Category Archives: Vessel Loss

St Nicholas Church, Sandhurst, Kent, England

Gravestone at St Nicholas, Sandhurst, Kent commemorating Leonard Ward d. 1878 in the loss of SS ‘Dante’

Location

St Nicholas Church, Sandhurst, Kent, England

Transcript

[Not exact] ‘Thomas NEWMAN WARD Esq. formerly Thomas Newman Collins of Field Green in this parish died at Ore, Sussex on 25th December 1851, age 62, his wife Charlotte died at Broadstairs, Kent in March 1868 and is buried beneath this tomb. Also of Douglas, 2nd son of Newman Ward Esq. Barr. At Law died 23rd August 1858 aged 9, buried in the vault beneath. Also of Leonard, 3rd son of Newman and Louisa Jane Ward, drowned off the Smalls in Bristol by the sinking of the SS Dante through collision 30th December 1878 aged 21. Also of Newman WARD Esq. barrister at Law only son of Thomas and Charlotte Ward died 27th March 1898 aged 75, buried in Torquay, Cornwall. His wife Louisa Jane died in London 3rd August 1864 aged 38 and is buried in Willesden Cemetery’

Details

Type: Vault
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: SS Dante

People

Ward, Leonard
Age: 21
Date of Death: 30/12/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

JSON

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Vessel Loss

St Paul's Church, Warton-on Ribble, Lancashire, England

Vault commemorating George Richardson d. 1872 in the loss of the ‘British Workman’

Location

St Paul's Church, Warton-on Ribble, Lancashire, England

Transcript

'In memory of Captain George Richardson, lost while bound for Rio Grande do Sul, South America, December 1872, aged 30 years.

Details

Description: Vault with small memorial tablet.
Type: Vault
Vessel: British Workman

People

Richardson, George
Age: 24
Date of Death: 12/1872
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Merchant service

Extra

Notes: Tablet lost in churchyard clearance.
Recorder: L.B. Richardson

JSON

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Vessel Loss

St Mary's Church, Mortlake, London, England

Plaque in St Mary’s Church, Mortlake commemorating sea scouts who died in the loss of ‘Wrangle III’ in 1950

Location

St Mary's Church, Mortlake, London, England

Transcript

'IN HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE CREW OF THE / 1ST MORTLAKE WHALER / WRANGLE III LOST IN / THE ENGLISH CHANNEL / RETURNING HOME FROM CALAIS / 19TH AUGUST 1950 / J. WEEDON, D.S.C. G.S.M. B. PETERS / D. AMOS W. TOWNDROW / B. BELL R. WALFORD / K. BLACK (D.C. KENSINGTON) P. WHITE / M PERCIVAL W. WOODS'

Details

Type: Plaque
Materials: Bronze
Vessel: Wangle III

People

Weedon, John
Age: 34
Date of Death: 19/8/1950
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Commander
Organisation: Royal Navy
Amos, Donald Edward
Age: 27
Date of Death: 19/8/1950
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Sea Scout
Organisation: Sea Scouts
Black, Kenneth
Age: 27
Date of Death: 19/8/1950
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Sea Scout
Organisation: Sea Scouts
Bell, Bernard
Age: 27
Date of Death: 19/8/1950
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Sea Scout
Organisation: Sea Scouts
Percival, Maurice Alan
Age: 17
Date of Death: 19/8/1950
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Sea Scout
Organisation: Sea Scouts
Peters, Brian Alan
Age: 18
Date of Death: 19/8/1950
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Sea Scout
Organisation: Sea Scouts
Towndrow, William Patrick
Age: 19
Date of Death: 19/8/1950
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Sea Scout
Organisation: Sea Scouts
Walford, Robert Edward
Age: 18
Date of Death: 19/8/1950
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Sea Scout
Organisation: Sea Scouts
Peters, Brian Alan
Age: 18
Date of Death: 19/8/1950
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Sea Scout
Organisation: Sea Scouts
White, Peter Frederick
Age: 19
Date of Death: 19/8/1950
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Sea Scout
Organisation: Sea Scouts
Woods, William
Age: 17
Date of Death: 19/8/1950
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Sea Scout
Organisation: Sea Scouts

Extra

Bibliography: Roy Masini 'Sea Scouting: a history, 1909-2009' pp. 163-4.

JSON

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Vessel Loss

Kilchattan Cemetery, Isle of Colonsay, Argyllshire, Scotland

Gravestone at Kilchattan Cemetery commemorating Private E. Palmer RMLI d. 1915 in the loss of HMS ‘Viknor’

Location

Kilchattan Cemetery, Isle of Colonsay, Argyllshire, Scotland

Transcript

'PO/10910 PRIVATE RMLI / E PALMER / HMS VIKNOR / 13TH JANUARY 1915 AGE 31 / THE MISTS HAVE ROLLED AWAY'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: HMS Viknor

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Palmer, Edward
Age: 31
Date of Death: 13/1/1915
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

Recorder: Kevin Byrne 1996

JSON

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Vessel Loss

Portknockie, Moray, Scotland

Memorial at Portknockie, Moray, Scotland, commemorating those who lost their lives from the SS Nar, which sank on 13 December 1904

Location

Portknockie, Moray, Scotland

Transcript

“This bollard was raised from / the wreck of the ‘SS Nar’ / which sank on the 13th Dec 1904 / off Kingston, Spey-Bay / with the loss of all hands."

Details

Description: Bollard from the wreck of ‘SS Nar'
Type: Bollard
Position: Park Street, Portknockie
Materials: Metal
Vessel: SS Nar

Event Date

1904

Extra

Notes: SS Nar was carrying coal from Sunderland to Burghead when she founded off Garmouth.
Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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Vessel Loss

St Peter's Church, Riddlesworth, Norfolk, England

Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Riddlesworth commemorating Victor Albert Rudd RN d. 1941 in the loss of HMS ”Gloucester’

Location

St Peter's Church, Riddlesworth, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'...Victor A.R. Lovick, Leading Telegraphist RN HMS Gloucester, KIA off Crete, 23 May 1941.

Details

Vessel: HMS Gloucester

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Hyett, Victor Albert Rudd
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 22/5/1941
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Leading Telegraphist
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

JSON

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Vessel Loss

Kilchattan Cemetery, Isle of Colonsay, Argyllshire, Scotland

Headstone at Kilchattan Cemetery, Isle of Colonsay commemorating J. Kellacher RNVR d. 1940 in the loss of HMS ‘Transylvania’

Location

Kilchattan Cemetery, Isle of Colonsay, Argyllshire, Scotland

Transcript

'J. KELLACHER / ABLE SEAMAN RNVR P/ESDX 91 / HMS TRANSYLVANIA / 1OTH AUGUST 1940 AGE 33 / ON HIS SOUL / SWEET JESUS, HAVE MERCY / R.I.P.'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: HMS Transylvania

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Kellacher, J.
Age: 33
Date of Death: 10/8/1940
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: RNVR

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Transylvania' sunk by 'U56'
Recorder: Kevin Byrne 1996

JSON

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Vessel Loss

Marylebone Parish Church, London, England

Wall tablet in Marylebone Parish Church commemorating Captain Charles Elphinstone RN d. 1807 in the loss of HMS ‘Blenheim’

Location

Marylebone Parish Church, London, England

Transcript

In memory of Captain Charles Elphinstone R.N. son of the Hon. William Fullerton Elphinstone. He was lost in H.M.S. Blenheim 1807 in the 27th year of his age. Also of Elizabeth Elphinestone, his sister, who died 30th October 1802 in the 19th year of her age.

Details

Description: Arms above inscription panel.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Gallery
Materials: Marble
Artists: T. Marsh [signed]
Vessel: HMS Benheim

People

Elphinstone, Charles
Age: 26
Date of Death: 1807
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: https://stmarylebone.org/history/memorial-inscriptions HMS 'Blenheim' foundered in a gale off Madagascar in early 1807.

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Vessel Loss

Marylebone Parish Church, London, England

Wall tablet at Marylebone Parish Church commemorating Lieutenant-Commander John White RN d. 1916

Location

Marylebone Parish Church, London, England

Transcript

‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / JOHN WHITE / LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY / KILLED IN ACTION ON THE 23RD OCTOBER 1916 / WHILE IN COMMAND OF H.M.S. GENISTA / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN / HIS FORMER SHIPMATES IN H.M.S. AFRICA / A man greatly loved’

Details

Description: Panel with an arched top. Royal Navy cap badge above the inscription within the arch. The whole has a border of oak leaves and acorns.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South side of nave
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Genista; HMS Africa

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

White, John
Age: 37
Date of Death: 23/10/1916
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant-Commander
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Genista' sunk by 'U57' off West Coast of Ireland.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 2018
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Vessel Loss

St Nicholas Church, Leeds, Kent, England

Window at St Nicholas Church, Leeds, Kent dedicated to Commander Walter B. Watkins Grubb RN d. 1914

Location

St Nicholas Church, Leeds, Kent, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of Ernest Watkins Grubb MA Vicar of Sibertswold, Kent who died Oct 2nd 1914 & of / Walter B Watkins Grubb Lt Commander Royal Navy HMS Cressy who died in action Set 22nd 1914'

Details

Description: Two light window. Tracery light depicts an angel holding a scroll : 'Be thou faithful unto Death'. Left main light - Christ standing on a rock in water. Right main light -a kneeling knight. Text stretching across both lights : 'I will give thee a crown of life'.
Type: Window
Position: South aisle south wall
Materials: Glass, lead
Artists: Heaton, Butler & Bayne
Vessel: HMS Cressy

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Grubb, Walter Watkins
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 22/9/1914
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: DOSSIER
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

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{
  "post_id": "37946",
  "id": "M3226",
  "location": "St Nicholas Church, Leeds, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'In loving memory of Ernest Watkins Grubb MA Vicar of Sibertswold, Kent who died Oct 2nd 1914 & of / Walter B Watkins Grubb Lt Commander Royal Navy HMS Cressy who died in action Set 22nd 1914'",
  "content": "<p>Window at St Nicholas Church, Leeds, Kent dedicated to Commander Walter B. Watkins Grubb RN d. 1914</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Two light window. Tracery light depicts an angel holding a scroll : 'Be thou faithful unto Death'. Left main light - Christ standing on a rock in water. Right  main light -a kneeling knight. Text stretching across both lights : 'I will give thee a crown of life'.",
    "type": "Window",
    "position": "South aisle south wall",
    "materials": "Glass, lead",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "Heaton, Butler & Bayne",
    "vessel": "HMS Cressy"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": "1914-1918 First World War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Grubb, Walter Watkins","age":"Unknown","dateofdeath":"22/9/1914","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Commander","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "DOSSIER",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters