Dunkirk Memorial, Purt le Moirrey (Port St Mary)

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Reference WMO/222683

Address:

Kallow Point

Clifton Road

Port St Mary

IM9 5EL

Isle of Man

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Trophy/Relic
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: This memorial site comprises three memorials to ships and their crews, with the salvaged anchor of TSS Mona's Queen as the central focus, along with an additional relic (direction arrow) with an accompanying plaque. The TSS Mona's Queen anchor set on top of a circular stone base embedded with pebbles and depicting a compass rose, surrounded by a stone-tiled circular pavement. This is backed by a curved stone wall with four stone benches set before it. The wall has three inscribed tablets set into it, a central, arch-shaped one commemorating the TSS Mona's Queen, and one at each end commemorating TSS King Orry and TSS Fenella. These three ships were all Isle of Man Steam Packet Company ships sunk during Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk. The tablets for TSS King Orry and TSS Fenella include the names of crew who went down with the ships, whist the names of the TSS Mona's Queen crew are inscribed on 24 individual stone (granite?) plaques flanking the central arched tablet. The anchor was retrieved from near the wreck of the TSS Mona's Queen to mark the 70th anniversary of its sinking during the Dunkirk evacuation in 2010. After extensive treatment to preserve and weather-proof it, it was brought to Kallow Point to serve as a memorial and was dedicated, along with the related tablets, on 29 May 2012. The other two tablets to TSS King Orry and TSS Fenella were dedicated on 29 May 2013. Whilst the memorial was being constructed, a large concrete direction arrow was discovered set into the ground. The was originally a WW2 bombing practice marker arrow, set into the ground at this point as a lead-in marker to help pilots find a bombing target just offshore. It is 65 ft long and about 6 ft wide, although only the tip of the arrow has been uncovered alongside the pathway leading to the main memorial. The pathway to the memorial is flanked by information boards about the memorial, the anchor and the marker arrow. The board for the latter states that around twenty crew of Barracuda training aircraft from HMS Urley (now Ronaldsway Airport) were lost whilst training here and at the range at Port Soderick. However, research shows that none appear to have been lost at this site. Access to the memorial is off Clifton Road with a parking area and tarmac footpath leading to the memorial. All are in excellent order and well maintained. Isle of Man National Inventory of War Memorials: IOM_NIWM_RUS_00009
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On the central tablet on the commemoration wall: TSS Mona's Queen III/ Anchor Memorial/ This Memorial commemorates those men and women/ of the Merchant Navy who sacrificed their lives/ for our future during OperationDynamo./ TSS Mona's Queen III was one of three Isle of Man Steam/ Packet Company vessels lost during the Evacuation of Dunkirk./ Her anchor was recovered from the seabed/ off Dunkirk on 29th May 2010, to commemorate/ the 70th Anniversary of her sinking./ Dedicated on 29th May 2012./ The Names of those who died in the sinking are inscribed on 12 tablets set on each side of the central tablet. On the western end of the wall: TSS King Orry/ This memorial plaque commemorates those men and women/ of the TSS King Orry lost at Dunkirk/ (Names)/ Dedicated on 29th May 2013 On the eastern end of the wall: TSS Fenella/ This memorial plaque commemorates those men and women/ of the TSS Fenella lost at Dunkirk/ (Names)/ Dedicated on 29th May 2013 On the three interpretative panels nearby are given information about the Evacuation of Dunkirk, the role of the vessels of the IoM Steam Packet Company, and the fate of the three vessels lost there.

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