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St Mary's Church, Portchester, Hampshire, England

Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Portchester, Hampshire, commemorating James Lind d. 1794

Location

St Mary's Church, Portchester, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'Non omnis moriar / Here / lie the Remains of / James Lind MD / Who was Twenty-five years / Physician of the Royal Hospital / at Haslar / He died on the 18th July 1794 / In the 78th year of his age'

Details

Description: White marble wall tablet, a draped urn in relief above the inscription tablet, a shield of arms on the apron below.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble

People

Lind, James
Age: 78
Date of Death: 18/7/1794
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Physician
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: James Lind, father of nautical medicine, appointed to Haslar 1758, retired 1783, died 1794.

JSON

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  "location": "St Mary's Church, Portchester, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Non omnis moriar / Here / lie the Remains of / James Lind MD / Who was Twenty-five years / Physician of the Royal Hospital / at Haslar / He died on the 18th July 1794 / In the 78th year of his age'",
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Vessel Loss

Church of St Andrew and St Mary, Langham, Norfolk, England

Wall tablet at Church of St Andrew and St Mary, Langham, Norfolk commemorating Captain Frederick Marryat, RN d. 1848 and Lieutenant Frederick Marryat, RN d. 1847

Location

Church of St Andrew and St Mary, Langham, Norfolk, England

Transcript

SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN FREDERICK MARRYAT / R.N : C.B : F.R.S : / MEMBER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR / WHO DIED AT LANGHAM / AUGST. 9TH. 1848 AGED 56. / ALSO LIEUTT. / FREDERICK MARRYAT / R.N: LOST AT SEA IN THE AVENGER / DECR. 20TH. 1847 AGED 28. / ALSO FRANK MARRYAT DIED JULY 12TH. 1855 AGED 29.'

Details

Description: Tablet in white marble, decorative band towards the top, on two marble feet with black marble tablet as background.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: Avenger

People

Marryat, Frederick
Age: 56
Date of Death: 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN / Writer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Marryat, Frederick
Age: 28
Date of Death: 1847
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Captain Marryat was the inventor of a signal code and author of numerous novels and children’s books, including The Naval Officer (1829), The King’s Own (1830), Mr Midshipman Easy (1836), Masterman Ready (1841), The Children of the New Forest (1847) and Settlers in Canada (1844)

Marryat buried in the churchyard at Langham. Memorial - urn on plinth within posts and chains.

Captain Marryat's wife Catherine is buried at Wiveliscombe, Somerset.
Bibliography: Oliver Warner 'Captain Marryat, a Rediscovery' (London, 1953). David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 67.

Recorder: Geoffrey Turner
Photographer: Pippa Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN FREDERICK MARRYAT / R.N : C.B : F.R.S : / MEMBER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR / WHO DIED AT LANGHAM / AUGST. 9TH. 1848 AGED 56. / ALSO LIEUTT. / FREDERICK MARRYAT / R.N: LOST AT SEA IN THE AVENGER / DECR. 20TH. 1847 AGED 28. / ALSO FRANK MARRYAT DIED JULY 12TH. 1855 AGED 29.'<br />",
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    "notes": "Captain Marryat was the inventor of a signal code and author of numerous novels and children’s books, including The Naval Officer (1829), The King’s Own (1830), Mr Midshipman Easy (1836), Masterman Ready (1841), The Children of the New Forest (1847) and Settlers in Canada (1844)<br />\r\n<br />\r\nMarryat buried in the churchyard at Langham. Memorial - urn on plinth within posts and chains. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nCaptain Marryat's wife Catherine is buried at Wiveliscombe, Somerset.",
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    "recorder": "Geoffrey Turner",
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Uncategorised

Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating William George James d. 1905

Location

Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to / the memory of / WILLIAM GEORGE JAMES / E.R.A. / of H.M.S. 'Good Hope' / died October 27th 1905 / aged 31 years / Thy will be done / Erected by his shipmates'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 273
Vessel: HMS Good Hope

People

James, William George
Age: 31
Date of Death: 27/10/1905
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry

JSON

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  "location": "Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred / to / the memory of / WILLIAM GEORGE JAMES / E.R.A. / of H.M.S. 'Good Hope' / died October 27th 1905 / aged 31 years / Thy will be done / Erected by his shipmates'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating William George James d. 1905</p>",
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Uncategorised

Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England

Wall tablet in the Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent commemorating Admiral Sir Henry Harvey d. 1810

Location

Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England

Transcript

'S.M. of Sir Henry Harvey, Knight of the Bath, Admiral of the White Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet. An officer who passed through all the stages of the Naval Service, with exemplary conduct, etc., and solely by merit rose to high command. He eminently distinguished himself in the ever-memorable Victory of the 1st June, 1794; and was afterwards (without solicitation) appointed Commander-in-Chief on the Leeward Island Station, where he acquired a Fortune, by subduing the Enemies of his King and Country; and for his services there, during the years 1796-1799, His Majesty was graciously pleased to confer upon him the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. He died 28 Dec.,1810, in his 74th year. Also of Dame Elizabeth, relict of the above; ob. 7 Dec., 1823, in her 85th year.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South wall of nave
Vessel: HMS Ramillies

Event

Glorious First of June

Event Date

1794

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Harvey, Henry
Age: 73
Date of Death: 28/12/1810
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Bibliography: J. K. Laughton, ‘Harvey, Sir Henry (1737–1810)’, rev. Christopher Doorne, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12522, accessed 7 June 2017]

JSON

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  "location": "Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'S.M. of Sir Henry Harvey, Knight of the Bath, Admiral of the White Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet. An officer who passed through all the stages of the Naval Service, with exemplary conduct, etc., and solely by merit rose to high command. He eminently distinguished himself in the ever-memorable Victory of the 1st June, 1794; and was afterwards (without solicitation) appointed Commander-in-Chief on the Leeward Island Station, where he acquired a Fortune, by subduing the Enemies of his King and Country; and for his services there, during the years 1796-1799, His Majesty was graciously pleased to confer upon him the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. He died 28 Dec.,1810, in his 74th year. Also of Dame Elizabeth, relict of the above; ob. 7 Dec., 1823, in her 85th year.'",
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Ramillies"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Glorious First of June",
    "date": "1794",
    "category": "1793-1802 French Revolutionary War"  },
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    "notes": "DOSSIER.",
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Fishing

St Vigean's Church, St Vigeans, Angus, Scotland

Headstone at St Vigean’s Church, Angus commemorating John Cargill d. 1771

Location

St Vigean's Church, St Vigeans, Angus, Scotland

Transcript

'Here lies the body of JOHN CARGILL Shipmaster in Auchmithie who was the husband to AGNES CARGILL, he died at Arbroath 6th Febry 1771 aged 67 years also here lies the body of DAVID CARGILL their son who died May 15th 1771 aged 22 years. Revised by PETER SWANKIE MARGARET [side of stone] MARGARET SPINK wife of PETER SWANKIE died 19th Jany 1899 aged 92 years [back] 'IC IB 1744 JOHN CARGILL, HELEN CARGILL, CATHERINE CARGILL, ROBERT CARGILL, AGNUS CARGILL, JAMES CARGILL. Decay of nature without regard to age hath worn this youthful beauty from off the stage. How frail it is and in how short a time, it fades like roses when they're past their prime, we that survive sooner or later must, her corpse here lives crumbling into dust, while her better part triumphs above, the highest reach of any human love, and left behind within this silent bed, as fine as girl as even her corner lived. WILLIAM SWANKIE and MARGARET LAWSON.'

Details

Description: The reverse carved with the arms of the Royal Company of Fishing being an Imperial Crown and under it two herring.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Kirkyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Cargill, John
Age: 67
Date of Death: 6/7/1771
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipmaster
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: An adjoining gravestone suggests that IC and IB are John Cargill and his wife Isobelle Bews who died 20th August 1743 aged 56. The names of their six children correspond.
Bibliography: Tay Valley Family History Society 'St Vigeans Kirkyard Monumental Inscriptions' (1998)

JSON

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  "location": "St Vigean's Church, St Vigeans, Angus, Scotland",
  "transcript": "'Here lies the body of JOHN CARGILL Shipmaster in Auchmithie who was the husband to AGNES CARGILL, he died at Arbroath 6th Febry 1771 aged 67 years also here lies the body of DAVID CARGILL their son who died May 15th 1771 aged 22 years. Revised by PETER SWANKIE MARGARET [side of stone] MARGARET SPINK wife of PETER SWANKIE died 19th Jany 1899 aged 92 years [back] 'IC IB 1744 JOHN CARGILL, HELEN CARGILL, CATHERINE CARGILL, ROBERT CARGILL, AGNUS CARGILL, JAMES CARGILL. Decay of nature without regard to age hath worn this youthful beauty from off the stage. How frail it is and in how short a time, it fades like roses when they're past their prime, we that survive sooner or later must, her corpse here lives crumbling into dust, while her better part triumphs above, the highest reach of any human love, and left behind within this silent bed, as fine as girl as even her corner lived. WILLIAM SWANKIE and MARGARET LAWSON.'",
  "content": "<p>Headstone at St Vigean’s Church, Angus commemorating John Cargill d. 1771</p>",
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    "description": "The reverse carved with the arms of the Royal Company of Fishing being an Imperial Crown and under it two herring.",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Kirkyard",
    "materials": "Sandstone",
    "dateErected": "",
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    "bibliography": "Tay Valley Family History Society 'St Vigeans Kirkyard Monumental Inscriptions' (1998)",
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Uncategorised

St Nicholas's Church, Chawton, Hampshire, England

Window in St Nicholas’s Church, Chawton, Hampshire, dedicated to Captain Benjamin Clement RN d. 1835

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Chawton, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF BENJAMIN CLEMENT CAPTAIN RN BORN MARCH 29TH 1785 DIED NOV 5TH 1835 ALSO OF ANN MARY HIS WIFE BORN SEPTR 22ND 1787 DIED AUG 30TH 1858'

Details

Description: Lancet window depicting the annunciation. Damaged by thieves in 1977 and repaired locally.
Type: Window
Materials: Stained glass
Date Erected: 1889

People

Clement, Benjamin
Age: 50
Date of Death: 5/11/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Captain Clement married Ann Mary Prowting, a friend and neighbour of Jane Austen. He is believed to have carried one of Jane Austen's last letters from Winchester to a Mrs Tilson (Ref. letters of J.A. Deirdre Le Faye).
Recorder: Pam Morrison, The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "location": "St Nicholas's Church, Chawton, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF BENJAMIN CLEMENT CAPTAIN RN BORN MARCH 29TH 1785 DIED NOV 5TH 1835 ALSO OF ANN MARY HIS WIFE BORN SEPTR 22ND 1787 DIED AUG 30TH 1858'",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Pam Morrison, The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
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Uncategorised

Westminster Abbey, London

Memorial at Westminster Abbey, London commemorating Rear Admiral Sir John Lindsay, RN, d. 1788

Location

Westminster Abbey, London

Details

Description: No known gravestone or monument
Type: Grave
Position: North transept
Vessel: HMS Trent, HMS Tartar

Event

Battle of Havana, Seven Years War

Event Date

1762

People

Lindsay, John
Age: 51
Date of Death: 4/6/1788
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Sir John Lindsay is buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey, adjoining the grave of Lady Mansfield.

Sir John Lindsay was knighted in 1764 following the Rochefort expedition and the taking of Havana, Cuba in 1762. His ship, HMS Tartar, carried one of John Harrison’s chronometers during their sea trials.

His daughter Dido Elizabeth Belle was raised by his uncle, Lord Mansfield.

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Memorial at Westminster Abbey, London commemorating Rear Admiral Sir John Lindsay, RN, d. 1788</p>",
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    "vessel": "HMS Trent, HMS Tartar"  },
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    "category": ""  },
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    "bibliography": "",
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Uncategorised

New Calton Burying Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland

Wall tablet in New Calton Burying Ground, Edinburgh commemorating Vice-Admiral Alexander Fraser d. 1829 and Vice-Admiral Thomas Fraser d. 1870

Location

New Calton Burying Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'VICE ADMIRAL ALEXANDER FRASER / DIED THE 29TH DECEMBER 1829 / HELEN BRUCE / HIS WIFE / DIED 9TH JULY 1839 / AGED RESPECTIVELY 82 AND 72 YEARS / JOANNA HELEN / THEIR DAUGHTER / BORN 22 MAY 1790 DIED 17 AUGUST 1867 / VICE ADMIRAL THOMAS FRASER / DIED 28TH OCTOBER 1870 AGED 74 YEARS'

Details

Description: The inscription within a Gothic arch, flowers in the corners.

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: HMS Shannon, HMS Leander

Event

19th century conflicts in Asia

Event Date

1816

Event Category

Bombardment of Algiers

People

Fraser, Alexander
Age: 82
Date of Death: 29/12/1829
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Fraser, Thomas
Age: 74
Date of Death: 28/10/1870
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: John Steele 1988

JSON

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  "location": "New Calton Burying Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland",
  "transcript": "'VICE ADMIRAL ALEXANDER FRASER / DIED THE 29TH DECEMBER 1829 / HELEN BRUCE / HIS WIFE / DIED 9TH JULY 1839 / AGED RESPECTIVELY 82 AND 72 YEARS / JOANNA HELEN / THEIR DAUGHTER / BORN 22 MAY 1790 DIED 17 AUGUST 1867 / VICE ADMIRAL THOMAS FRASER / DIED 28TH OCTOBER 1870 AGED 74 YEARS'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in New Calton Burying Ground, Edinburgh commemorating Vice-Admiral Alexander Fraser d. 1829 and Vice-Admiral Thomas Fraser d. 1870</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "description": "The inscription within a Gothic arch, flowers in the corners.<br />\n<br />",
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    "position": "",
    "materials": "Sandstone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Shannon, HMS Leander"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"19th century conflicts in Asia",
    "date": "1816",
    "category": "Bombardment of Algiers"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Fraser, Alexander","age":"82","dateofdeath":"29/12/1829","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Vice Admiral","organisation":"Royal Navy"},{"name":"Fraser, Thomas","age":"74","dateofdeath":"28/10/1870","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Vice Admiral","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "John Steele 1988",
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Uncategorised

Malmesbury Abbey, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England

Wall tablet in Malmesbury, Wiltshire commemorating Thomas Luce RIN d. 1845

Location

Malmesbury Abbey, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of / THOMAS and EDWARD LUCE, / sons of Thomas Luce Esqr. / of this Borough and Susan his wife / Thomas was born at Malmesbury / on the 13th of August 1824, and died / on the 22nd of October, 1845, at Bombay / on board the Auckland, steam frigate. / A midshipman in the Indian Navy. / His brother officers erected a tomb over his remains in the Colaba cemetery / at Bombay, in token of their estimation / of his amiable qualities and of their sorrow for his loss. / EDWARD was also born at Malmesbury, / on the 3rd of February 1831, and was / killed by a cannon ball at the bombardment / of Sebastopol, on the 11th of April 1855 ; / A Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. / Lord Raglan`s despatch said of him / "The Royal Artillery has to lament the / death of Lieutenant Luce, who was a / zealous officer of much promise." / In every stage of his short life / he was consicuous for gentleness of / disposition, exemplary conduct and / a deep sense of religion. / His grave is on the field of Inkermann.' '

Details

Description: In Gothic architectural surround.

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Materials: Marble
Vessel: 'Auckland'

People

Luce, Thomas
Age: 21
Date of Death: 22/10/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman
Organisation: Royal Indian Navy

Extra

JSON

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  "id": "M5814",
  "location": "Malmesbury Abbey, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred / to the memory of / THOMAS and EDWARD LUCE, / sons of Thomas Luce Esqr. / of this Borough and Susan his wife / Thomas was born at Malmesbury / on the 13th of August 1824, and died / on the 22nd of October, 1845, at Bombay / on board the Auckland, steam frigate. / A midshipman in the Indian Navy. / His brother officers erected a tomb over his remains in the Colaba cemetery / at Bombay, in token of their estimation / of his amiable qualities and of their sorrow for his loss. / EDWARD was also born at Malmesbury, / on the 3rd of February 1831, and was / killed by a cannon ball at the bombardment / of Sebastopol, on the 11th of April 1855 ; / A Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. / Lord Raglan`s despatch said of him / \"The Royal Artillery has to lament the / death of Lieutenant Luce, who was a / zealous officer of much promise.\" / In every stage of his short life / he was consicuous for gentleness of / disposition, exemplary conduct and / a deep sense of religion. / His grave is on the field of Inkermann.' '",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in Malmesbury, Wiltshire commemorating Thomas Luce RIN d. 1845</p>",
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St Michael's Church, Highworth, Wiltshire, England

Memorial in St Michael’s Church, Highworth commemorating Captain John Robert Kernys Warneford RNVR d. 1960

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St Michael's Church, Highworth, Wiltshire, England

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'In loving memory of John Robert Kernys Warneford Captain RNVR of Warneford Place. Died December 17th 1960 aged 80 years'

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Position: Warneford Chapel

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Warneford, John Robert Kernys
Age: 80
Date of Death: 17/12/1960
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RNVR
Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Recorder: Alex Chatwin 1982

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  "content": "<p>Memorial in St Michael’s Church, Highworth commemorating Captain John Robert Kernys Warneford RNVR d. 1960</p>",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters