISEASE OR ACCIDENT DURING HER COMMISSION / ON THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE / AND WEST COAST OF AFRICA STATION / 1878 – 1882 / ERECTED BY THEIR SHIPMATES’. The other three faces list the names of the victims of the conflict along with descriptions of their fates.
Local climate
HMS Boadicea Memorial 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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