Category Archives: Vessel Loss

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island, Northumberland, England

Memorial at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island commemorating James Markwell d. 1917 in the loss of HMS ‘Holdene’

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island, Northumberland, England

Transcript

'James Markwell R.N.R., who lost his life serving his country in the Great War on the Minesweeper H.M.S. Holdene, 2 February 1917 aged 47. "I have fought the good fight, I have kept the faith"'

Details

Vessel: HMS Holdene

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Markwell, James
Age:
Date of Death: 2/2/1917
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Deckhand
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve

Extra

Notes: 'Holdene' British Admiralty trawler, struck a mine laid by 'UC-11' east of the Shipwash light vessel.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1970

JSON

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Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Henry Matthews d. 1883

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'HENRY MATTHEWS / aged 35 / [of Gorleston] / lost in the Lugger 'Mascotte’ / in the North Sea / March 6 1883'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Mascotte

People

Matthews, Henry
Age: 35
Date of Death: 6/3/1883
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "'HENRY MATTHEWS / aged 35 / [of Gorleston] / lost in the Lugger 'Mascotte’ / in the North Sea / March 6 1883'",
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Vessel Loss

St Bride's Church, Percy Street, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St Bride’s Church, Percy Street, Liverpool commemorating William Martin Forster, other members of his family and his servant Robert Mallett who died in 1831 in the wreck of the ‘Rothsay Castle’

Location

St Bride's Church, Percy Street, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'William Martin Forster of Cumberland Tce. Regents Park, London, eldest son of John Forster Esq of South End, Lewisham, Kent and Jane his beloved wife, sister of the late Sir Montague Chomoley of Easter, Lincs. Bart., Who were with their faithful domestic Robert Mallett taken to rest 17 August 1831 in the wreck of the Rothsay Castle steamer in Beaumaris Bay. N. Wales'

Details

Vessel: Rothsay Castle

People

Forster, William Martin
Age:
Date of Death: 17/8/1831
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Forster, Jane
Age:
Date of Death: 17/8/1831
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Mallett, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 17/8/1831
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 4, p. 251.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Edward Neale d. 1883

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'EDWARD NEALE / aged 24 / Native of Gt Bromley / lost in the Smack ‘Conquest’/ in the North Sea / March 6 1883'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Conquest

People

Neale, Edward
Age: 24
Date of Death: 6/3/1883
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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Vessel Loss

St James' Cemetery, Dover, Kent, England

Memorial at St James’ Cemetery, Dover, Kent commemorating Roque E de Mello, d. 1916 in the loss of the SS ‘Maloja’

Location

St James' Cemetery, Dover, Kent, England

Transcript

'...As a snow white lily / cut down in its bloom / he has been taken to his / eternal home'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: SS Maloja

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

de Mello, Rogue E.
Age: 22 yrs
Date of Death: 27/2/1916
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: barrister

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Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Lost in SS 'Maloja' hit a mine in the Channel off Dover laid by a SM UC-6 German submarine with loss of 155 lives. De Mello was a passenger on the P&O Steamship bound for Bombay, India.

Bibliography: 'Chowkidar' vol.v, no 1, pp. 9-10.

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    "bibliography": "'Chowkidar' vol.v, no 1, pp. 9-10.",
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Vessel Loss

St Mary's Church, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England

Wall tablet at St Mary’s Church, Eastbourne commemorating Herbert Mortimer d. 1810 in the loss of HEIC ‘Ocean’

Location

St Mary's Church, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of / WILLIAM MORTIMER, 5th Son of / Charles Smith and Elizabeth Mortimer (late of this Parish) / Who departed this Life 24th: Augst. 1808 / at Lewisham in Kent, / aged 27 years / Also of / HERBERT MORTIMER their 6th Son / who was lost in the Honble: East India / Company's Ship Ocean off the / Coast of China about the 5th Septr: 1810 / aged 25 Years'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HEIC Ocean

People

Mortimer, Herbert
Age: 25
Date of Death: 5/9/1810
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the Memory of / WILLIAM MORTIMER, 5th Son of / Charles Smith and Elizabeth Mortimer (late of this Parish) / Who departed this Life 24th: Augst. 1808 / at Lewisham in Kent, / aged 27 years / Also of / HERBERT MORTIMER their 6th Son / who was lost in the Honble: East India / Company's Ship Ocean off the / Coast of China about the 5th Septr: 1810 / aged 25 Years'",
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Vessel Loss

Church, Nysogn, Ringkobing, Denmark, Rest of the World

Gravestone at Nysogn, Ringkobing, Denmark commemorating Lieutenant James Pickering RN d. 1857 in the wreck of the ‘Medora’ and other members of her cw

Location

Church, Nysogn, Ringkobing, Denmark, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In Memory of James Pickering Smallpage of Knottingley, Yorkshire, England, Late Lieutenant The British Navy, Aged 31, And others of the crew of Medora. Wrecked on the coast Octr 2nd 1857. Jesus Christ said "I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live St John Chap 11 v 25"'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Medora

People

Smallpage, James Pickering
Age: 31
Date of Death: 2/10/1857
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Vessel Loss

St Paul's Church, Whitechapel, London, England

Tablet in St Paul’s Church, Whitechapel commemorating Edward Daniel Alston d. 1890 in the loss of ‘Roman Empire’

Location

St Paul's Church, Whitechapel, London, England

Details

Type: Tablet
Vessel: Roman Empire

People

Alston, Edward Daniel
Age:
Date of Death: 1890
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: G. Duncan & Co

Extra

Notes: Commander of ship 'Roman Empire' foundered with all hands in 1890 on a voyage from Liverpool to Peru.
Recorder: R.P. Dulling

JSON

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Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Edward Clements d. 1888

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Edward Clements / aged 29 / Drowned from Smack 'Two Sisters’ / through collision off Woolwich / Novr 27 1888 / and buried in Wickham Cemetery'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Two Sisters

People

Clements, Edward
Age: 29
Date of Death: 27/11/1888
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)
Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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Vessel Loss

Bund, Shanghai, China, Rest of the orld

Memorial on the Bund, Shanghai, China commemorating the loss of the German gun boat ‘Iltis’ in 1896

Location

Bund, Shanghai, China, Rest of the orld

Details

Description: Broken mast with a flag draped over its base.
Type: Memorial
Vessel: Iltis

Extra

Notes: 'Iltis' German Gun boat foundered in Typhoon 3/8/1896 on the Shantung coast. Miniature copies made by Chinese craftsmen.
Bibliography: A.G. Plate 'A Cruise through Eastern Seas being a travellers guide to the principal objects of interest in the Far East' (London,1906); 'Chowkidar' vol. iii, no. 3, p. 29.

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters