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Portsmouth, Hampshire
(These memorials not listed by David Saunders)
There is a memorial plaque to the officers lost on HMS Captain in St Anne’s Church, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, on the right hand side near the altar. 
In
Memory of
The undermentioned Engineer Officers
who perished in HMS Captain off
the Coast of Spain on the 7th Sept
1870
George Rock Chief Engr
Willm C Moreton Engr
Peter Baldwin Engr
Fredk Pursell Engr
John H Willis Engr
George H Barnes Engr
George P Gardiner Ass Engr 1st Class
Thomas W Curtis Ass Engr 1st Class
Alfred Purkis Ass Engr 2nd Class
Interior - The memorial is located on the right hand near the altar
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In addition, a window memorial with
explanatory plaque can be found on the south wall -
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IN MEMORY OF
CHARLES DUDLEY
RYDER
SON OF HON. HENRY RYDER BISHOP
OF LICHFIELD & COVENTRY. MIDSHIPMAN
OF HMS NAIAD WHO WAS DROWNED
ON MAY 28 1825 OFF CIVITA VECCHIA
ALSO OF
EDWARD DUDLEY RYDER
SON OF LIEUT COL SPENCER CD RYDER
MIDSHIPMAN OF HMS CAPTAIN WHO
WAS DROWNED WHEN THAT VESSEL
FOUNDERED ON SEPTEMBER 7 1870
OFF CAPE FINNISTERRE. THIS
WINDOW IS PLACED HERE BY ADMIRAL
ALFD P RYDER BROTHER OF CHARLES
& UNCLE OF EDWARD DUDLEY RYDER
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HMS Captain
1870
