Dundee International Submarine Memorial
Dundee International Submarine Memorial commemorates the 296 sailors and commandos lost on operations from the submarine base at Dundee in Scotland, HMS Ambrose, during World War II.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Douglas Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: memorial in Dundee, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Dundee Submarine Memorial”
- Address: Camperdown Street, Dundee
- Inscription: “Names of submariners lost with their submarines from the International Brigade during the WW2”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include HMS Unicorn and Camperdown Dock.
HMS Unicorn
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
HMS Unicorn is a surviving sailing frigate of the successful Leda class, although the original design had been modified by the time that the Unicorn was built, to incorporate a circular stern and "small-timber" system of construction. HMS Unicorn is situated 630 feet southwest of Dundee International Submarine Memorial.
Camperdown Dock
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Camperdown Dock is situated 490 feet east of Dundee International Submarine Memorial.
North Carr Lightship
Photo: Timwether, Public domain.
North Carr is the last remaining Scottish lightship. She is 101 feet in length, 25 feet in beam and 268 tons. The purpose of the vessel was to warn mariners by sight, light or sound of the dangers of the North Carr rocks which are situated 1.7 miles off Fife Ness at the turning point for vessels sailing between the Forth and the Tay. North Carr Lightship is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Dundee International Submarine Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dundee city centre and Dundee.
Dundee city centre
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Until the Industrial Revolution, the current City Centre represented the full extent of the City of Dundee, Scotland. Now roughly encircled by the A991 dual carriageway, the city centre is now the main shopping and commercial district.
Dundee
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dundee is an industrial city and port, historically part of Angus county in northeast Scotland. It stands on the north bank of the River Tay, which here broadens out into the North Sea, and in 2022 had a population of 148,000.
Stobswell
Suburb
Stobswell is an area of Dundee, Scotland with a population of approximately 10,000. It was originally a small hamlet outside the city until the Industrial Revolution caused the growth of Dundee.
Dundee International Submarine Memorial
- Categories: memorial stone, war memorial, and historic site
- Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.46283° or 56° 27′ 46″ northLongitude
-2.9563° or 2° 57′ 23″ westInception
2009Open location code
9C8VF27V+4FOpenStreetMap ID
way 1393542478OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q5314825
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In Other Languages
“Dundee International Submarine Memorial” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Onderzeebootmonument”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dundee International Submarine Memorial”. Photo: Douglas Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.