Category Archives: Vessel Loss

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, London, England

Plaque in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham commemorating Lieutenant Douglas Henry Prosser d. 1916 in the loss of HMS ‘Russell’

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, London, England

Transcript

'IN . LOVING . MEMORY . OF . / DOUGLAS . HENRY . PROSSER . / LIEUTENANT . IN . THE . ROYAL . NAVY / ONLY . SON . OF . THE . VICAR . OF . THIS . PARISH . WHO . IN . THE . / SINKING . OF . H.M.S. RUSSELL . OFF . MALTA . GAVE . HIS . LIFE .
/ IN . THE . SERVICE . OF . HIS . COUNTRY . ON . 27 . APRIL . 1916 / AGED . 22 . YEARS . / IT . IS . WELL'

Details

Description: With RN Badge.
Type: Plaque
Position: West end of nave
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Russell

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Prosser, Douglas Henry
Age: 22
Date of Death: 27/4/1916
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: M.T. Morton

JSON

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  "location": "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, London, England",
  "transcript": "'IN . LOVING . MEMORY . OF . / DOUGLAS . HENRY . PROSSER . / LIEUTENANT . IN . THE . ROYAL . NAVY / ONLY . SON . OF . THE . VICAR . OF . THIS . PARISH . WHO . IN . THE . / SINKING . OF . H.M.S. RUSSELL . OFF . MALTA . GAVE . HIS . LIFE . <br />\r\n / IN . THE . SERVICE . OF . HIS . COUNTRY . ON . 27 . APRIL . 1916 / AGED . 22 . YEARS . / IT . IS . WELL'",
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Vessel Loss

Old Church, Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man

Gravestone at Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man commemorating John Corlett d. 1843 in the loss of the brig ‘Enterprise’

Location

Old Church, Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man

Transcript

'In memory of / John / CORLETT Capt / of the Brig Enterprise of / Whitehaven foundered at sea / on his passage from Sicily to / London with all crew / 16th Janry / 1843 age 32 years...'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Enterprise

People

Corlett, John
Age: 32
Date of Death: 16/1/1843
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

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Vessel Loss

St Seriol's Church, Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales

Gravestone at St Seriol’s Church, Holyhead commemorating Lieutenant William J. Sinclair d. 1918 in the loss of RMS ‘Leinster’

Location

St Seriol's Church, Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales

Transcript

' ...Lieut Wm J. Sinclair RWF lost in RMS Leinster disaster Oct 10 1918 aged 30 only son of the late J.H. and M. Sinclair'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: RMS Leinster

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Sinclair, William J.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 10/10/1918
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Lieutenant RMS 'Leinster'. Irish Sea ferry sunk by torpedo 10/10/1918.
Recorder: David Saunders

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St Seriol’s Church, Holyhead commemorating Lieutenant William J. Sinclair d. 1918 in the loss of RMS ‘Leinster’</p>",
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    "notes": "Lieutenant RMS 'Leinster'. Irish Sea ferry sunk by torpedo 10/10/1918.",
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    "recorder": "David Saunders",
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Vessel Loss

Abbey, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland

Headstone at Arbroath Abbey commemorating John Simpson d. 1824

Location

Abbey, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland

Transcript

[Front] 'Erected by David Simpson / Ship Owner in Arbroath / and Jean Lyell his spouse / in memory of their son Joseph / who died 2nd December 1822 / Aged 17 years and John who / died at sea in November 1824 / in the 27 year of his age / David James Thomas and / Andrew survive this date' [Back] 'Nightly the wind's unkindly blast / Parched by the sun's director ray / The momentary glories waste, / The short lived beauties die away'

Details

Description: Carved with a cutter-rigged vessel above the verse. The inscriptions on both sides in cursive script.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Kirkyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Simpson, John
Age: 27
Date of Death: 11/1824
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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  "transcript": "[Front] 'Erected by David Simpson / Ship Owner in Arbroath / and Jean Lyell his spouse / in memory of their son Joseph / who died 2nd December 1822 / Aged 17 years and John who / died at sea in November 1824 / in the 27 year of his age / David James Thomas and / Andrew survive this date' [Back] 'Nightly the wind's unkindly blast / Parched by the sun's director ray / The momentary glories waste, / The short lived beauties die away'",
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Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Thomas C. Taylor d. 1918

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Thomas C. Taylor / Aged: 45 / Lost with his ship/ S.S. “Woolston" by enemy / submarine off Syracuse / May: 14 1918'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: SS Woolston

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Taylor, Thomas C.
Age: 45
Date of Death: 14/5/1918
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

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Vessel Loss

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shalford, Surrey, England

Wall plaque at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shalford commemorating Lieutenant Douglas Courtenay Tudor RN d. 1914 in the Battle of Coronel

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shalford, Surrey, England

Transcript

' IN / LOVING MEMORY OF /DOUGLAS COURTENAY TUDOR / LIEUTENANT ROYAL NAVY / BORN 9 JULY 1891, / WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION / ON BOARD H.M.S. 'GOOD HOPE' / OFF THE COAST OF CHILI / ON 1 NOV. 1914 / ELDEST SURVIVING SON / OF / ADMIRAL H.M.T. TUDOR / Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori’'

Details

Description: Naval crown in relief within rope twist border in arch above inscription.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Stone
Vessel: HMS Good Hope

Event

Battle of Cape Coronel

Event Date

1914

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Tudor, Douglas Courtenay
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1/11/1914
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972

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Vessel Loss

St Nicholas's Church, Compton, Surrey, England

Gravestone at St Nicholas’s Church, Compton commemorating William Julian Shrine RN d. 1847 in the loss of HMS ‘Avenger’

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Compton, Surrey, England

Transcript

'William Julian Shrine / Son of/George and Anne Spurstow / More Moloneux / he died in the wreck / of H.M.S. Avenger / December 20th 1847 / aged 14 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Graveyard close to E wall of church.
Vessel: HMS Avenger

People

Moloneux, William Julian Shrine
Age: 14
Date of Death: 20/12/1847
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Avenger', wrecked on north coast of Africa 20/12/1847.
Bibliography: William O.S. Gilly 'Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy between 1793 and 1849, compiled principally from official documents in the Admiralty', (London, 1850) pp. 326-340.
Recorder: David Saunders 1983

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Vessel Loss

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Captain Thomas Carling d. 1854 in the wreck of the ‘W.H. Davies’

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain Thomas Carling late of Whitby Yorkshire lost in the wreck of the ship W H Davies on the Watersay Rock, Barra Island, one of the Hebrides 27 January 1854 age 36'

Details

Vessel: W H Davies

People

Carling, Thomas
Age: 36
Date of Death: 27/1/1854
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. 8, p. 360. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating George Steward d. 1880

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'GEORGE STEWARD / aged 54 / Master of the Ketch / 'Pride of the Dart’ / lost off Flamborough Head / Oct. 28 1880'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Pride of the Dart

People

Steward, George
Age: 54
Date of Death: 28/10/1880
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

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

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "'GEORGE STEWARD / aged 54 / Master of the Ketch / 'Pride of the Dart’ / lost off Flamborough Head / Oct. 28 1880'",
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Vessel Loss

St Akeveranus's Church, St Keverne, Cornwall, England

Headstone in St Keverne, Cornwall dedicated persons lost aboard the vessel ‘John’ in 1855

Location

St Akeveranus's Church, St Keverne, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of / 120 / persons here interred / who were drowned in / the wreck of the ship / John May 2nd 1855 / erected by one of the survivors'

Details

Description: Carved with a shipwreck.

Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate
Vessel: John

Extra

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters