My VAC Account
My VAC AccountThe Condor memorial commemorates an entire ship's company lost in action. It consists of the ship’s life ring and a commemorative plaque. It was placed by the Royal Navy’s Pacific Squadron. The ring, recovered from the Pacific Ocean, is one of the few remnants of HMS Condor, lost at sea with all hands in December 1901.
[plaque]
TO THE MEMORY OF THE
COMMANDING OFFICERS AND MEN OF
H.M.S. CONDOR
WHICH WAS LOST AT SEA WITH ALL HANDS
IN DECEMBER 1901 OFF THE COAST OF VANCOUVER ISLAND
"OUT OF THE DEEP HAVE I CALLED UNTO THEE,
O LORD
HEAR MY VOICE."
ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF
THE PACIFIC SQUADRON.
plaque
