Memorial in Morwenstow, Cornwall dedicated to those sailors shipwrecked aboard the ‘Caledonia’ and ‘Alonzo’.
Location
Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist, Morwenstow, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / SHIPWRECKED SAILORS BURIED / IN THIS CHURCHYARD / "UNKNOWN AND YET WELL-KNOWN"/ HE SENT FROM ON HIGH / HE TOOK ME: HE DREW / ME OUT OF GREAT WATERS'
Details
Materials: Granite
Date Erected: 1924
Vessel: Caledonia; Alonzo
Date Erected: 1924
Vessel: Caledonia; Alonzo
People
Kent, Alexander
Age: 23
Date of Death: 8/9/1842
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Macdonald, David
Age: 17
Date of Death: 8/9/1842
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Peter, John Stevenson
Age: 29
Date of Death: 8/9/1842
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Tasker, William
Age:
Date of Death: 8/9/1842
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice
Organisation:
Wallace, David
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Age: 23
Date of Death: 8/9/1842
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Macdonald, David
Age: 17
Date of Death: 8/9/1842
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Peter, John Stevenson
Age: 29
Date of Death: 8/9/1842
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Tasker, William
Age:
Date of Death: 8/9/1842
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice
Organisation:
Wallace, David
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Extra
Notes: Erected 1924. Burial place of the seamen from the 'Caledonia' wrecked in 1842 and others including the captain of 'Alonzo' of Stockton. Originally the place was marked by three upturned keels and oars arranged in a cross. These are now gone though 'Caledonia's' figurehead remains. The figurehead is depicted in the Hawker memorial window, in the church.
Bibliography: E.W.F. Tomlin 'The church of St Morwenna and St John the baptist, Morwenstow, Cornwall: a guide and history', (1982). Jeremy Seal 'The wreck at Sharpnose Point' (New York, 2001).
Recorder: Dr Pieter van der Merwe 1985
Bibliography: E.W.F. Tomlin 'The church of St Morwenna and St John the baptist, Morwenstow, Cornwall: a guide and history', (1982). Jeremy Seal 'The wreck at Sharpnose Point' (New York, 2001).
Recorder: Dr Pieter van der Merwe 1985