Memorial near the Straits of Magellan, Chile commemorating Rear-Admiral Phillip Parker King d. 1856
Location
Straits of Megallan, Tierra Del Fuego, Chile, Rest of the World
Transcript
'ARMADA DE CHILE / INSTITUTO DE COMEMORACION HISTORICA DE CHILE / HOMENAJE AL / CONTRAALMIRANTE / PHILLIP PARKER KING / 1793-1856 / DIRIGIO LOS MAS IMPORTANTES TRABAJOS / HYDROGRAFICOS BRITANICOS EN EL LITORAL / CHILENO DE LA PATAGONIA Y LA TIERRA DEL FUEGO / ENTRE 1826 Y 1830 QUE FUERON HITOSV/ INVALUABLESPARA EL CONOCIMIENTO GEOGRAPHICO / MARITIMO Y CIENTIFICO DE NUESTRA ZONA AUSTRAL / UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES / SOCIEDAD CHILENA DE HISTORIA Y GEOGRAPHIA / ACADEMIA DE HISTORIA NAVAL Y MARITIMA DE CHILE / CORPORACION DEL PATRIMONIO MARITIMO DE CHILE / CORPORACION DEL PATRIMONIO CULTURAL DE CHILE / 2008'
Details
Description: Rough obelisk made of water-smoothed stones and cement, with a metal plaque. Type: Gravestone Vessel: HMS Beagle
People
King, Phillip Parker Age: 65 Date of Death: 26/2/1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Died North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Photographer: Eric Ruff, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Statue at Rumbalara Reserve, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia depicting Captain Matthew Flinders d. 1814
Location
Rumbalara Reserve, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, Rest of the World
Details
Description: Over life-size, full-length figure, kneeling on rock in shirt sleeves and bare feet, holding telescope. Type: Statue Position: Main picnic area Materials: Bronze Date Erected: 1987 Artists: Carl Merten
People
Flinders, Matthew Age: 40 Date of Death: 19/7/1814 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Catain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Designed to be accessible, children free to climb on the figure. Commisioned by Sara Lee Kitchens (Australia) Pty Ltd and Gosford City Council for State Bicentenial Celebrations.
Statue at Donington, Lincolnshire of Captain Matthew Flinders RN d. 1814
Location
Market place, Donington, Lincolnshire, England
Transcript
On map 'MATHEW FLINDERS 1774-1814' on Australia 'VOYAGE / TO / TERRA AUSTRALIS / 1801 1802 AND 1805'.
Details
Description: Full-length statue of Flinders in uniform holding a telescope, His cat Trim by his feet. On the base plate, a bronze map of Australia with his route and ship. Signed: 'Judith Holmes Drewry 2006 LEBLANC FINE ART FOUNDRY'. Set in the surrounding pavement are three other bronze plaques - sea creatures, a tree signed HB, two ships signed SC. Type: Statue Materials: Bronze Date Erected: 2006 Artists: Judith Holmes Drewry
People
Flinders, Matthew Age: 40 Date of Death: 19/7/1814 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: The pavement plaques produced with pupils from Thomas Crowley High School, Donington. The statue produced by Fens Tourism Ltd with funding from the European Union Regional Development Fund and Lincolnshire County Council.
Wall tablet in Hardmead, Buckinghamshire, commemorating Robert Shedden d. 1849.
Location
St Mary's Church, Hardmead, Buckinghamshire, England
Transcript
'WILHELMINA, / THE BEREAVED MOTHER, / ERECTS THIS MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF / HER ONLY AND WELL BELOVED SON / ROBERT SHEDDEN. / HE BUILT AND FITTED OUT HIS R.T.C. SCHOONER YACHT, / THE 'NANCY DAWSON,' / AND IN THIS FRAIL BARK HE BRAVELY EXPLORED / THE FROZEN OCEAN IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS, / IN A DISINTERESTED SEARCH AFTER THE LONG MISSING / SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, / AND HIS GALLANT BAND IN VAIN, / DISAPPOINTED IN HIS GENEROUS HOPE, / AND WORN DOWN BY ANXIETY, / AND SLEEPLESS WATCHING / HE DROOPED AND DIED, / AS HE WISHED ON THE DARK BLUE SEA. / HE EXPIRED ON BOARD HIS YACHT, / ON 16TH NOVEMBER 1849 / AGED 30 YEARS. / HIS NOBLE REMAINS ARE INTERRED / NEAR THE WILD WAVES OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, / IN THE PROTESTANT BURIAL GROUND AT MAZATLAN. / HIS PRECIOUS SOUL RESTS / WITH HIS FATHER AND HIS GOD. / RESURGAM'
Details
Description: A marble tablet on a slate backing with a gothic arch surrounding the inscription tablet; the Shedden arms above the lettering. A relief profile of the yacht is placed on the slate below the marble tablet. Type: Wall tablet Position: North wall of chancel Materials: Marble: slate Artists: Thomas Gaffin Vessel: Nancy Dawson
People
Shedden, Robert Age: 30 Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Extra
Notes: The Nancy Dawson was the first yacht to round Port Barrow and circumnavigate the world. Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/148623.html#kGRBdQkpmoBQL2YY.99
Bibliography: Barbara Tomlinson 'The Explorers of the North-West Passage: Claims and Commemoration', 'Church Monuments' 2007, xxii. Recorder: Mrs L.M. Hoad 1992 Photographer: B. Tomlinson. 2007.
Window dedicated to Sir Walter Raleigh d. 1618, in Bristol Cathedral.
Location
Cathedral, Bristol, England
Transcript
'ROBERT BLAKE’, 'WALTER RALEIGH'
Details
Description: Full length standing figure in four light window as companion to Robert Blake. Type: Window Position: South side of nave Materials: Stained glass
Event Category
1584-1604 Conflict between England and Spain
People
Blake, Robert Age: 58 Date of Death: 1657 Cause of Death: Wounds Rank / Occupation: General at Sea Organisation: Royal Navy Raleigh, Walter Age: c.65 Date of Death: 1618 Cause of Death: Executed Rank / Occupation: Explorer Organisation: Unknown
Memorial in the Church of St Andrew the Great, Cambridge commemorating Captain James Cook RN d. 1779
Location
Church of St Andrew the Great, Cambridge, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY / of CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, of the Royal Navy, / one of the most celebrated Navigators, that this/or former Ages can boast of; who was killed by / the natives of Owyhee, in the Pacific Ocean, on the /14th Day of February, 1779; in the 51st Year of his Age. / Of Mr. NATHANIEL COOK, who was lost with the / Thunderer Man of War, Captain Boyle Walsingham / in a most dreadful Hurricane, in October, 1780; / aged 16 years. / Of Mr. HUGH COOK, of Christ's College, CAMBRIDGE / who died on the 21st of December 1793; aged 17 Years. / Of JAMES COOK Esq: COMMANDER in the ROYAL NAVY / who lost his Life on the 25th of January, 1794; in / going from Poole to the Spitfire Sloop of War, which / he commanded; in the 31st Year of his Age. / Of ELIZth COOK, who died April 9th 1771. Aged 4 years / JOSEPH COOK, who died Sept 13th 1768. Aged 1 month / GEORGE COOK who died Oct 1st, 1772. Aged 4 Months / All Children of the first mentioned CAPT. JAMES COOK by / ELIZABETH COOK, who survived her husband 56 years & / departed this life 13th May, 1835 at her residence Clapham, Surrey / in the 94th YEAR of her Age. Her remains are deposited / with those of her Sons JAMES & HUGH, / in the middle Aisle of this Church'
Details
Description: Above the inscription tablet, a mourning figure flanked by naval trophies and navigational instruments in relief, the whole surmounted by an urn. Pilasters on either side of the inscription and the Cook arms beneath it. Type: Wall tablet Position: North wall of chancel Vessel: HMS Spitfire, HMS Thunderer
People
Cook, James Age: 51 Date of Death: 14/2/1779 Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Cook, Nathaniel Age: 16 Date of Death: 5/10/1780 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy Cook, James Age: 31 Date of Death: 25/1/1794 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: PROB11/1847 The will of Mrs Elizabeth Cook leaves £1,000 for the upkeep of the monument 'which I have caused to be put up'. Recorder: A.J. Richardson 1989 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
