Memorial in Shadycombe Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating John Sladen d. 1895
Location
Shadycombe Church, Salcombe, Devon, England
Transcript
'John Herbert Sladen, aged 22, lost in the ship 'Lady Lawrence' sailed from New South Wales 11 July 1895 and not since heard of. John Heath Sladen died Monte Video 1884 age 35'
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Position: Churchyard Vessel: Lady Lawrence
People
Sladen, John Herbert Age: 22 Date of Death: 7/1895 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Unknown
Gravestone in Grafton Bridge Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand commemorating Commodore William Farquharson Burnett RN d. 1863 in the loss of HMS ‘Orpheus’
Location
Grafton Bridge Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred / to the Memory / of / William Farquharson Burnett, / C.B. / Commodore of H.M.S. Orpheus / Commanding Officer / Australian Naval Station, / Commodore Royal Navy. / Drowned 7th February 1863. / Aged 46 years' [Hetherington] 'Sacred to the memory of William Farquharson Burnett, Esq, CB., who perished with 22 officers and 167 men, in the total loss of H.M.S. Orpheus, on the Manukau Bar, New Zealand, on Feb.9, 1863. Erected by the officers of her Majesty's ships under his command' [ILN]
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Type: Gravestone Vessel: HMS Orpheus
People
Burnett, William Farquharson Age: 46 Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Commodore RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Buried 23/2/1863. DOSSIER. Bibliography: 'Illustrated London News' (5 March 1864) p. 241, 237-8; Roy M. Hetherington 'The wreck of HMS Orpheus-New Zealand's Worst sea disaster' (Auckland, 1968).
Memorial in Whitchurch Canonicorum, Devon, commemorating Admiral Sir George Somers, RN d. 1610 who died in Bermuda
Location
St Candida's Church, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Devon, England
Transcript
'ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE SOMERS KT / SHIPMATE OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH / COLONIZER OF THE BERMUDAS / BORN NEAR LYME REGIS 1554 / OWNER OF BERNE MANOR / IN WHITCHURCH CANONICORUM / DIED IN THE BERMUDAS, NOVEMBER 1610 / BURIED BENEATH THE OLD CHANTRY / UNDER THE PRESENT VESTRY JULY 4 1611 / ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1908'
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Description: The inscription within a border of foliage. Tablet in St Candida's church, Whitchurch Canonicorum dedicated to George Somers. d. 1908
Type: Tablet Position: South wall of chancel Materials: Brass Date Erected: 1908 Vessel: Sea Venture
People
Somers, George Age: 56 Date of Death: 9/11/1610 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Virginia Company
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Notes: George Somers founded the English colony of Bermuda, also known as Somers Isles. His shipwreck in 'Sea Venture' (which he survived) is believed to have inspired Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'.
Bibliography: J.D. Spinney 'Some Naval Memorials in Dorset', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 73, p. 191 (Greenwich,1987).
Gravestone at Candie Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey commemorating John Toll d. 1879 in the loss of the ‘Lizzie’ and Walter George Toll d. 1897 in the loss of the ‘Rose of Devon’
'Sacred / to the memory of / John Toll / Lost at sea Nov 22nd 1879 / Aged 29 years. / ...and their son / Walter G.S. / Lost at sea Nov 28th 1897 / aged 22 years...'
Details
Vessel: Lizzie, Rose of Devon
People
Toll, John Age: 29 Date of Death: 22/11/1879 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Toll, Walter George S. Age: 22 Date of Death: 28/11/1897 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation:
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Bibliography: David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript). Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981
Gravestone at the church of St Ffraed, Llanon, Ceredigion commemorating Evan William Sweeney d. 1941 following the loss of the SS ‘Empire Endurance’
Location
Church of St Ffraed, Llanon, Ceredigion, Wales
Transcript
'Evan William, died through enemy action on the S.S. Empire Endurance May 4, 1941, aged 28 years, son of Robert and Anne Jane Sweeney of this place'
Details
Position: Churchyard Vessel: SS Empire Endurance
People
Sweeney, Evan William Age: 28 Date of Death: 4/5/1941 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Second Cook and baker Organisation: Ministry of War Transport
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Notes: SS 'Empire Endurance' torpedoed by 'U-73' on 20 April 1941. Some crew members not rescued until a boat was found on the 9th May. Most of the occupants had already died of exposure and of the seven picked up, three died shortly afterwards. Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, 1973
Obelisk at Beauregard, Sark commemorating Mansell Renouf and four of his passengers who died due to the loss of a sailing gig in 1868
Location
Beauregard, Sark, Channel Islands
Transcript
'In memory of Jeremiah Giles Pilcher Esq., J.P. D.L. Merchant of London, Agnew Giffard Esq. C. E. Walter J Giffard his brother, Dr C. S. Gatehouse and Mansell Renouf boatman who embarked in a sailing gig from the bay below this spot at 5pm on the 19th October 1868 and were all lost during a squall of wind which shortly afterwards arose, with heavy rain and thick darkness. "Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of the waterspouts. All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me." Psalm XLII V. 7. To the praise of Almighty God who tempereth his judgement with mercy and in humble submission to His holy will. This stone of remembrance is erected by the widow and children of the late Jeremiah Giles Pilcher, to mark their tender love for so excellent a husband and father and their deep and bitter sorrow for his loss, also to urge upon others, through the grace and mercy of God our saviour CAUTION AND WARNING. "Thy way is in the sea and Thy paths in the great waters and thy footsteps are not known." Psalm LXXVLI V. 19. This stone of remembrance was restored in 1968 by Beatrice Haigh Born 17th April 1890 died 14th March 1973 granddaughter of Jeremiah Pilcher she is remembered with affection by her cousins Nadine Bonsor, Alexandre Meynell and their mother Nadine Killearn nee Pilcher'
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Type: Obelisk Materials: Granite Artists: Blisson, W. T. Collings
People
Gatehouse, C. S. Age: 52 Date of Death: 19/10/1868 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Giffard, Agnew Age: Date of Death: 19/10/1868 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Gifford, Walter J. Age: Date of Death: 19/10/1868 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Pilcher, Jeremiah Giles Age: Date of Death: 19/10/1868 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Renouf, Mansell Age: Date of Death: 19/10/1868 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Boatman Organisation:
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Notes: Jeremiah Gile Pilcher also has a tomb in West Norwood Cemetery, London. Bibliography: 'Guernsey Star' (14 Sept 1869); David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript). Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981
Tomb at Castel, Guernsey commemorating the crew of ‘L’Europe’ wrecked in 1849
Location
Parish Church, Castel, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Transcript
[North panel] 'Ici sont repose les corps les marins' [South panel] 'Mehuet, Jean Marie, Master / Mehuet, Clothaire, Mate / Le Couet, Guillaume, seaman / Le Grand, Louis, seaman / Kermorgan, seaman / Chemise, seaman / Rosier, seaman / Megat, seaman / Vasal, Jules, seaman / Lavirin, seaman' [Not in full] [West panel] 'LES MARINS VOIENT DE DIEU / LES OEUVRES MERVEILLEUSES. / QUAND ILS SONT AU MILIEAU / DES VAGUES PERILLEUSES. / S'ILS LUI FONT EN TOUS TEMPS / PAR JESUS LEUR PRIERE. / CE GRAND MAITRE DES VENTS / SE MONTRERA LEUR PERE.', 'ALORS REMPLIE DE PAIX / AU MOMENT DU NAUFRAGE / LEUR AME POUR JAMAIS / A L'ABRI DE L'ORAGE. / IRA DU CREATEUR / ADORER LA PUISSANCE / ET DE SON REDEMPTEUR / CELEBRER LA CLEMENCE'
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Description: A tomb chest on a stepped base. In relief, a depiction of the wreck, and a cross on the east panel. Type: Memorial Position: Churchyard Materials: Portland stone Vessel: L'Europe
People
Chemise, Chemise Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Kermorgan, Kermorgan Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Lavirin, Lavirin Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Le Couet, Guillaume Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Le Grand, Louis Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Megat, Megat Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Mehuet, Jean Marie Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Mehuet, Clothaire Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Mate Organisation: Rosier, Rosier Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Vasal, Jules Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation:
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Notes: Erected by public subscription. Bibliography: David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript). Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
