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Mount Bingham, St Helier Harbour, Jersey, Channel Islands

Fountain at Mount Bingham, St Helier Harbour, Jersey commemorating John Nathaniel Westaway d. 1870 in the loss of the ‘Normandy’

Location

Mount Bingham, St Helier Harbour, Jersey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'In commemoration of the gallantry of John N. Westaway, when the SS NORMANDY foundered on the 17th March 1870'

Details

Description: Bronze dolphin and anchor on a plinth in the centre of the larger trough. A relief bronze portrait on the side of the plinth.
Type: Fountain
Materials: Stone, bronze
Date Erected: 1875
Artists: Pierre Alfred Robinet
Vessel: Normandy

People

Westaway, John Nathaniel
Age:
Date of Death: 17/3/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: London and South Western Railway Steam Packet Co.

Extra

Notes: The 'Normandy' sank after colliding with the 'Mary' in fog. Westaway gave up his seat in a lifeboat to Miss Albina Falle. DOSSIER, photo.
Recorder: John Jean Le Tilleul, La Société Jersiaise

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Doughty Road Old Cemetery, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England

Gravestone at Doughty Road Old Cemetery, Grimsby commemorating George William Lusby d. 1869

Location

Doughty Road Old Cemetery, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England

Transcript

'In Loving memory of George William Lusby aged 29 years who died of fever off the Cape of Good Hope on the 23 May 1869 whilst serving as ship's carpenter in the British barque SAHIA on a voyage from Mauritius to the United Kingdom'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: Sahia

People

Lusby, George William
Age: 29
Date of Death: 23/5/1869
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Carpenter
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: C. Flintham

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Vessel Loss

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake, London, England

Wall tablet in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Dobbins Barker RN d. 1806 in the loss of ‘Athenienne’

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake, London, England

Transcript

'THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF / PETER BARKER ESQR / OF CHARLTON IN KENT; WHO DIED 21ST...1783 AGED 40 YEARS / CLARE BARKER/WIDOW OF THE ABOVE, LIVING A RESIDENT IN THIS PARISH, WHERE SHE DIED / UNIVERSALLY RESPECTED AND REGRETTED JANUARY 29TH 1829 AGED 73 YEARS / ALSO THEIR TWO SONS / WILLIAM BARKER ESQR / SOMETIME A CAPTAIN IN H.M. 20TH REGIMENT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS / WHO DIED AT THE HAGUE IN HOLLAND NOVEMBER 22ND 1825, AGED 43 YEARS / AND THOMAS DOBBINS BARKER ESQR / A LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY, WHO UNFORTUNATELY PERISHED / IN H.M. SHIP ATHENIENNE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ON THE / 20TH OCTOBER 1806 IN THE 24TH YEAR OF HIS AGE'

Details

Description: Sarcophagus in relief with anthemion acroteria.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave
Vessel: Athenienne

People

Barker, Thomas Dobbins
Age: 24
Date of Death: 20/10/1806
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: 'Athenienne' struck a reef in the Strait of Sicily and subsequently sank with the loss of 347 men.

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Vessel Loss

Jesus Church, Peartree Green, Hampshire, England

Monument at Jesus Church, Peartree Green, Hampshire commemorating Richard Loane Rosoman lost in the wreck of the ‘Stella’ 1889

Location

Jesus Church, Peartree Green, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'RICHARD ROBERT / LOANE ROSOMAN / WHO WAS DROWNED / IN THE 'STELLA' DISASTER / OFF THE CASQUET ROCKS / MARCH 30TH 1899 / AGED 72 YEARS'

Details

Description: A spire on a hexagonal base of blind gothic arches.
Type: Monument
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Stella

People

Rosoman, Richard Robert Loane
Age: 72
Date of Death: 30/3/1899
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Body not recovered. Rosoman had been chairman of the District Council and South Stoneham Union Board of Guardians.
Bibliography: John Ovenden and David Shayer 'The wreck of the Stella: Titanic of the Channel Islands' (Guernsey, 1999) pP. 49-50.

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Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World

Memorial at the Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia commemorating George Vosper, RN d. 1865

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘SACRED / To The Memory Of / GEORGE VOSPER / Leading Stoker of / H.M.S. SATELLITE / who was accidentally drowned / on the morning of the 11th June - 1862 - / Aged 34 Years. / May he rest in Thy peace / and awake to a joyful resurrection.

Details

Vessel: HMS Satellite

People

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Extra

Notes: Leading Stoker HMS 'Satellite' accidentally drowned.
Bibliography: John B. Hattendorf 'Some British and American Sailor's Tombstones in Penang, Malaysia', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p. 326 (Greenwich, 1982).

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  "transcript": "‘SACRED / To The Memory Of / GEORGE VOSPER / Leading Stoker of / H.M.S. SATELLITE / who was accidentally drowned / on the morning of the 11th June - 1862 - / Aged 34 Years. / May he rest in Thy peace / and awake to a joyful resurrection.",
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Vessel Loss

Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Plaque in Salisbury Cathedral commemorating Lieutenant Alan Smith RN d. 1901

Location

Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Transcript

'To the Glory of God and in loving memory of / Alan Wyldbore Bosworth Smith, / Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, / second son of Reginald Bosworth and Flora Smith, of Bingham Melcombe, Dorset; / born at Harrow-on-the-Hill on April 13th 1870 / who on September 18th, 1901, / while H.M.S. Cobra, of which he was in command, / was breaking up in a storm, remained standing on the bridge / with arms folded to the last, and went down with his vessel / "I will fear no evil", "Mine will I bring you again from the depths of the sea".'

Details

Description: Above the inscription a cartouche within a rope twist border, showing an anchor on waves, a king's crown above.

Type: Plaque
Position: South transept
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Cobra

People

Bosworth-Smith, Alan Wyldbore
Age: 31
Date of Death: 18/9/1901
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Destroyer, broke in two off Outer Dowsing Shoal in heavy weather while on trials.
Bibliography: P. Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p. 212 (Greenwich, 1972); David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p.107.

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  "transcript": "'To the Glory of God and in loving memory of / Alan Wyldbore Bosworth Smith, / Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, / second son of Reginald Bosworth and Flora Smith, of Bingham Melcombe, Dorset; / born at Harrow-on-the-Hill on April 13th 1870 / who on September 18th, 1901, / while H.M.S. Cobra, of which he was in command, / was breaking up in a storm, remained standing on the bridge / with arms folded to the last, and went down with his vessel / \"I will fear no evil\", \"Mine will I bring you again from the depths of the sea\".'",
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Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Walmer, Kent, England

Wall monument in Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Walmer, Kent, commemorating to Rear-Admiral William Willmott Henderson, RN d. 1854

Location

Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Walmer, Kent, England

Transcript

'S.M. of William Willmot Henderson, Esq., C.B., K.H., Rear Admiral of the White, ob. at sea, July 12th 1854, on his return from the command of Her Majesty's naval forces on the South East coast of South America, in the 66th year of his age. He was present at many actions, Trafalgar, Lissa, In arduous and successful boat service at Regosniza, Guadaloupe, and commanded H.M.S. Edinburgh, in the operations on the coast of Syria in 1840. He was a magistrate for the Cinque Ports, and had been captain of Sandown Castle. Also M. of Margaretta, his beloved wife, dau. of the late John Henderson, Esq., of Middle Deal; who ob. at Walmer, 17 Nov. 1853, aged 62'

Details

Description: Monument embellished above with anchor, flags and cannon and exhibiting representations in marble of the following decorations, namely, the Sultan's medal for the bombardment of Acca; the badge of a Knight of Hanover; the badge of a Companion of the Bath; a Victorian medal with clasps for Syria, Lissa, Boat Service and Trafalgar; and the badge of the Turkish Order of Honour: in the above order from right to left.

Type: Wall monument
Vessel: HMS 'Edinburgh'

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Henderson, William Willmott
Age: 65
Date of Death: 12/7/1854
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

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St Budock Church, Falmouth, Cornwall, England

Memorial in Falmouth, Cornwall dedicated to Lieutenant Charles Norrington RN d. 1839

Location

St Budock Church, Falmouth, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'Underneath are deposited the remains / of Charles Harvey Norrington / Lieutenant RN / who died March 7th 1839 aged 48 years / These things / I have spoken unto you / that in me ye might have peace / in the world ye shall have tribulation / but be of good cheer I have overcome the world / John 16 v 33' [On wall of church] 'Inscribed by his widow to the memory of Charles Harvey Norrington Lieutenant Royal Navy Obit 1839 / Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled. Matt 5 Ch 6 v'

Details

Position: Churchyard, church wall

People

Norrington, Charles Harvey
Age: 48
Date of Death: 7/3/1839
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: J. Norrington 1989

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Vessel Loss

Church, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England

Memorial at Church, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, commemorating Ernest Allison d. 1917

Location

Church, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMT Minnihaha

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Allison, Ernest
Age: 26
Date of Death: 7/9/1917
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Ship's Officer
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: 'Minihaha' torpedoed by submarine.

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St Botolph's Church, Aldgate, London, England

Wall tablet in St Botolph’s Church, Aldgate commemorating William Symington d. 1763, inventor

Location

St Botolph's Church, Aldgate, London, England

Transcript

'To the memory of William Symington. Born October 1763. He constructed the 'Charlotte Dundas' the first steamboat fitted for practical use. Dying in want he was buried in the adjacent churchyard March 22nd 1831. This tablet is placed here by the Right Hon. Sir Marcus Samuel, Lord Mayor, 1903'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Coloured marble
Vessel: SS Charlotte Dundas

People

Symington, William
Age: 68
Date of Death: 3/1831
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: inventor
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Rina Prentice

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters