Memorial at St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard commemorating Commander Charles Adolphus Baker RN d. 1822 in the loss of HMS ‘Drake’
Location
St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY / OF THE SELFLESS DEVOTION OF / CHARLES ADOLPHUS BAKER ESQR / COMMANDER OF H.M.S. DRAKE / WHO / WHEN THAT SLOOP WAS WRECKED ON THE COAST OF / NEWFOUNDLAND ON THE 25TH JUNE 1822 / REFUSED TO PROVIDE FOR HIS OWN SAFETY / UNTIL THE WHOLE OF THE CREW SHOULD BE PREVIOUSLY SAVED / AND IN PERSUANCE OF THIS GENEROUS RESOLUTION / PERISHED / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / AT THE REQUEST OF THE SURVIVING / PETTY OFFICERS AND SEAMEN / EVERY ONE OF WHOM / ON PASSING FROM THE SHIP TO A ROCK / ON WHICH THEY WERE ULTIMATELY SAVED / HAD/WITH A GENEROSITY EQUAL TO HIS OWN / PRESSED/CAPTAIN BAKER/TO PRECEDE THEM / BUT IN VAIN /AETAT 29'
Details
Position: Chancel
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Drake
People
Age: 29
Date of Death: 25/6/1822
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy