This memorial is in Cullercoats.
The wording reads:
ERECTED BY A FEW FRIENDS IN MEMORY OF BRYAN JOHN HVTHWAITE ADAMSON, LIEVT. R.N. COMMANDING H.M.S. WASP WHICH SAILED FROM SINGA-PORE SEPTEMBER 10 1887 AND WAS NEVER HEARD OF AFTER. THE SITE WAS GIVEN FOR THIS MEMORIAL BY HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND.
There are some details about it here.
Cullercoats today for Adam. Thank you so much for being there Caroline.
visits
since April 2006.
Quite a nice memorial in the 1880s and now too!
I must have looked at this memorial a thousand times and never read the inscription, thanks Beth. I love the little glimpse of the bay in the background.
Yes Leif it is!
You’re welcome Alf - glad you like it!