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Latitude: 50.7921 / 50°47'31"N
Longitude: 0.0454 / 0°2'43"E
OS Eastings: 544262
OS Northings: 101164
OS Grid: TQ442011
Mapcode National: GBR LSF.6B7
Mapcode Global: FRA B7Z0.3HG
Plus Code: 9F22Q2RW+R5
Entry Name: Memorial to Captain James Hanson and the Crew of Hms Brazen
Listing Date: 4 March 1976
Last Amended: 10 February 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1206242
English Heritage Legacy ID: 374194
ID on this website: 101206242
Location: St Michael's Church, Newhaven, Lewes, East Sussex, BN9
County: East Sussex
District: Lewes
Civil Parish: Newhaven
Built-Up Area: Newhaven
Traditional County: Sussex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Sussex
Church of England Parish: Newhaven St Michael
Church of England Diocese: Chichester
Tagged with: War memorial
NEWHAVEN
TQ4401SW CHURCH HILL
769-1/7/4 (East side)
04/03/76 Memorial to Captain James Hanson and
the crew of HMS Brazen,
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH HILL, Newhaven
Monument to Captain James Hansom
...etc in NE corner of churchyard)
GV II
Obelisk memorial with railings. Dated 1800. Ashlar stone with
slate panels and cast-iron railings. About 2m high. Obelisk on
plinth, design of seaweed and shells above, with dolphins
below the slate panels one each face of the plinth; these are
inscribed with the details of the wreck of HMS Brazen, which
foundered off the cliffs of Newhaven on the night of January
20th, 1800, with the loss of all lives save one. The bodies of
Captain Hanson and 75 of the 104 men lost are interred in the
graveyard. Hanson had served under Captain Vancouver on his
celebrated voyage of 1791-4, when he curcumnavigated the world
and charted part of North America. Many of the placenames
given then remain, but Hanson Point has been destroyed.
Listing NGR: TQ4426201164
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 30 January 2018.
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