The English Cemetery is a cemetery and a monument to the victims of the shipwrecks on the Costa da Morte, located in the municipality of Camariñas, in the eastern bay of the promontory of Punta do Boi, where the English warship HMS sank in 1890. Serpent.

This battleship departed two days before Plymouth headed for Sierra Leone. The earth moved a lot and the dim light of the Vilán Lighthouse caused it to hit the place that today is called "el Bajo de la Serpiente". Cables creaked against rocks. The pounding of the sea swept across the deck. The desolate “Save whoever can!” was heard.

Of the 175 crew members, only 3 were rescued and were pushed to the Trece beach. The priest of Xaviña mobilized the neighbors to proceed with the burial of the 172 bodies in this emblematic place. In the inner cabin are the remains of the captain and officers, and in the outer enclosure, those of the sailors.

In the early years, an English naval ship came here to lay a wreath and salutes of honor were thrown by warships.

The English Cemetery is included in the European Route of Singular Cemeteries, recognized, as well as the Camino de Santiago as a European Cultural Route.

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Location: Camariñas, Occidental, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

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