Memorial in the Frari Church, Venice commemorating Benedetto Pesaro d. 1503
Location
Frari Church, Venice, Italy, Rest of the World
Details
Description: Deceased stands above a triumphal arch flanked by Mars and Neptune, on his tomb chest, the front of which is decorated with reliefs of fortresses in Greece that he captured.
People
Pesaro, Benedetto Age: Date of Death: 1503 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Capitano da Mar Organisation:
Extra
Bibliography: Eva Firth Wolsdorff 'The Image of Admirals in tomb sculpture c.1600 and after'. (International Society for the study of Church Monuments Symposium 1980).
Commemorative window at the Church of St John the Evangelist, Newtimber, West Sussex commemorating Lieutenant W.H. Gordon RN d. 1893
Location
Church of St John the Evangelist, Newtimber, West Sussex, England
Transcript
'To the Glory of God and in loving memory of W.H. Gordon Lieut. R.N. H.M.S. Calypso who died of typhoid fever in hospital at Gibraltar Nov. 1 1893 / aged 22. Buried in the cemetery at Gibraltar where a memorial is erected to him by his brother Officers / Dedicated by his father A.P. Gordon, Rector'
Details
Type: Window; brass plate Position: South wall Vessel: HMS Calypso
People
Gordon, William Hunter Age: 22 Date of Death: 1/11/1893 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone at St Andrews Cathedral, Fife commemorating David Berwick d. 1855
Location
St Andrews Cathedral, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Transcript
'SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF MARGARET BERWICK / DAUGHTER OF GEO BERWICK WRIGHT / St ANDREWS WHO DIED 3RD JULY 1831. / AGED 11 / ALSO ELIZABETH WHO DIED / IN INFANCY / HEAVEN OFT TEARS THE BOSOM CHORDS / THAT NATURE FINEST STRANG / AND OF / CHRISTEAN MURRAY GLOAG / HIS WIFE WHO DIED THE 14TH APRIL 1849 / AGED 51. / ALSO OF DAVID BERWICK / WHO PERISHED AT SEA, / ON THE 8TH MARCH 1855, AGED 16 YEARS, / AND OF GEORGE BERWICK WRIGHT / WHO DIED ON THE 16TH DECR 1855. / AGED 61'
Details
Description: Headstone with wavy top edge and an incised line running around all edges. Circular motif carved at top, in relief, depicting a flower. Lettering is incised. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Sandstone
People
Berwick, David Age: 16 Date of Death: 8/3/1855 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Gravestone in Stranger’s Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, commemorating Benjamin Mercer d. 1879
Location
Stranger's Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, England
Transcript
'To the Memory of / BENJAMIN MERCER / seaman of H.M.S. Warrior / who was killed by accident / during ... / June 18th 1879 / ...years / the... / This tablet was erected / by his shipmates as a token of respect / and regret at his untimely end'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: 79 Vessel: HMS Warrior
People
Mercer, Benjamin Age: 20 Date of Death: 18/6/1879 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Born Brighton 9 April 1859. Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987
Wall monument at St Peter’s Church, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire commemorating Captain Alexander Dixie RN d. 1857
Location
St Peter's Church, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England
Transcript
'In memory of / Capt. Sir Alexander Dixie Bart. / who departed this life / on the 20th day of December A.D. 1857 / in the 78th year of his age. / "Be ye ready for in such an hour as ye think not the son of man cometh" Matthew. "What man is he that liveth and shall not see death'''
Details
Description: Sacophagus, anchor entwined with rope. Type: Wall monument
People
Dixie, Alexander Age: 77 Date of Death: 20/12/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Another wall memorial in All Saints Church, Cadeby. Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 84.
Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Harwich, Essex, commemorating Commander Philip Deane d. 1806, and his son Commander Philip Deane d. 1807
Location
St Nicholas's Church, Harwich, Essex, England
Transcript
'Philip Deane, Late Commander of His Majesty's Packet 'King George' and one of the capital Burgesses of this borough, who died 29 April 1806 in the 55 year of his age. Also of his son Philip Deane, who succeeded him in the command of this packet. He was detained at Helvoet Sluys at the commencement of hostilities in 1803[?] and marched as prisoner of war to Verdun in France where he died on the 5th Sept 1807 aged 32 years. Also to Bridget Rachel Deane, relict of Captain Philip Deane Senr she died 29 May 1837 aged 82'
Details
Vessel: King George
People
Deane, Philip Age: 54 Date of Death: 29/4/1806 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Deane, Philip Age: 32 Date of Death: 5/9/1807 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating crew members of HMS ‘Flying Fish’ who died 1880-1883
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Erected by the officers and crew of H.M.S. FLYING FISH / in remembrance of their departed shipmates / December 1883 / Edwin HOLTON / Captain... Cox... / 28 years / Thomas LAME / Ship's Corporal / aged 25 years / Albert SMITH / Ship's Cook / died suddenly on board / 29th March 1883 / aged 37 years / Frank GILLIATT / Boy... / Fell from aloft / and was killed 5th June 1880 / aged 17 years / Frederick NOYCE, Ord / Drowned at sea / 26 November 1880 / aged 20 years / Jno DAVIES / Engine Room Artificer / died at Yokohama Hospital / 25th September 1882 / aged 37 years'
Details
Description: Obelisk on plinth. Type: Obelisk Vessel: HMS Flying Fish
People
Davies, J. Age: 37 Date of Death: 26/9/1880 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer Organisation: Royal Navy Gilliatt, Frank Age: 17 Date of Death: 5/6/1880 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Boy Organisation: Royal Navy Holton, Edwin Age: 28 Date of Death: circa 1880 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain's coxswain Organisation: Royal Navy Lame, Thomas Age: 25 Date of Death: circa 1880 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ship's Corporal Organisation: Royal Navy Noyce, Frederick Age: 20 Date of Death: 26/9/1880 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Smith, Albert Age: 37 Date of Death: 29/3/1883 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Cook Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating Captain John Crockett d. 1837
Location
Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'To the memory of Captain John CROCKETT who was born the 1st December 1786 and died at Capsing Moon on the 25th of June 1837 in the 51st year of his age, leaving a wife and five children, to deplore the loss of a kind husband and affectionate father. This monument was erected with the consent of his fond and bereaved widow by those belonging to the Lintin Fleet who deeply lament the death of so sincere and generous a friend'
Details
People
Crockett, John Age: 50 Date of Death: 25/6/1837 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Capt Crockett was the Commander of the opium store ships which were stationed in the Canton River off Lintin. Bibliography: J.H. Braga 'Tombstones in the English Cemeteries in Macau'. Recorder: Chirstine Thomas
Memorial at St George’s Church, Deal, Kent commemorating John Ross RN and James Draper RN HMS ‘Naiad’ d. 1811
Location
St George's Church, Deal, Kent, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of / John Ross and James Draper / seamen / who were killed on board / of HMS NAIAD / in defeating the French Fleet / off Boulogne in the presence of BUONAPARTE / 21ST Sept 1811. / Their shipmates / caused this monument to / be erected / to the memory of the truly good men, / who so nobly fell / in the just cause of their Country'
Details
Description: In the shape of an obelisk on ball feet Type: Wall memorial Position: South wall of the church Materials: Portland stone Vessel: HMS ‘Naiad'
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Draper, James Age: Date of Death: 21/9/1811 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Ross, John Age: Date of Death: 21/9/1811 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Inscription rather worn Bibliography: John Laker 'History of Deal' (Deal, 1917); William Laird Clowes 'The Royal Navy: A History' vol. v, p. 493 (London, 1996). Barbara Tomlinson ‘Commemorating the seafarer: monuments, memorials and memory’ (London, 2015) p. 59. Recorder: David Saunders 1991 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
