Memorial: M6327

Brass at St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard commemorating the captain and three men of HMS ‘Narcissus’ who died in a boat accident in 1896

Location

St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF THE CAPTAIN AND THREE MEN / OF H.M.S. NARCISSUS / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / THROUGH THE GALLEY SWAMPING / AT GROSSEVITCHA BAY SEPT. 11TH 1896. / CAPT. B. LANG / JESSE OUSELEY A.B. / JOHN FLANNAGAN A.B. / JOHN PEARCE A.B. / ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF H.M.S. NARCISSUS / "THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD, / AND THERE SHALL NO TORMENT TOUCH THEM."

Details

Description: Decorated with unofficial ships badge depicting the legend of Narcissus and with narcissus flowers. Gothic surround to the inscription with a border of roundels and foliage.
Type: Plaque
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Narcissus

People

Flannagan, John
Age:
Date of Death: 11/9/1896
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Lang, H.B.
Age:
Date of Death: 11/9/1896
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Ouseley, Jesse
Age:
Date of Death: 11/9/1896
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Pearce, John
Age:
Date of Death: 11/9/1896
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters