(www.MaritimeCyprus.com) The two warships, the HMS St. George and the HMS Defence, both part of the British Baltic fleet, ran aground and were lost outside Thorsminde at the west-coast of Jutland on the 24th of December
loss for Royal Navy which in the same hurricane lost the ship of the line, the HMS Hero and the brig, the HMS Grasshopper at Texel.
The disaster made a deep impression on people of that time and like other great shipwreck disasters it has never been forgotten.125 years after it took place the Danish press took the initiative to raise a memorial stone.
The memorial stone was revealed at a ceremony in 1937 and is standing at the Thorsminde tongue facing the position where the St. George wrecked.
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