Category Archives: Vessel Loss

St James's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Church, Toxteth Park to Captain Richard Gibson d. 1812 and Captain Richard Gibson junior d. 1822 also Joseph Gibson d. 1815

Location

St James's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain Richard Gibson died on passage from Jamaica 11th July 1812 age 35. Joseph Gibson his son, who foundered on his passage for Jamaica 11 August 1815 age 15. Captain Richard Gibson Junior died on a passage for Jamaica 15 July 1822 age 22'

Details

People

Gibson, Richard
Age: 35
Date of Death: 11/7/1812
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Gibson, Joseph
Age: 15
Date of Death: 11/8/1815
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Gibson, Richard
Age: 22
Date of Death: 15/7/1822
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 13, p. 267.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Brasted d. 1883

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'WILLIAM R BRASTED / aged 34 / Master of the trawler 'Susannnah’ / lost off Whitehaven / Sept, 26 1883 / and interred at Whitehaven'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Susannah

People

Brasted, William R.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 26/9/1883
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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Vessel Loss

St Hilary's Church, Wallasey, Merseyside, England

Gravestone at St Hilary’s Church, Wallasey commemorating John Cannell d. 1878 in the collision between ‘Gem’ and ‘Bowfell’

Location

St Hilary's Church, Wallasey, Merseyside, England

Transcript

'John Cannell, drowned in the 'Gem' disaster, 1878, aged 21'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Gem

People

Cannell, John
Age:
Date of Death: 26/11/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: The steam ferry 'Gem' and the sailing vessel 'Bowfell' collided in fog.

JSON

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Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Sutton, Bedfordshire, England

Memorial at Sutton, Bedfordshire to Hugh Talbot Burgoyne VC, HMS ‘Captain’ d. 1870

Location

All Saints Church, Sutton, Bedfordshire, England

Transcript

'THE FLAG / ABOVE, WAS SAVED / FROM THE WRECK OF H.M. SHIP / 'CAPTAIN' / WHICH FOUNDERED AT SEA / SEPTEMBER 7TH 1870. / AND WAS PLACED IN THIS CHURCH / BY SIR JOHN M. BURGOYNE, BART, / IN MEMORY OF HIS FRIEND & KINSMAN / CAPTN HUGH TALBOT BURGOYNE R.N. V.C., WHO LOST HIS LIFE GALLANTLY / DOING HIS DUTY TO THE LAST'

Details

Description: A brass four-stepped cross fleurée is engraved with a foliage motif. It is mounted on a wooden panel painted black which has a triangular top conforming to the shape of the cross. The first five lines of the inscription are engraved on a brass ribbon which enfolds the cross and the final five lines are on the base and steps of the cross.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North aisle north wall
Materials: Brass, wood
Vessel: HMS Captain

People

Burgoyne, Hugh Talbot
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Victoria Cross winner. Tablet with part of a Union Jack.
Recorder: Joyce Wallis, 15 Hatherleigh Gardens, Potters Bar, EN6 5HZ

JSON

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Vessel Loss

St Peter's Church, Oundle, Northamptonshire, England

Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Oundle commemorating Lieutenant Arthur Erskine Gurney Coombs RN d. 1914 in the loss of HMS ‘Hawke’

Location

St Peter's Church, Oundle, Northamptonshire, England

Transcript

'Arthur Erskine Gurney Coombs, Lieutenant R.N. who lost his life through the sinking of H.M.S. Hawke whilst on active service on 15th Oct 1914. He died for freedom and honour, He has no other grave than the sea'

Details

Vessel: HMS Hawke

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Coombs, Arthur Erskine Gurney
Age: 26
Date of Death: 15/10/1914
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Lieutenant Royal Navy in HMS 'Hawke', sunk by 'U9' in North Sea..
Recorder: Rev. William Henry Donnan 1973

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Arthur Erskine Gurney Coombs, Lieutenant R.N. who lost his life through the sinking of H.M.S. Hawke whilst on active service on 15th Oct 1914. He died for freedom and honour, He has no other grave than the sea'",
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Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Joseph Thomas Marshall d. 1895

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'JOSEPH THOMAS / MARSHALL / Lost in the Smack / 'Neddy Campbell’ / In the North Sea / December 1895. aged 39'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Neddy Campbell

People

Marshall, Joseph Thomas
Age: 39
Date of Death: 12/1895
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Thomas Campbell, Grimsby

Extra

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

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "'JOSEPH THOMAS / MARSHALL /  Lost in the Smack / 'Neddy Campbell’ / In the North Sea / December 1895. aged 39'",
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Vessel Loss

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating W.R. Cumming d. 1874 when SS ‘Thunder’ sank in a typhoon

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of / W.R. CUMMING / the Engineer of / SS 'THUNDER', / who was drowned during the / typhoon of 22nd and 23rd / September, 1874. Aged 50 years / this stone was erected by his friends as a / token of respect'

Details

Description: Obelisk on plinth
Type: Obelisk
Vessel: SS Thunder

People

Cumming, William R.
Age: 50
Date of Death: 22/9/1874
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

JSON

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Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints’ Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Wheeler d. 1883

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'WILLIAM WHEELER / aged 25 / lost in the Lugger / 'Mascotte’ / in the North Sea / March 6 1883'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Mascotte

People

Wheeler, William
Age: 25
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

Church of St Andrew and St Mary, Langham, Norfolk, England

Wall tablet at Church of St Andrew and St Mary, Langham, Norfolk commemorating Captain Frederick Marryat, RN d. 1848 and Lieutenant Frederick Marryat, RN d. 1847

Location

Church of St Andrew and St Mary, Langham, Norfolk, England

Transcript

SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN FREDERICK MARRYAT / R.N : C.B : F.R.S : / MEMBER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR / WHO DIED AT LANGHAM / AUGST. 9TH. 1848 AGED 56. / ALSO LIEUTT. / FREDERICK MARRYAT / R.N: LOST AT SEA IN THE AVENGER / DECR. 20TH. 1847 AGED 28. / ALSO FRANK MARRYAT DIED JULY 12TH. 1855 AGED 29.'

Details

Description: Tablet in white marble, decorative band towards the top, on two marble feet with black marble tablet as background.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: Avenger

People

Marryat, Frederick
Age: 56
Date of Death: 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN / Writer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Marryat, Frederick
Age: 28
Date of Death: 1847
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Captain Marryat was the inventor of a signal code and author of numerous novels and children’s books, including The Naval Officer (1829), The King’s Own (1830), Mr Midshipman Easy (1836), Masterman Ready (1841), The Children of the New Forest (1847) and Settlers in Canada (1844)

Marryat buried in the churchyard at Langham. Memorial - urn on plinth within posts and chains.

Captain Marryat's wife Catherine is buried at Wiveliscombe, Somerset.
Bibliography: Oliver Warner 'Captain Marryat, a Rediscovery' (London, 1953). David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 67.

Recorder: Geoffrey Turner
Photographer: Pippa Lacey

JSON

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Vessel Loss

St Peter's Church, West Firle, East Sussex, England

Wall memorial at St Peter’s Church, West Firle, East Sussex commemorating Allan Cornelius Thorold Mann RN d. 1870 in the loss of HMS ‘Captain’

Location

St Peter's Church, West Firle, East Sussex, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / ALLAN CORNELIUS THOROLD MANN / MIDSHIPMAN R.N. AGED 19 YEARS SECOND / SON OF COLONEL J.R. MANN, ROYAL ENGINEERS. / HE WAS LOST IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY / WITH UPWARDS OF FIVE HUNDRED OF THE CREW, / IN H.M. TURRET SHIP 'CAPTAIN', WHICH FOUNDERED / OFF CAPE FINISTERRE, ON THE 7th OF SEPTR 1870'

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Description: Carved with a relief of a cross on a stepped plinth.
Type: Wall memorial
Materials: White marble on grey marble.
Artists: Lewes Parsons
Vessel: HMS Captain

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Mann, Allan Cornelius Thorold
Age: 19
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: Sketch.
Recorder: M.T. Morton 1995

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters