Memorial: M5034

Memorial window at St Thomas’s Church, Aslockton commemorating the loss of the ‘Quetta’ 1890

Location

St Thomas's Church, Aslockton, Nottinghamshire, England

Transcript

'THINE BE THE GLORY RISEN CONQUERING SON'

Details

Description: Two lancet windows with a quatrefoil above. The dove of the Holy Spirit is shown in the quatrefoil, two churches at the top of the lancets and the sinking vessel split between the two windows below. She is accompanied by two lifeboats filled with survivors.
Type: Window
Position: North Aisle
Materials: Glass
Artists: M.D.S stained glass
Vessel: Quetta

Extra

Notes: View of ship based on photograph of the ship moored in the Thames with her derricks in use. They would have been stowed when she was at sea. The ship sunk with the loss of nearly half her 293 passengers and crew after striking a rock in Torres Strait on 28 February 1890.
Recorder: Mike Stokes 2002

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Maritime Memorials

Memorial: M5034

Location

Transcript

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters