SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
CAPTAIN SIR HENRY MARTIN BLACKWOOD BAR^T
WHO DIED IN COMMAND OF HMS VENGEANCE
AT PORTSMOUTH JANUARY 7TH 1851
AGED 49
 
HIS REMAINS WERE INTERRED IN THE CEMETERY
OF HASLAR HOSPITAL WITH ALL THE HONOURS
OF A PUBLIC FUNERAL
 
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
BY THE OFFICERS AND SHIPS COMPANY
TO COMMEMORATE THEIR DEEP FELT SORROW
FOR THE LOSS OF ONE, WHO, THOUGH HE HELD
THE COMMAND BUT A FEW MONTHS ONLY
YET IN THAT SHORT TIME, BY A BEARING
OF EQUAL DIGNITY AND AFFABILITY
WON FOR HIMSELF THE ESTEEM AND
ATTACHMENT OF ALL