Vessel Loss

Memorial: M1351

Headstone at Flaybrick Hill Cemetery, Birkenhead commemorating Captain William Brand d. 1885 in the loss of ‘Speke Hall’

Location

Flaybrick Hill Cemetery, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England

Transcript

'In memory of Captain William Brand who was lost at sea by the foundering of SS SPEKE HALL in the cyclone in the Gulf of Aden 3rd June 1885 "Buried beneath the Ocean Waves / Far from home and friends / Counted with the good and brave / Whose glory never ends"'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: SS Speke Hall

People

Brand, William
Age: 46
Date of Death: 3/6/1885
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Born 14/7/1838.
There was only one survivor of this disaster at sea - Henry Keyzer, second mate, who was picked up clinging to a spar by the French ship Peiko (Liverpool Daily Post, 15 June 1885, "Shipping Disasters")
Recorder: Captain J P Brand, 38 The Looms, Parkgate, South Wirral, Cheshire

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