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Location
Originally located next to the ornamental fountain. Removed to HMS Sultan in Gosport.
 

Memorial in Gosport (1980)
HMS Sultan Anchor
 
Memorial in Portsmouth
HMS Sultan Anchor
 
 Inscription 1
SHEET ANCHOR OF H.M.S. SULTAN
SHATTERED BY A SHOT WHILST BOMBARDING THE FORTS AT ALEXANDRIA
JULY 11TH 1892

 
Inscription 1
PLACED HERE BY PERMISSION OF THE MAYOR
AND CORPORATION OF PORTSMOUTH TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF H.M.S. SULTAN WHO WERE KILLED JULY 11TH 1892.


 
Further Information
HMS Sultan was commissioned on 1 June 1956 as a Mechanical Training and Repair Establishment (MT & RE). It is not known exactly when the anchor was removed from Victoria Park.
 
Gosport photo courtesy of Patricia Lovell