Memorial at St Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata, India commemorating Juba Broadhead, Thomas Reddie, Frederick Puttock, Stanley Adley and William Mullins, Bengal Pilot Service, lost on the pilot-vessel ‘Coleroon’ in a cyclone 1891
Location
St Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
In memory of JUBA T. BROADHEAD, B.P. Commander, THOMAS F.L. REDDIE, Chief Officer, STANLEY C. ADLEY 2nd officer, FREDERICK L. PUTTOCK, Master Pilot, and WILLIAM MULLINS, Medical officer, who perished with all hands in the pilot-vessel “Coleroon” at the Sandheads, Bay of Bengal, during the cyclone on the 5th and 6th November 1891.
Details
Description: Mural tablet with a Gothic canopy. A medallion with a star and crown. Below is a marble pale with a ship in a stormy sea, with broken masts and torn sails.
Vessel: Coleroon
Vessel: Coleroon
People
Adley, Stanley C
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 5/11/1891
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: 2nd Officer
Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service
Broadhead, Juba T
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 5/11/1891
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service
Mullins, William
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 5/11/1891
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Medical Officer
Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service
Puttock, Frederick L
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 5/11/1891
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master Pilot
Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service
Reddie, Thomas F L
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 5/11/1891
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer
Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 5/11/1891
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: 2nd Officer
Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service
Broadhead, Juba T
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 5/11/1891
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service
Mullins, William
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 5/11/1891
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Medical Officer
Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service
Puttock, Frederick L
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 5/11/1891
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master Pilot
Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service
Reddie, Thomas F L
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 5/11/1891
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer
Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service
Extra
Notes: Bengal Pilot Service, lost in pilot vessel 'Coleroon' which sank with all hands in typhoon on the Hooghly River.
Bibliography: M. Beattie 'On the Hooghly' (London, 1935).
Bibliography: M. Beattie 'On the Hooghly' (London, 1935).