Category Archives: Vessel Loss

Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, England

Memorial in Haslar Royal Naval Hospital Cemetery commemorating officers and men of submarines A1, A3, A5 and A8

Location

Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, England

Transcript

[Side 1] ‘THIS OBELISK HAS / BEEN ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THOSE / OFFICERS AND MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / H.M. SUBMARINE A.1. / ON THE OCCASION OF HER FOUNDERING / AFTER COLLISION ON 18TH MARCH 1904 / OFF NAB LIGHT VESSEL / LIEUT. LOFTUS CHARLES OGILVY MANSERGH. / SUB. LIEUT. JOHN PRESTON CHURCHILL / P.O. 1ST CL. WILLIAM DUDGEON / P.O. 1ST CL. VIVIAN W.L. ROBERTS / P.O. 1ST CL. GEORGE G. BAKER / CH. E.R.A. 2ND CL. WILLIAM J. PARKINSON / E.R.A. CLINTON BALY. / CH. STOKER ALBERT B. FLEMING / AB. SEA. PETER S. WALLACE / AB. SEA. CHARLES W. KING / STOKER ALBERT B. ELLIS. /’ [Side 2] ALSO IN MEMORY OF / THOSE OFFICERS AND MEN / WHO WERE KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION / ON BOARD H.M. SUBMARINE A.5. / AT QUEENSTOWN 16TH FEBRUARY 1905 / LIEUT. FREDERICK J. SKINNER / P.O. 1ST CL. ARTHUR MANLEY / ACT. C.H. E.R.A. 2ND CL. CHARLES E. SINDEN / LDG. STO. 1ST CL. ERNEST GOLDTHORPE / STOKER HENRY DAVIS.’ [Side 3] ‘ALSO IN MEMORY OF / THOSE OFFICERS AND MEN WHO LOST THEIR / LIVES IN H.M. SUBMARINE A.8. WHICH / [ACC]IDENTALLY FOUNDERED OFF PLYMOUTH / ON 8TH JUNE 1905 / SUB. LIEUT. EDWARD T. FLETCHER. / P.O. 1ST CL. WILLIAM G. AYLOFF. / P.O. 1ST CL. ARTHUR B. CREW. / LDG. SEA. JOSEPH THOMAS. / LDG. SEA THOMAS COSICK. / LDG. SEA. JOHN KERSWELL. / LDG. SEA. JAMES W. SIMPSON. / E.R.A. 3RD CL. GEORGE BEEDHAM. / E.R.A. 3RD CL. FREDERICK VICKERS. / E.R.A. 3RD CL. WILLIAM G. BRUCKLAND. / CH. STOKER THOMAS S. REEVE. / AB. SEA. STEPHEN BIRCH. / AB. SEA. ARCHUR RYLINDS [Arthur Rylands]. / STOKER EDMOND GREEN. [Side 4] ‘ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS AND MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / IN H.M. SUBMARINE BOAT A.3. WHICH FOUNDERED AFTER COLLISION / OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT / FEBRUARY 2ND 1912 / LIEUT. FRANK THOMPSON ORMAND / LIEUT. ERNEST JAMES VERNON THORNTON / LIEUT. DONARD PATRICK COLIN CAMPBELL / LIEUT. LEONARD FABER RICHARDSON / CHIEF E.R.A. 2ND CL. ARTHUR ERNEST GOOD / CHIEF E.R.A. 2ND CL. CHARLES E ARMSTRONG / P.O. 1ST CL. GEORGE WILDER / LEADING SEAMAN CHARLES FARR / ABLE SEAMAN WILLIAM THOMAS BARDEN / ABLE SEAMAN CHARLES GEORGE PAGE / ABLE SEAMAN EDWIN FREDERICK COMPTON / ABLE SEAMAN PATRICK KELLEY / LEADING STOKER ALFRED WILLIAM GENT / STOKER 1ST. CL. GEORGE HERBERT FOWLER’

Details

Description: Obelisk on plinth with rope twist carved round the base.
Type: Obelisk
Materials: Portland stone
Vessel: Submarines A1; A3; A5: A8

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson 2023

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St Mark's Church, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England

Wall tablet at St Mark’s Church, Dewsbury commemorating the bandsmen of ‘Titanic’ d. 1912

Location

St Mark's Church, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'With thanks to God for the memory of the brave bandsmen who perished at the post of duty on the steamship TITANIC, 14th April 1912', 'Nearer my God to Thee'.

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: Over churchwarden's pew.
Vessel: RMS Titanic

Extra

Notes: Wallace Hartley lived at West park Street, in this Parish.
Bibliography: Raymond Brown 'Centenary handbook of St Mark's Church, Dewsbury 1869-1965' p. 46.

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All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile at All Saints’ Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England commemorating Lewis Bryant  d. 1883 in the loss of the ‘Mascotte’

Location

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'LEWIS BRYANT / aged 25 / lost in the Lugger / Mascotte / in the North Sea / March 6 1883'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Materials: Ceramic
Vessel: Mascotte

People

Bryant, Lewis
Age: 25
Date of Death: 6/3/1883
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Pippa Lacey
Photographer: Pippa Lacey

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All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile at All Saints’ Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England  commemorating John Goddard d. 1896 in the loss of the barge ‘Frances’

Location

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'John Goddard /aged 52 / Lost with his barge / Frances / Flushing to London / Dec 4th 1896'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Materials: Ceramic
Vessel: Frances

People

Goddard, John
Age: 52
Date of Death: 4/12/1896
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Pippa Lacey
Photographer: Pippa Lacey

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All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile at All Saints’ Church, Brightlingsea, Essex commemorating Rochford Nurse d. 1917 in loss of ‘Robert Smith’

Location

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

' Rochford Nurse / Aged 32 / Lost from H.M. Steam / Trawler Robert Smith / July 20 1917'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Materials: Ceramic
Vessel: HM Trawler Robert Smith

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Nurse, Robert, George
Age: 32
Date of Death: 20/7/1917
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Deck hand
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve

Extra

Notes: 'Robert Smith' sunk by gunfire on 21 July 1917 by 'U44' with loss of all hands.
Recorder: Pippa Lacey
Photographer: Pippa Lacey

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All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial at All Saints’ Church, Brightlingsea, Essex commemorating George Kemp d. 1883 in the loss of the smack ‘Conquest’

Location

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Details

Description: 'GEORGE KEMP / aged 21 / Native of Kirkby-le-Soken / lost in the smack Conquest / in the North Sea / March 6 1883'
Type: Memorial tile
Materials: Ceramic
Vessel: Conquest

People

Kemp, George
Age: 21
Date of Death: 6/3/1883
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Pippa Lacey
Photographer: Pippa Lacey

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St Enodoc Church, Trebetherick, Cornwall, England

Memorial at St Enodoc Church, Cornwall to three crew members who died in the wreck of the ‘Maria Asumpta’

Location

St Enodoc Church, Trebetherick, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / EMILY MACFARLANE, JOHN SHANNON, ANNE TAYLOR / WHO PERISHED ON 30TH MAY 1995 WHEN THE BRIG / MARIA ASUMPTA WAS WRECKED ON THE RUMPS / TWO AND A HALF MILES NORTH OF THIS CHURCH'

Details

Description: Slate wall tablet on granite corbels. A relief of the vessel in profile within a semi-circular, rope twist border. Carved monkey's fists in the corners.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Slate, granite
Artists: Philip Chatfield
Vessel: Maria Asumpta

People

MacFarlane, Emily
Age: 19
Date of Death: 30/5/1995
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant bosun
Organisation: Unknown
Shannon, John
Age: 30
Date of Death: 30/5/1995
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: 2nd engineer
Organisation: Unknown
Taylor, Anne
Age: 51
Date of Death: 30/5/1995
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Cook
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Sail training vessel 'Maria Asumpta' 1858 driven on rocks following engine failure. The master was charged for gross negligence for bringing the vessel too close inshore.
Recorder: Les Pawson 2006

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St Rhuddlad's Church, Porth Swtan, Anglesey, Wales

Gravestone at St Rhuddlad’s Church, Porth Swtan, Wales commemorating passengers and crew of ‘Green Linnet’ wrecked in 1811

Location

St Rhuddlad's Church, Porth Swtan, Anglesey, Wales

Transcript

[Not exact] 'In memory of three sailors who drowned 15 Novemeber 1811 near this place in the wreck of the Green Linnet of Beaumaris on their passage from Dublin and were interred here 1 December 1811 viz Captain John Griffiths husband of Mary Griffiths of Limerick and for Owen Griffiths and Mary his wife aged 21 years and Owen son of the above named Owen Griffiths aged 20 years and Samuel Hughes aged 17 years'

Details

Description: A gravestone lying flat
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: Green Linnet

People


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Extra

Recorder: David Saunders 1994

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Ryde Old Parish Cemetery, Ryde, Isle of Wight, England

Headstone at Ryde Cemetery commemorating Arthur Horatio Dawson RN d. 1870 in the loss of HMS ‘Captain’

Location

Ryde Old Parish Cemetery, Ryde, Isle of Wight, England

Transcript

‘IN / MEMORY OF / MA'AM STAGG / OF BELCROFT ST HELENS/ WHO DIED AT RYDE / JANUARY 15 1858 AGED 74 YEARS/ MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS OF HER LIFE WERE/ SPENT IN THE CARE AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN / HER DYING WORDS WERE/ THOUGH HE SLAY ME YET WILL I TRUST HIM/ MERCIFUL JESUS HAVE MERCY ON ME / ALSO ONE OF HER LAST PUPILS / ARTHUR HORATIO DAWSON HILL
/ WHO WAS LOST IN H.M.S. CAPTAIN / SEPTEMBER 7 1870 IN THE 18TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / MAY THEY REST IN PEACE’

Details

Type: Headstone
Materials: Stone
Vessel: HMS Captain

People

Hill, Arthur Horatio Dawson
Age: 17
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Barry Fisher 2011

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St Mary's Church, Eling, Hampshire, England

Brass in St Mary’s Eling, Hampshire commemorating five crew members d. 1912 in the loss of ‘Titanic’

Location

St Mary's Church, Eling, Hampshire, England

Transcript

‘To the memory of / FREDERICK WALTER GODWIN, aged 34 years / WILLIAM THOMAS FOX, aged 27 years / TOM WARWICK, aged 25 years / all of this Parish / BOYSIE RICHARD RUSSELL of REDBRIDGE, aged 17½ years / WILLIAM EDWARD HINE of LYNDHURST, aged 36 years / WHO WERE LOST IN THE FOUNDERING OF THE S.S. “TITANIC” / AFTER COLLISION WITH AN ICEBERG / IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC’

Details

Description: Brass, with border of crosses, a red cross above the inscription. Gothic lettering highlighted in red.
Type: Brass
Materials: Brass
Vessel: RMS Titanic

People

Godwin, Frederick Charles
Age: 36
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Greaser
Organisation: White Star Line
Fox, William Thomas
Age: 27
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Greaser
Organisation: White Star Line
Warwick, Tom
Age: 34
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Steward
Organisation: White Star Line
Russell, Boysie Richard
Age: 17
Date of Death: 15/4/912
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Steward
Organisation: White Star Line
Hine, William Edward
Age: 36
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: 3rd Baker
Organisation: White Star Line

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