Category Archives: Vessel Loss

St Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devon, England

Memorial in St Andrew’s Church, Colyton, Devon commemorating Commander Henry Wilson, HEIC, d. 1810

Location

St Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devon, England

Transcript

'In full Assurance of the Resurrection of the Dead; / Near this place lieth the Body of / CAPT. HENRY WILSON / Who commanded the Hon.ble East India Company`s Packet, the Antelope, / when wrecked on the Pelew islands, in August, 1783; / and was wonderfully preserved with the Ship`s Company, / amongst Strangers, in a land, unfrequented and unknown. / He departed this life May 11th 1810; Aged 70 Years. / READER! / Reflect on thy Life, and the Days which are past,and/ thou wilt most assuredly see Cause to acknowledge, that/ THERE IS A GOD, / Who governeth the Earth, and observeth the Actions and ways of / MEN, and that THOU / hast had frequent Occasions, wherein to declare with the / PATRIARCH JACOB / "Surely the LORD is in this PLACE and I knew it not" / Genesis xxviii ver xii'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Materials: Marble
Vessel: 'Antelope'

People

Wilson, Henry
Age: 70
Date of Death: 11/5/1810
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

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  "transcript": "'In full Assurance of the Resurrection of the Dead; / Near this place lieth the Body of / CAPT. HENRY WILSON / Who commanded the Hon.ble East India Company`s Packet, the Antelope, / when wrecked on the Pelew islands, in August, 1783; / and was wonderfully preserved with the Ship`s Company, / amongst Strangers, in a land, unfrequented and unknown. / He departed this life May 11th 1810; Aged 70 Years. / READER! / Reflect on thy Life, and the Days which are past,and/ thou wilt most assuredly see Cause to acknowledge, that/ THERE IS A GOD, / Who governeth the Earth, and observeth the Actions and ways of / MEN, and that THOU / hast had frequent Occasions, wherein to declare with the / PATRIARCH JACOB / \"Surely the LORD is in this PLACE and I knew it not\" / Genesis xxviii ver xii'",
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Vessel Loss

St Andrew's Church, Hamble, Hampshire, England

Memorial at St Andrew’s Church, Hamble, Hampshire, commemorating Rear-Admiral James Bradby d. 1809 and Captain Matthew Barton Bradby RN d. 1831

Location

St Andrew's Church, Hamble, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'Near this Place are deposited the remains of James Bradby Esq. Rear Admiral of his Majesty's Navy, who departed this life on the 3rd of August 1809, aged 72 years. Also Mary, wife of the above Rear Admiral Bradby who died on the 20th of April 1808 aged 63 yrs. Also Matthew Barton Bradby Esq their son Captain in the Royal Navy who was unfortunately drowned on the 5th May 1831 aged 51 yrs. Catherine H Bradby widow of the above died June 17th 1873 aged 89 years'

Details

People

Bradby, James
Age: 72
Date of Death: 3/8/1809
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bradby, Matthew Barton
Age: 51
Date of Death: 5/5/1831
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Matthew Barton Bradby was lost in the yacht 'Catherine' with Admiral Sir Joseph Sidney Yorke. The vessel was struck by lightning and capsized.

JSON

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  "location": "St Andrew's Church, Hamble, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Near this Place are deposited the remains of James Bradby Esq. Rear Admiral of his Majesty's Navy, who departed this life on the 3rd of August 1809, aged 72 years. Also Mary, wife of the above Rear Admiral Bradby who died on the 20th of April 1808 aged 63 yrs. Also Matthew Barton Bradby Esq their son Captain in the Royal Navy who was unfortunately drowned on the 5th May 1831 aged 51 yrs. Catherine H Bradby widow of the above died June 17th 1873 aged 89 years'",
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Vessel Loss

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain Robert Penn d. 1829 in the wreck of the ‘Hannah’

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain Robert Penn lost from the wreck of the brig 'Hannah' on the Sable Island 2nd December 1829 age 34'

Details

Vessel: Hannah

People

Penn, Robert
Age: 34
Date of Death: 2/12/1829
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 6, p. 549.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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Vessel Loss

Candie Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Headstone in Candie Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey commemorating John Edward Masterton d. 1914 in the loss of the ‘Turret Hill’, James Frederick Masterton d. 1917 and Captain James Masterton d. 1918

Location

Candie Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'In remembrance / of / James Albert / the beloved son of / James and Louisa A. Masterton, / who fell asleep in Jesus / May 14th 1871 age 6 months / Also of George their son / who died December 26 1883 / aged 26 days. / Also of John Edward their son and dear husband of / Florence Ling / who was drowned at sea / on the SS Turrethill / May 13th 1914 aged 34 years. / Also of / James Frederick, their son / and beloved husband of Elise A le Riche, / torpedoed at sea March 30 / 1917. / He nobly did his duty and now / he rests in peace. / Also of .../ James Masterton, / Captain Merchant Service / died June 1st 1918, aged 72 years. / Safe home in port'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: SS Harberton, SS Turret Hill

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Masterton, James Frederick
Age:
Date of Death: 29/3/1917
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Second Mate
Organisation: Cory Colliers Ltd
Masterton, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1/6/1918
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Masterton, John Edward
Age: 34
Date of Death: 13/5/1914
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Second Mate
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: SS 'Turret Hill', English vessel took stone from Guernsey to Kings Lynn and Newcastle. Capsized owing to cargo shifting off Southwold. See Merchant Navy memorial Tower Hill. SS 'Harberton' of London, missing presumed torpedoed in the North Sea.
Recorder: David Kreckeler 1982

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  "location": "Candie Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey, Channel Islands",
  "transcript": "'In remembrance / of / James Albert / the beloved son of / James and Louisa A. Masterton, / who fell asleep in Jesus / May 14th 1871 age 6 months / Also of George their son / who died December 26 1883 / aged 26 days. / Also of John Edward their son and dear husband of / Florence Ling / who was drowned at sea / on the SS Turrethill / May 13th 1914 aged 34 years. / Also of / James Frederick, their son / and beloved husband of Elise A le Riche, / torpedoed at sea March 30 / 1917. / He nobly did his duty and now / he rests in peace. / Also of .../ James Masterton, / Captain Merchant Service / died June 1st 1918, aged 72 years. / Safe home in port'",
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    "notes": "SS 'Turret Hill', English vessel took stone from Guernsey to Kings Lynn and Newcastle. Capsized owing to cargo shifting off Southwold. See Merchant Navy memorial Tower Hill. SS 'Harberton' of London, missing presumed torpedoed in the North Sea.",
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    "recorder": "David Kreckeler 1982",
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Vessel Loss

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton, Somerset, England

Plaque in the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton commemorating Captain Cecil Irby Prowse RN d. 1916 in the Battle of Jutland

Location

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton, Somerset, England

Details

Type: Plaque
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Queen Mary

Event

Battle of Jutland 1916

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Prowse, Cecil Irby
Age: 49
Date of Death: 31/5/1916
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Marble plaque to Brigadier General C.B. Prowse DSO refers to his elder brother Captain C.I. Prowse RN of HMS 'Queen Mary' who went down with his ship at the Battle of Jutland May 31st 1916 aged 49.
Recorder: David Saunders

JSON

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    "recorder": "David Saunders",
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Vessel Loss

St Mary's Church, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England

Gravestone at St Mary’s Church, Whitby commemorating George Rose d. 1807

Location

St Mary's Church, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'To the memory of JOHN ROSE / who died May 21st 1803 aged 66 years / Also Mary, his wife who died July 27th / 1818 aged 79 years / Likewise GEORGE, their son, who was / drowned in the Gulf of Bothnia in / November 1807, aged 21 years. / Also ELIZABETH, wife of JOHN ROSE / son of the above, who died May 21st 1855 / aged 63 years. / And of JOHN ROSE son of the above / who died April 29th 1857 aged 74 years.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Rose, George
Age: 21
Date of Death: 11/1807
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'To the memory of JOHN ROSE / who died May 21st 1803 aged 66 years / Also Mary, his wife who died July 27th / 1818 aged 79 years / Likewise GEORGE, their son, who was / drowned in the Gulf of Bothnia in / November 1807, aged 21 years. / Also ELIZABETH, wife of JOHN ROSE / son of the above, who died May 21st 1855 / aged 63 years. / And of JOHN ROSE son of the above / who died April 29th 1857 aged 74 years.'",
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Vessel Loss

British Cemetery, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, USA, Rest of the World

Memorial at Ocracoke Island, USA to Stanley Craig d. 1942 of HMS ‘Bedfordshire’,

Location

British Cemetery, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, USA, Rest of the World

Details

Vessel: HMS Bedfordshire

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Craig, Stanley
Age:
Date of Death: 11/5/1942
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary telegraphist
Organisation: Royal Navy
Cunningham, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 11/5/1942
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant RNVR
Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Bedfordshire', sunk by 'U558'.
Bibliography: L. Vanloan Naisawald 'In Some Foreign Field: World War II on the Outer Banks'.

JSON

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Vessel Loss

St Mary's Church, Happisburgh, Norfolk, England

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Happisburgh, Norfolk commemorating the Officers and Ship’s Company of the HMS Invincible that was shipwrecked off Happisburgh on the Norfolk coast on 16 March 1801

Location

St Mary's Church, Happisburgh, Norfolk, England

Transcript

‘On the 16 March 1801, HMS INVINCIBLE / was wrecked off Happisburgh when / on her way to join a fleet with / Admiral Nelson at Copenhagen. / The day following, the Ship sank with / the loss of some four hundred lives. / One hundred and nineteen members / of the Ship’s Company lie buried here.’ / / “And the sea gave up the dead / that were in it ...” / Revelation 20:13 // This memorial stone was given jointly / by the Parochial Church Council and / the Officers and Ship’s Company of HMS Invincible, 1998

Details

Extra

Notes: HMS Invincible was a third rate British Navy ship with 74 guns. She set sail from Yarmouth with 650 on board, preparing to meet up with Admiral Sir Hyde Parker as part of the British attack on the Danish navy. She became stuck on a sandbank off the Happisburgh coast in high winds, and eventually sank with the loss of 400 officers and crew. The Rear-Admiral Thomas Totty, along with 195 survived. Totty was later cleared at a court martial.

The mass grave was rediscovered and a memorial stone lain by the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Invincible in 1988, together with the Happisburgh parochial church council.

Photographer: Pippa Lacey

JSON

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Vessel Loss

St Brelade's Church, St Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands

Wall tablet at St Brelade’s Church, St Brelade, Jersey commemorating Major Elias Pipon d. 1848

Location

St Brelade's Church, St Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / MAJOR ELIAS PIPON, / SECOND SON OF / JAMES PIPON ESQRE OF NOIRMONT / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / AT WHITEHALL IN THIS PARISH, / ON THE 31ST DAY OF JANUARY 1848, / AGED 75 YEARS AND SIX MONTHS. / MAJOR PIPON SERVED HIS COUNTRY / IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE GLOBE, / HE WAS ONE OF THE SURVIVORS / FROM THE DISASTROUS SHIPWRECK, / OF THE DROITS DE L'HOMME IN / AUDIERNE BAY ON THE COAST OF FRANCE, / IN THE YEAR 1797 BEING ON BOARD / AS A PRISONER OF WAR. / RESURGAM'

Details

Type: Tablet
Materials: White marble
Vessel: Droits de L'Homme

People

Pipon, Elias
Age: 75
Date of Death: 31/1/1848
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Major. Prisoner of War
Organisation: British Army

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER photo.
Recorder: La Société Jersiaise

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  "transcript": "'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / MAJOR ELIAS PIPON, / SECOND SON OF / JAMES PIPON ESQRE OF NOIRMONT / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / AT WHITEHALL IN THIS PARISH, / ON THE 31ST DAY OF JANUARY 1848, / AGED 75 YEARS AND SIX MONTHS. / MAJOR PIPON SERVED HIS COUNTRY / IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE GLOBE, / HE WAS ONE OF THE SURVIVORS / FROM THE DISASTROUS SHIPWRECK, / OF THE DROITS DE L'HOMME IN / AUDIERNE BAY ON THE COAST OF FRANCE, / IN THE YEAR 1797 BEING ON BOARD / AS A PRISONER OF WAR. / RESURGAM'",
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Vessel Loss

St Illtud's Church, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Gravestone at St Illtud’s Church, Pembrey commemorating Henry Rosser d. 1872

Location

St Illtud's Church, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Transcript

[A gravestone to various members of the Rosser family includes:] '...Also Henry, son of the above, Master Mariner who was lost on his voyage from Recondra to Garson in a gale about the end of November 1872 aged 36 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Near west wall of church

People

Rosser, Henry
Age: 36
Date of Death: 11/1872
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Gravestone at  St Illtud’s Church, Pembrey commemorating Henry Rosser d. 1872</p>",
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  "categories": ["Vessel Loss"],
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    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Near west wall of church",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Rosser, Henry","age":"36","dateofdeath":"11/1872","causeofdeath":"Vessel loss","rankOccupation":"Master mariner","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "David Saunders",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters