HMS L55 Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Gosport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 2016. Memorial.
HMS L55 Memorial
- WRENN ID
- rough-niche-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gosport
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SZ 609 985
- Coordinates
- 50.78369, -1.13681
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The HMS L55 Memorial is a commemorative monument dedicated to a naval disaster that occurred in 1919, built in 1928. It is made from dressed limestone and features a screen design with a stepped arched head set on a shallow rectangular base. The die has a raised border and five raised panels. The central panel includes the inscription ‘1914-1919’ and is engraved with the words: ‘HERE ARE RECORDED / THE NAMES / OF THOSE OFFICERS / AND MEN OF / HM SUBMARINE L55 / SUNK / IN THE BALTIC ON / THE 4TH JUNE 1919 / WHO LIE BURIED / IN THIS GRAVE’. The four outer panels list the names of the 42 victims, arranged alphabetically along with their ranks and ages.
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