The Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Officers Association determined that it would
be most appropriate to commemorate those personnel involved in
Mine Warfare and Diving operations who were based at the site of the
previous HMS Vernon during the past century. To achieve
this, we wish to sponsor the construction and installation of an
appropriate monument. Working in close partnership with the Association of Royal
Naval First Class Divers, the Mine Warfare Association and other
supporting bodies our design, now formally-approved,
is very similar to the conceptual
designs shown at right, drawn by and reproduced here courtesy of John
R Terry FCSD: a single clearance diver, engaged dealing with a moored-type
contact mine.