Vessel Loss

Memorial: M2369

Wall tablet at the Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich commemorating the officers and men who died in the wreck of HMS ‘Orpheus’ 1863

Location

Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY / OF THE OFFICERS AND 166 PETTY OFFICERS SEAMEN AND MARINES / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE WRECK OF / HER MAJESTY'S SHIP ORPHEUS / ON THE MANUKAU BAR, NEW ZEALAND ON THE 7TH FEBRUARY 1863. / COMMODORE W. FARQUHARSON BURNETT C.B. / COMMANDER ROBERT H. BURTON. / LIEUTENANTS W.F.W. MUDGE AND ARTHUR JEKYLL, / MASTER W. D. STRONG. / LIEUTENANT EDWARD E. HILL R.M.A. / CHAPLAIN THE REV. CHARLES B. HASLEWOOD M.A. / CHIEF ENGINEER SAMUEL STEPHENS. / SECRETARY ASSIST-PAYMASTER W.H.P. GILHAM. / ASSIST-SURGEON JAMES CLARKSON. / SECOND MASTER W.H. TAYLOR. / MIDSHIPMEN A.R. MALLOCK, T.H. BROUGHTON AND GEORGE H. VERNER. / CLERK H.N. AYLEN. / MASTERS ASSISTANT JOHN H. TOZER. / ENGINEER JOHN H. ADAMS. ASSIST-ENGINEERS JOHN VICERY. E.J. MILLER, W. ADAMSON AND G.F. GOSSAGE. / GUNNER, W. HUDSON. / ALSO OF THE UNDER-MENTIONED SURVIVING OFFICERS OF THE WRECK / WHO HAVE SINCE DIED ON DUTY: / LIEUTENANTS, CHARLES HILL AND DUKE YOUNGE / MIDSHIPMEN, BERNAL FIELDING AND HENRY BARKLY. / ERECTED AS A TOKEN OF ADMIRATION OF THE DISCIPLINE / AND HEROISM DISPLAYED BY ALL ON BOARD / 1882'

Details

Description: A marble inscription tablet with a bronze relief depicting the wreck inset above.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble, bronze
Vessel: HMS Orpheus

People

Adams, John H.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Adamson, W.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Aylen, H. N.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Clerk
Organisation: Royal Navy
Broughton, T. H.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Burnett, W. Farquharson
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Commodore RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Burton, Robert H
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Clarkson, James
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Surgeon
Organisation: Royal Navy
Gilham, W. H. P.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Secretary Assistant Paymaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Gossage, G. F.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Haslewood, Charles B.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hill, Edward E.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RMA
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Hudson, W.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Jekyll, Arthur
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Mallack, A. R.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Miller, E. J.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Mudge, W. F. W.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Stephens, Samuel
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Strong, W. D.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Taylor, W. H.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Second Master
Organisation: Royal Navy
Tozer, John H.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master's assistant
Organisation: Royal Navy
Verner, George H.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Vicery, John
Age:
Date of Death: 7/2/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Fund raised at instigation of Charles George Brooke-Hunt, ex midshipman in 'Orpheus' for this monument 1881.
Bibliography: Roy M. Hetherington 'The wreck of HMS Orpheus-New Zealand's Worst sea disaster' (Auckland, 1968).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: © RMG E9021-05
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