Erection date: 1855
To the intrepid young Bellot of the French navy who in the endeavour to rescue Franklin shared the fate and the glory of that illustrious navigator.
From his British admirers, 1853.
{The river-facing side carries:}
Bellot
33ft high red granite. Described in detail at the splendid PMSA.
SE10, Five Foot Walk, Royal Naval College
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bellot memorial obelisk
Explorer. Born Paris. For his participation in the 1845 Anglo-French exped...
Born Lincolnshire. Royal Navy. Governor of Tasmania 1836-43. where there is a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bellot memorial obelisk
Architect. His father and grandfather were both architects with the name Tho...
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Those who died serving in the Crimean War and Indian Rebellion.
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