Vessel Loss

Memorial: M2761

Memorial tablet in St Matthew’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Edmund Powles, Chaplain RN, d.1870 in the loss of HMS ‘Captain’

Location

St Matthew's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Edmund Sheppard Powles, Chaplain R.N. who died at sea 7 Sept 1870 aged 36, by the foundering of H.M.S. Captain off Cape Finisterre, when 500 of the crew perished'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: North wall
Vessel: HMS Captain

People

Powles, Edmund Sheppard
Age: 36
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1968

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