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HMS Picotee - sunk off Iceland

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Reference WMO/158239

Address:

St George's Centre

Pembroke Road

Chatham Maritime

Gillingham

ME4 4UH

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Black plaque with gold lettering and emblem on a wooden back board. Picotee - one of the renowned corvettes used on convoy escort duties during the Second World War - was hit by a single torpedo and sank immediately with all hands.
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DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF / THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF / HMS PICOTEE // LOST OFF ICELAND - 12thAUGUST 1941 / ERECTED BY THEIR FAMILIES AND FREINDS / 12th AUGUST 1996 // (26 Names)

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