Dunoon Cemetery | |
Country: | Scotland |
Location: | Hamilton Street, Dunoon |
Coordinates: | 55.9565°N -4.9319°W |
Owner: | Argyll and Bute Council |
Map Type: | Scotland Dunoon |
Findagraveid: | 2518807 |
Dunoon Cemetery is a cemetery in Dunoon, Scotland. It is accessed either by Hamilton Road or by Bogleha' Road.[1] [2] The original section of the cemetery is 1.78acres, while its extension is 1.57acres.
, the cemetery, which is owned by Argyll and Bute Council, contained 3,546 gravestones, with the earliest dating to 1857.
On 30 May 1943, HMS Untamed sank during a training exercise in the Firth of Clyde with the loss of all 35 of her crew.[3] [4] All of the dead, including 23-year-old lieutenant John Priestly Duncan,[5] were buried in Dunoon Cemetery, while the war memorial in nearby Sandbank is partly dedicated to them.[6]