Memorial: M3446

Headstone at St Peter’s Church, Port Royal, Jamaica commemorating Captain Robert Shorting RN d. 1734

Location

St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Here Lyes the body of Captn. Robert SHORTING, Commander of His Majesty's Ship 'Deale Castle', who departed this life on the eleventh day of May 17[34] in the...year of his age. He was the son of Thomas SHORTING Esq...Cloudesley Shovell, Rear Admiral of Great Britain'

Details

Description: Headstone with a carving of a three masted ship at sea, between carved scrolls and a skull.
Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS Deal Castle

People

Shorting, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 11/5/1734
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: James Henry Lawrence-Archer 'Memorial Inscriptions of the West Indies'.

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