The loss of sister-ships HMS Ardent and HMS Antelope was brought home vividly when Naval Party 1810 was asked to produce a memorial dedicated to the 24 men who died on them.

The Naval Party, attached to MSV Stena Seaspread, designed a small burnished aluminium cross supported on a simple pine column. In the space of four days the 24ft high spar was built and airlifted to the site, which was a prominent hilltop by San Carlos Water, from which the final resting place of both frigates could be seen.

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