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Location
In the shelter at The Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 IWM War Memorials Archive Record Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 21790 Description Metal memorial plaque, erected 26th September 1993 to mark 50th anniversary of sinking of H M S Abdiel. |
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Memorial
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Inscription
COWES TOWN COUNCIL This plaque is to commemorate H M S ABDIEL a fast Minelayer constructed by Messrs. John Samuel White of Cowes in 1941. Battle Honours were awarded to the ship at Biscay (1941), Crete (1941), Libya (1941), and Sicily (1943). H M S ABDIEL was blown up by a magnetic mine on the 9th September 1943 as she entered the Italian naval base of Taranto, with a loss of over 150 service personnel. 26th September 1993 MRS M HALPIN, Town Mayor. |
Memorials & Monuments
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