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Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia, Rest of the World

Statue in the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia depicting Admiral Arthur Phillip RN d. 1814

Location

Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia, Rest of the World

Transcript

'CAPTAIN ARTHUR PHILLIP RN / FIRST GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES / 1788-1892 / THIS MONUMENT WAS UNVEILED BY / THE RT. HON. VISCOUNT HAMDEN NINETEENTH GOVERNOR ON THE 27TH JUNE 1897 / THAT BEING THE DATE OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE COMPLETION OF THE / SIXTIETH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF / HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA'

Details

Description: A 5m bronze statue of Phillip stands on a marble pedestal and looks towards Sydney heads holding the British flag and a charter of government. The base has reclining bronze figures of Neptune, Cyclops, Commerce and Agriculture. The two mythical figures replaced a planned figure of a minor and a sailor, following a government suggestion that classical figures would be better received by the public. The whole is designed as a fountain. Between the reclining figures, water spouts in the form of ships' prows and paired dolphins pour into clam shell basins. These are separated by consoles with bronze plaques depicting Aboriginal people
Type: Statue
Materials: Marble, bronze
Date Erected: 1897
Artists: Achille Simonetti

Event

British colonization of Australia

People

Phillip, Arthur
Age: 75
Date of Death: 31/8/1814
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Fountain erected in celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee.
Bibliography: Michael Hedger 'Public Sculpture in Australia' (Roseville East, NSW, c.1995) p. 14.

JSON

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Protestant Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Florence commemorating Commander Isaac Harris RN d. 1849

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Rest of the World

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / MAG. ISAAC HARRIS LFT. COMMANDER R.N. / THIS STONE IS PLACED / BY HIS TWO SONS IN TOKEN OF THEIR AFFECTION AND GRIEF HE SUFFERED LONG AND WITH MUCH FORTITUDE / TILL HE WAS RELEASED THE 6 AUGUST 1849 AGED 61 / HE WAS A GOOD MAN / AND A JUST'

Details

People

Harris, Isaac
Age: 61
Date of Death: 6/8/1849
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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  "transcript": "'TO THE MEMORY OF / MAG. ISAAC HARRIS LFT. COMMANDER R.N. / THIS STONE IS PLACED / BY HIS TWO SONS IN TOKEN OF THEIR AFFECTION AND GRIEF HE SUFFERED LONG AND WITH MUCH FORTITUDE / TILL HE WAS RELEASED THE 6 AUGUST 1849 AGED 61 / HE WAS A GOOD MAN / AND A JUST'",
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St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating Thomas Wayth, d. 1924

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Thomas Wayth, master mariner, born 22 August 1844, died 25 Feb 1924'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Wayth, Thomas
Age: 79
Date of Death: 24/2/1924
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

JSON

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St Stephen's Old Church, Fylingthorpe, East Yorkshire, England

Gravestone at St Stephen’s Old Church, Fylingthorpe commemorating James Grainger d. 1902

Location

St Stephen's Old Church, Fylingthorpe, East Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'In loving memory / of GEORGE WILLIAM / Son of JAMES and CAROLINE GRAINGER / born January 13th 1872 / died December 7th 1896 / 'In the midst of life we are in death' / Also the above / JAMES GRAINGER / Master Mariner / who died April 18th 1902 / aged 62 years / Also CAROLINE his wife / who died January 26th 1912 / aged 74 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: North Yorkshire

People

Grainger, James
Age: 74
Date of Death: 26/1/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Peter Buchan d. 1868

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Peter Buchan, Master Mariner died 21 September 1868 age 46'

Details

People

Buchan, Peter
Age: 46
Date of Death: 21/9/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 721.
Recorder: Captain J P Brand, Friends of Merseyside Maritime Museum

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Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England

Memorial at Winchester Cathedral to Captain Henry Pearson RN d. 1936

Location

Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF HENRY PEARSON / CAPTAIN R.N. OF THIS CITY WHO / DIED 17 AUGUST 1936 AGED 84. / He was Navigating Officer when / H.M.S. CALLIOPE (Capt. H.C. Kane) / was brought out of Apia Harbour / in Samoa in the hurricane of / 16th March 1889.'

Details

Description: Coloured representations of Union Flag and White ensign flank the inscription..
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North transept
Materials: Limestone
Vessel: HMS Calliope

People

Pearson, Henry
Age: 84
Date of Death: 17/8/1936
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Timothy Wilson 1979

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF HENRY PEARSON / CAPTAIN R.N. OF THIS CITY WHO / DIED 17 AUGUST 1936 AGED 84. / He was Navigating Officer when / H.M.S. CALLIOPE (Capt. H.C. Kane) / was brought out of Apia Harbour / in Samoa in the hurricane of / 16th March 1889.'",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating W.T. McKean d. 1908

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of W. T. MacKean, 3rd Engineer, S.S. 'Hop Sang' of Greenock Scotland, died March 11th 1908, aged 28 years. Erected by a few friends'

Details

Description: Cross on stepped plinth.
Type: Cross
Vessel: SS Hop Sang

People

MacKean, W. T.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 11/3/1908
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: 3rd Engineer
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

JSON

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St Peter's Church, Bristol, England

Wall monument in St Peter’s Church, Bristol, commemorating Robert Aldworth d. 1634 .

Location

St Peter's Church, Bristol, England

Transcript

[Translation of latin inscription on central panel] 'Although this statue of the venerable man is silent / Learn, O Reader and Beholder who he was, / A famous merchant, a successful voyager through / Many seas, seeking rather the glory of his country / And the relief of the poor than thirsting for / The accumulation of hoards of wealth. / And therefore, by the will of God / He became richer, an exemplary chief Magistrate of the city / Full of honour and fidelity, serving Christ and God / according to the teaching of the church of England / (which was dear to his heart), he closed his life in peace / and now enjoys eternal peace beyond the stars'

Details

Description: Free standing figures on top of the monument and the arms of the merchant venturers, kneeling effigies of Aldworth and his wife in arched niches below. On the base of the memorial are three ships, three tuns representing a trader in rum, a merchants mark and five sugar loaves for a sugar boiler.

Type: Wall monument

People

Aldworth, Robert
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1634
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Merchant
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Destroyed in World War II. Church now ruined and is being conserved in 2019.

Bibliography: Gomer Williams 'History of the Liverpool privateers and letters of marque with an account of the Liverpool slave trade' (Liverpool, London 1897) p. 49.

JSON

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Mowbray Park, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England

Statue in Mowbray Park, Sunderland commemorating Jack Crawford d. 1831

Location

Mowbray Park, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England

Transcript

'THE SAILOR WHO SO HEROICALLY NAILED ADMIRAL DUNCAN'S / FLAG TO THE MAIN-TOP-GALLANT MAST OF H.M.S. VENERABLE IN THE / GLORIOUS ACTION OFF CAMPERDOWN ON OCTOBER 11TH 1797 / JACK CRAWFORD WAS BORN AT THE POTTERY BANK SUNDERLAND 1775 / AND DIED IN HIS NATIVE TOWN 1831 AGED 56 YEARS / ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION'

Details

Description: Depicts Crawford nailing the colours of his ship to the mast.
Type: Statue
Materials: Bronze
Date Erected: 7/4/1890
Artists: Percy Wood

Event

Battle of Camperdown

Event Date

1797

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Crawford, Jack
Age: 38
Date of Death: 1813
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Cast at Colebrookdale.
Bibliography: Paul Usherwood 'Public Sculpture in North-East England' (Liverpool UP)

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Govan, Glasgow, Scotland

Statue at Govan, Glasgow of Sir William Pearce d. 1898 shipbuilder

Location

Govan, Glasgow, Scotland

Transcript

'SIR WILLIAM PEARCE / BART. M.P. / DIED / 16TH DECEMBER 1888 / AGED 55 YEARS.' [North face] 'AS A SHIPBUILDER AND ENGINEER / HIS ORIGINALITY OF THOUGHT / AND HIS MARVELLOUS SKILL IN EXECUTION / CONTRIBUTED LARGELY TO THE / DEVELOPMENT OF THE NAVY / AND MERCANTILE MARINE. / IN TOKEN OF HIS EMINENCE / IN HIS PROFESSION HE WAS / CREATED A BARONET IN 1887. HIS EXTENSIVE AND / ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE LED TO / HIS APPOINTMENT TO SERVE ON / THE ROYAL COMMISSIONS ON / TONNAGE, LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA / AND DEPRESSION OF TRADE. / HIS CAREER FURNISHED A / STRIKING EXAMPLE OF WHAT / GENIUS COMBINED WITH ENERGY, / INDUSTRY AND INDOMITABLE / COURAGE MAY ACCOMPLISH, EVEN / IN A SHORT BUSINESS LIFETIME.' [South face] 'FOR A TIME HE SERVED AS / A COMMISSIONER OF POLICE / OF THE BURGH OF GOVAN. / HE WAS ALSO HONORARY / COLONEL OF THE SECOND / VOLUNTEER BATTALION / HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY; / PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER / OF GLASGOW. / COMMISIONER OF SUPPLY, / JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, / AND DEPUTY LIEUTENANT / OF THE COUNTY OF LANARK. / WHEN GOVAN WAS MADE / A PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION / IN 1885 HE WAS RETURNED AS / ITS FIRST REPRESENTATIVE, AND WAS RE-ELECTED IN 1886.' [West face] 'ERECTED / BY / PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION / OF HIS NUMEROUS NOBLE / QUALITIES, AS A MAN AND / EMPLOYER OF LABOUR / 1894'.

Details

Description: Statue of Sir William Pearce (1833-1898). A bearded figure, wearing a frock coat and holding a ship's plan.
Type: Statue
Materials: Bronze, Peterhead granite
Date Erected: 1/10/1894
Artists: Edward Onslow Ford; Broad & Sons

People

Pearce, Willliam
Age:
Date of Death: 1888
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipbuilder
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Ray McKenzie 'Sculpture in Glasgow' (Scotland, 1999)

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters