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St Nicholas's Church, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Liverpool commemorating Captain John Caton d. 1778

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Capt John Caton died 4th Nov 1778 aged 72'

Details

People

Caton, John
Age: 72
Date of Death: 4/11/1778
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol.1, p.143. Church destroyed by enemy action in 1940. Rebuilt in 1952 but only two non-maritime memorials retained.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "location": "St Nicholas's Church, Liverpool, England",
  "transcript": "'Capt John Caton died 4th Nov 1778 aged 72'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Liverpool commemorating Captain John Caton d. 1778</p>",
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Anwoth Old Kirkyard, Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Headstone at Anwoth Old Kirkyard, Gatehouse of Fleet to David Broadfoot d. 1813 customs official and his sons Robert d. 1843, David d. 1853 and Grandson John d. 1867

Location

Anwoth Old Kirkyard, Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Transcript

'ERECTED BY / AGNES LOGIE TO THE MEMORY OF / her husband / John Broadfoot / Tidesman [Gothic letters] / who died 18th Decr. 1813. Aged 47 years / Also Robert, their Son / who died 23rd Septr.1809, Aged 4 years / Also Robert, their Son / COMMANDER OF THE SHIP DAVENPORT OF LIVERPOOL / who died at Macoe in China 5th August 1843 / Aged 30 years / Also Eliza, their Daughter / wife of Ebenezer Gladstone, Wine Merchant / of Liverpool who died 3rd January 1845 / Aged 33 years / DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN MANCHESTER, ON THE 23RD / JAN. 1861, IN THE 42ND YEAR OF HER AGE. ELIZABETH / WIFE OF CAPT. JOHN BROADFOOT AND THIRD / DAUGHTER OF JOHN GLADSTONE, ESQ,. ENGINEER' [Back of Headstone] 'ALSO OF / CAPN. DAVID BROADFOOT / SECOND SON OF THE SAID JOHN BROADFOOT / WHO DIED IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA / 11TH OCTOBER 1853 AGED 46 YEARS / ALSO OF / AGNES BROADFOOT / RELICT OF THE ABOVE NAMED JOHN BROADFOOT / WHO DIED AT MANCHESTER 21 MARCH 1858 / AGED 78 YEARS / CAPTAIN JOHN BROADFOOT / THEIR SON WHO DIED AT LAUREL BANK GATEHOUSE / 11TH APRIL 1867, AGED 57 YEARS / EUPHENIA ROSE BROADFOOT / RELICT OF THE ABOVE NAMED CAPT. JOHN BROADFOOT / DIED THERE 11TH JUNE 1898 AGED 76 YEARS / JOHN FRASER BROADFOOT ONLY SON OF THE SAID / CAPTAIN JOHN BROADFOOT, DIED AT GATEHOUSE / 30TH APRIL 1913 AGED 48 YEARS'

Details

Description: The surround and headstone are of red sandstone. The surround used to have metal railings all around, but have since disappeared.
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: Davenport

People

Broadfoot, John
Age: 47
Date of Death: 18/12/1813
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Tidesman
Organisation:
Broadfoot, Robert
Age: 30
Date of Death: 5/8/1843
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Broadfoot, David
Age: 46
Date of Death: 11/10/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Broadfoot, John
Age: 57
Date of Death: 11/4/1867
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: M T Martin, 1988

JSON

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  "transcript": "'ERECTED BY / AGNES LOGIE TO THE MEMORY OF / her husband / John Broadfoot / Tidesman [Gothic letters] / who died 18th Decr. 1813. Aged 47 years / Also Robert, their Son / who died 23rd Septr.1809, Aged 4 years / Also Robert, their Son / COMMANDER OF THE SHIP DAVENPORT OF LIVERPOOL / who died at Macoe in China 5th August 1843 / Aged 30 years / Also Eliza, their Daughter / wife of Ebenezer Gladstone, Wine Merchant / of Liverpool who died 3rd January 1845 / Aged 33 years / DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN MANCHESTER, ON THE 23RD / JAN. 1861, IN THE 42ND YEAR OF HER AGE. ELIZABETH / WIFE OF CAPT. JOHN BROADFOOT AND THIRD / DAUGHTER OF JOHN GLADSTONE, ESQ,. ENGINEER' [Back of Headstone] 'ALSO OF / CAPN. DAVID BROADFOOT / SECOND SON OF THE SAID JOHN BROADFOOT / WHO DIED IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA / 11TH OCTOBER 1853 AGED 46 YEARS / ALSO OF / AGNES BROADFOOT / RELICT OF THE ABOVE NAMED JOHN BROADFOOT / WHO DIED AT MANCHESTER 21 MARCH 1858 / AGED 78 YEARS / CAPTAIN JOHN BROADFOOT / THEIR SON WHO DIED AT LAUREL BANK GATEHOUSE / 11TH APRIL 1867, AGED 57 YEARS / EUPHENIA ROSE BROADFOOT / RELICT OF THE ABOVE NAMED CAPT. JOHN BROADFOOT / DIED THERE 11TH JUNE 1898 AGED 76 YEARS / JOHN FRASER BROADFOOT ONLY SON OF THE SAID / CAPTAIN JOHN BROADFOOT, DIED AT GATEHOUSE / 30TH APRIL 1913 AGED 48 YEARS'",
  "content": "<p>Headstone at Anwoth Old Kirkyard, Gatehouse of Fleet  to David Broadfoot d. 1813 customs official and his sons Robert d. 1843, David d. 1853 and Grandson John d. 1867</p>",
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    "recorder": "M T Martin, 1988",
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}

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Trinity Road cemetery, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England

Gravestone at Trinity Road cemetery, Cleethorpes commemorating Edwin Clark d. 1903

Location

Trinity Road cemetery, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England

Transcript

'To the memory of Edwin Clark late captain of steam pilot cutter 'COMMANDER CAWLE' Died 19 May 1903 aged 67 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: Commander Cawle

People

Clark, Edwin
Age: 67
Date of Death: 19/5/1903
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: C. Flintham

JSON

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  "transcript": "'To the memory of Edwin Clark late captain of steam pilot cutter 'COMMANDER CAWLE' Died 19 May 1903 aged 67 years'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at Trinity Road cemetery, Cleethorpes commemorating Edwin Clark d. 1903</p>",
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    "recorder": "C. Flintham",
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}

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Headstone at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating William Hill d. 1891

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MY DEAR HUSBAND / WILLIAM HILL / MASTER MARINER OF THIS CITY / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 28 AUGT 1891 / AGED 71 / FOR MANY YEARS A FAITHFUL SERVENT TO / THE LIVERPOOL SALVAGE ASSOCIATION / THE TOILSOME VOYAGES NOW ARE PAST / THE WEARIED MARINER RESTS AT LAST / AND WHEN THE LAST TRUMPETS CALL SHALL SOUND / MAY HE AMONG THE BLEST BE FOUND / ALSO EMMA WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 11TH JULY 1897 / AGED 89 / NOTHING IN MY HAND I BRING / SIMPLY TO THY CROSS I CLING / ELLEN HILL DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE / DEPARTED THIS LIFE 18TH MARCH 1936 / AGED 72 / ROCK OF AGES CLEFT FOR ME / LET ME HIDE MYSELF IN THEE.'

Details

Description: Headstone carved with an anchor on a rock above inscription..
Type: Gravestone
Materials: Slate

People

Hill, William
Age: 71
Date of Death: 28/8/1891
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: The cemetery, in an old quarry behand the Anglican Cathedral, is now St James's Park.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MY DEAR HUSBAND / WILLIAM HILL / MASTER MARINER OF THIS CITY / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 28 AUGT 1891 / AGED 71 / FOR MANY YEARS A FAITHFUL SERVENT TO / THE LIVERPOOL SALVAGE ASSOCIATION / THE TOILSOME VOYAGES NOW ARE PAST / THE WEARIED MARINER RESTS AT LAST / AND WHEN THE LAST TRUMPETS CALL SHALL SOUND / MAY HE AMONG THE BLEST BE FOUND / ALSO EMMA WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 11TH JULY 1897 / AGED 89 / NOTHING IN MY HAND I BRING / SIMPLY TO THY CROSS I CLING / ELLEN HILL DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE / DEPARTED THIS LIFE 18TH MARCH 1936 / AGED 72 / ROCK OF AGES CLEFT FOR ME / LET ME HIDE MYSELF IN THEE.'",
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    "position": "",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "B. Tomlinson"  }
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St Wilfred's Chapel, Church Norton, West Sussex, England

Gravestone at Church Norton, West Sussex commemorating Ronald Ernest Greenfield RN d. 1959

Location

St Wilfred's Chapel, Church Norton, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'In loving memory / of Ronald Ernest Greenfield / Petty Officer RN / Died July 20th 1959 / Aged 26'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Polished granite

People

Greenfield, Ronald Ernest
Age: 26
Date of Death: 20/11/1959
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Mrs Suzanne Gilbert

JSON

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  "location": "St Wilfred's Chapel, Church Norton, West Sussex, England",
  "transcript": "'In loving memory / of Ronald Ernest Greenfield / Petty Officer RN / Died July 20th 1959 / Aged 26'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at  Church Norton, West Sussex commemorating Ronald Ernest Greenfield RN d. 1959</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
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    "event":"",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Mrs Suzanne Gilbert",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset, England

Memorial at Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset commemorating Thomas Chaffrey d. 1768, mason Royal Dockyards

Location

Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / ROBERT CHAFFREY OF WEST STOKE / AND SUSANNA HIS WIFE / THE FORMER DIED IN THE YEAR 1728 / AGED 60 THE LATTER IN 1767 AGED 64 / LEAVING TO SURVIVE THEM 4 CHILDREN/ROBT. THOS. SUSANNA AND ANN / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY / THEIR SON THOMAS / WHO WAS MAST. MASON TO HIS MAJESTY / FIRST IN PORT ANTHONY IN JAMAICA / AFTERWARDS IN PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD / AND DIED IN 1768 AGED 65 / MARY THE WIFE OF THOS CHAFFREY / DIED IN 17...AGED...'

Details

People

Chaffrey, Thomas
Age: 65
Date of Death: 1768
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mason
Organisation: HM Dockyard, Portsmouth

Extra

Recorder: Colin Harris 1992

JSON

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  "location": "Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset, England",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / ROBERT CHAFFREY OF WEST STOKE / AND SUSANNA HIS WIFE / THE FORMER DIED IN THE YEAR 1728 / AGED 60 THE LATTER IN 1767 AGED 64 / LEAVING TO SURVIVE THEM 4 CHILDREN/ROBT. THOS. SUSANNA AND ANN / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY / THEIR SON THOMAS / WHO WAS MAST. MASON TO HIS MAJESTY / FIRST IN PORT ANTHONY IN JAMAICA / AFTERWARDS IN PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD / AND DIED IN 1768 AGED 65 / MARY THE WIFE OF THOS CHAFFREY / DIED IN 17...AGED...'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset commemorating Thomas Chaffrey d. 1768, mason Royal Dockyards</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
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    "recorder": "Colin Harris 1992",
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St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England

Place of burial in St Margaret’s Church, Westminster, London of Rear-Admiral John Willett Payne RN d. 1803

Location

St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England

Details

Vessel: HMS 'Impetueux'

Event Category

American Revolutionary War; French Revolutionary Wars

People

Payne, John Willett
Age: 51
Date of Death: 17/11/1803
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Place of burial.

Bibliography: 'Monthly Register of Naval Events', 'Naval Chronicle' vol. 10, pp. 429-440, (London, 1803).

JSON

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  "id": "M4758",
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  "content": "<p>Place of burial in St Margaret’s Church, Westminster, London of Rear-Admiral John Willett Payne RN d. 1803</p>",
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    "event":"",
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    "notes": "Place of burial.<br />",
    "bibliography": "'Monthly Register of Naval Events', 'Naval Chronicle' vol. 10, pp. 429-440, (London, 1803).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Main cemetery, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, Rest of the World

Memorial at main cemetery, Karachi, Sindh, commemorating Henry Barnet, d. 1890

Location

Main cemetery, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Henry William Barnet, officer British India Steam Navigation Co. died Karachi 27 January 1890, aged 23' [not exact]

Details

Vessel: HMT Umballa

People

Barnet, Henry William
Age: 23
Date of Death: 27/1/1890
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Officer
Organisation: British India Steam Navigation Co

Extra

Notes: Karachi was formerly in India. Following Independence in 1947, it became the first capital of Pakistan.

Bibliography: 'Notes and Queries' vol. 176 (1936) p. 418.

JSON

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  "location": "Main cemetery, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Henry William Barnet, officer British India Steam Navigation Co. died Karachi 27 January 1890, aged 23' [not exact]",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at main cemetery, Karachi, Sindh, commemorating Henry Barnet, d. 1890</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "notes": "Karachi was formerly in India. Following Independence in 1947, it became the first capital of Pakistan.<br />",
    "bibliography": "'Notes and Queries' vol. 176 (1936) p. 418.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile at All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, commemorating Elvin N. Frostick d. 1891

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'ELVIN N. FROSTICK / aged 23 / Lost in the steamer / 'Rossend Castle’ / In the Bay of Biscay / November 11 1891'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Materials: Ceramic
Vessel: Rossend Castle

People

Frostick, Elvin
Age: 23
Date of Death: 11/11/1891
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Stephens & Mawson

Extra

Notes: 'Rossend Castle' disappeared on a voyage from Sulina to Bristol with grain, last seen at Gibraltar on the 7/11/1891.

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "'ELVIN N. FROSTICK / aged 23 / Lost in the steamer / 'Rossend Castle’ / In the Bay of Biscay / November 11 1891'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile at All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, commemorating Elvin N. Frostick d. 1891</p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1022\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_4058-1022x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45463\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_4058-1022x1024.jpg 1022w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_4058-150x150.jpg 150w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_4058-300x300.jpg 300w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_4058-768x769.jpg 768w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_4058.jpg 1643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" /></figure>",
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  "categories": ["Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
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    "type": "Memorial tile",
    "position": "",
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    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Rossend Castle"  },
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    "event":"",
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    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).<br />",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "P Lacey"  }
}

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Church of St Andrew and St Patrick, Elveden, Suffolk, England

Wall plaque at the Church of St Andrew and St Patrick, Elveden, Suffolk commemorating Admiral Augustus Keppel, RN d. 1786

Location

Church of St Andrew and St Patrick, Elveden, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Augustus Viscount Keppel of Elvedon Admiral of the White Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet, who, having discharged his duty in a series of faithful services to his country as a Naval Commander, a Statesman and a Citizen, ended his days in this village, Oct 11th MDCCLXXXVI, Aged LXII years'

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: Nave
Materials: Marble

People

Keppel, Augustus
Age: 62
Date of Death: 11/10/1786
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Erected by George Rogers.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972

JSON

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  "id": "M2124",
  "location": "Church of St Andrew and St Patrick, Elveden, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "'Augustus Viscount Keppel of Elvedon Admiral of the White Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet, who, having discharged his duty in a series of faithful services to his country as a Naval Commander, a Statesman and a Citizen, ended his days in this village, Oct 11th MDCCLXXXVI, Aged LXII years'",
  "content": "<p>Wall plaque at the Church of St Andrew and St Patrick, Elveden, Suffolk commemorating Admiral Augustus Keppel, RN d. 1786</p>",
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    "event":"",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Erected by George Rogers.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Transcript

Details

People

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters