Category Archives: Vessel Loss

St Martin's Church, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, England

Wall memorial in St Martin’s Church, Bowness-on-Windermere dedicated to Henry Thompson d.1832

Location

St Martin's Church, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, England

Transcript

'THE LORD GAVE, AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY, / BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD / ON THE SEVENTH OF JUNE 1832 WAS LOST, WITH ALL THE CREW OF HIS MAJESTY`S BRIG RECRUIT, / IN A SEVERE GALE OF WIND, / ON THE PASSAGE FROM HALIFAX TO BERMUDA / HENRY G. POULET THOMSON / AGED FOURTEEN YEARS, / YOUNGEST SON OF / ANDREW HENRY POULETT THOMSON ESQUIRE, / LATE OF BELFIELD. / DIED ON THE SEVENTH OF SEPTEMBER 1834 / DIED AT BELFIELD AGED FORTY ONE YEARS / SOPHIA POULET THOMSON, / WIFE AND MOTHER OF THE ABOVE. / ON THE SECOND OF JUNE 1836 / DIED AT GREENWICH, AGED TWENTY YEARS, / ANDREW JOHN POULETT THOMSON, / ELDEST AND ONLY SURVIVING SON OF THE ABOVE. / ON THE TWENTY EIGHTH OF APRIL 1839 WAS DROWNED / IN THE RIVER THAMES, BY THE UPSETTING OF A BOAT, / AT A SHORT DISTANCE FROM HIS HOUSE AT MARLOW, / ANDREW HENRY POULETT THOMSON ESQRE / LATE OF BELFIELD IN THIS COUNTY, / AND OF AUSTIN FRIARS LONDON, AGED FIFTY TWO YEARS. / ON THE FIFTH OF SEPTEMBER 1840 DIED AT MORTLAKE / IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY, AGED TWENTY SIX YEARS, / CHARLOTTE WEGUELIN, / ONLY DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE, AND WIFE OF / THOMAS MATTHIAS WEGUELIN ESQRE, OF MORTLAKE AND SUBLIME'

Details

Description: Urn and anchor carved above the inscription.

Type: Wall memorial
Position: Interior
Materials: Marble
Vessel: Recruit

People

Thompson, Andrew Henry Poulett
Age: 52
Date of Death: 28/4/1839
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Thomson, Henry G. Poulet
Age: 14
Date of Death: 7/9/1832
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Date of loss given in Colledge as 1832.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson 2019

JSON

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  "transcript": "'THE LORD GAVE, AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY, / BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD / ON THE SEVENTH OF JUNE 1832 WAS LOST, WITH ALL THE CREW OF HIS MAJESTY`S BRIG RECRUIT, / IN A SEVERE GALE OF WIND, / ON THE PASSAGE FROM HALIFAX TO BERMUDA / HENRY G. POULET THOMSON / AGED FOURTEEN YEARS, / YOUNGEST SON OF / ANDREW HENRY POULETT THOMSON ESQUIRE, / LATE OF BELFIELD. / DIED ON THE SEVENTH OF SEPTEMBER 1834 / DIED AT BELFIELD AGED FORTY ONE YEARS / SOPHIA POULET THOMSON, / WIFE AND MOTHER OF THE ABOVE. / ON THE SECOND OF JUNE 1836 / DIED AT GREENWICH, AGED TWENTY YEARS, / ANDREW JOHN POULETT THOMSON, / ELDEST AND ONLY SURVIVING SON OF THE ABOVE. / ON THE TWENTY EIGHTH OF APRIL 1839 WAS DROWNED / IN THE RIVER THAMES, BY THE UPSETTING OF A BOAT, / AT A SHORT DISTANCE FROM HIS HOUSE AT MARLOW, / ANDREW HENRY POULETT THOMSON ESQRE / LATE OF BELFIELD IN THIS COUNTY, / AND OF AUSTIN FRIARS LONDON, AGED FIFTY TWO YEARS. / ON THE FIFTH OF SEPTEMBER 1840 DIED AT MORTLAKE / IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY, AGED TWENTY SIX YEARS, / CHARLOTTE WEGUELIN, / ONLY DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE, AND WIFE OF / THOMAS MATTHIAS WEGUELIN ESQRE, OF MORTLAKE AND SUBLIME'",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/P1000594-e1570116030532-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38127\" width=\"494\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/P1000594-e1570116030532-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/P1000594-e1570116030532-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Wall memorial in St Martin’s Church, Bowness-on-Windermere dedicated to Henry Thompson d.1832</p>",
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    "vessel": "Recruit"  },
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    "notes": "Date of loss given in Colledge as 1832.",
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Vessel Loss

Christchurch Priory, Christchurch, Dorset, England

Memorial at Christchurch Priory, Dorset, commemorating Lawrence Scarlett d. 1893

Location

Christchurch Priory, Christchurch, Dorset, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO . THE . MEMORY . OF / LAWRENCE . JAMES . PETER . SCARLETT / MIDSHIPMAN / BORN . APRIL . 27TH 1877 / WENT . DOWN . WITH . SOME . 400 . SHIPMATES . IN / H.M.S. VICTORIA / AFTER . COLLISION . WITH / H.M.S. CAMPERDOWN / JUNE 22ND 1893 / "HE . BRINGETH . THEM . UNTO . THE HAVEN . WHERE . THEY . WOULD . BE. PSALM CVII . 30"'

Details

Description: Gothic arched shape, the inscription within a foliage border.
Type: Brass
Position: Under the tower
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Victoria

People

Scarlett, Lawrence James Peter
Age:
Date of Death: 22/6/1893
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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Vessel Loss

Cathedral, Caterbury, Kent, England

Wall tablet in Canterbury Cathedral commemorating John Monins Le-Geyt, RN Midshipman d. 1796 in the loss of HMS ‘Leda’

Location

Cathedral, Caterbury, Kent, England

Transcript

‘SACRED / to the Memory / of three amiable / and beloved Children, / who all died / within eight months of each other, / this Tablet is erected / by their deeply affected Parents, / ROBERT and ANNA MARIA LE-GEYT, / of the Archbishop's Palace. / MARIA LE-GEYT, an only Daughter, / died in April 1795; Aged 20. / WILLIAM LE-GEYT / of the ROYAL ARTILLERY. / at St Lucia, in May 1795; Aged 18. / JOHN MONINS LE-GEYT, perished in the Leda Frigate / off the Madeiras. / in December 1795; / Aged 17 / THY WILL O GOD! BE DONE.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS 'Leda'

People

Le-Geyt, John Monins
Age: 17
Date of Death: 11/2/1796
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: J.J. Colledge 'Ships of the Royal Navy' says that the 'Leda' foundered off Madeira on 11 February 1796 with only eight survivors.

JSON

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  "transcript": "‘SACRED / to the Memory / of three amiable / and beloved Children, / who all died / within eight months of each other, / this Tablet is erected / by their deeply affected Parents, / ROBERT and ANNA MARIA LE-GEYT, / of the Archbishop's Palace. / MARIA LE-GEYT, an only Daughter, / died in April 1795; Aged 20. / WILLIAM LE-GEYT / of the ROYAL ARTILLERY. / at St Lucia, in May 1795; Aged 18. / JOHN MONINS LE-GEYT, perished in the Leda Frigate / off the Madeiras. / in December 1795; / Aged 17 / THY WILL O GOD! BE DONE.'",
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Vessel Loss

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Suffolk commemorating Samuel Burwood d.1916 and Samuel Burwood, RNR d. 1916

Location

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'MARIA MARY BURWOOD died July 14th 1916 aged 42. Also of her husband SAMUEL ROBERT BURWOOD drowned in HM Trawler 'Kent County' Dec 8th 1916 aged 45. Also of their son SAMUEL ROBERT BURWOOD late of HMS ANWORTH accidentally drowned at sea Dec 10th 1916 aged 19'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Plot 33 L/9/164
Vessel: Kent County, HMS Anworth

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Burwood, Samuel Robert
Age: 45
Date of Death: 8/12/1916
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Skipper
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve
Burwood, Samuel Robert
Age: 19
Date of Death: 10/12/1916
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Deck hand
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve

Extra

Notes: 'Kent County' a drifter hired as a decoy vessel 1915. Sunk by mine off Lowestoft. The younger Samuel Burwood is buried in Lowestoft Cemetery.

JSON

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  "location": "Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "'MARIA MARY BURWOOD died July 14th 1916 aged 42. Also of her husband SAMUEL ROBERT BURWOOD drowned in HM Trawler 'Kent County' Dec 8th 1916 aged 45. Also of their son SAMUEL ROBERT BURWOOD late of HMS ANWORTH accidentally drowned at sea Dec 10th 1916 aged 19'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Suffolk commemorating Samuel Burwood d.1916 and Samuel Burwood, RNR d. 1916</p>",
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    "date": "",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "'Kent County' a drifter hired as a decoy vessel 1915. Sunk by mine off Lowestoft. The younger Samuel Burwood is buried in Lowestoft Cemetery.",
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    "recorder": "",
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Vessel Loss

St Dunstan's Church, Cheam, London, England

Gravestone at St Dunstan’s Church, Cheam commemorating Lieutenant Francis Hope Tabor RN d. 1878 in the loss of HMS ‘Eurydice’

Location

St Dunstan's Church, Cheam, London, England

Details

Description: Carving of anchor and chain.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS Eurydice

People

Tabor, Francis Hope
Age:
Date of Death: 24/3/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Drowned in sinking of HMS 'Eurydice'.
Bibliography: E.H. Verney 'The last four days of the Eurydice' (Portsmouth, 1879) pp. 58-63 (list of ship's company).

JSON

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    "recorder": "",
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Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating George Grimsey d. 1875

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'GEORGE GRIMSEY / aged 55 / Captain of the 'Galway Lass’ / lost off Flamborough Head / Oct, 14 1875 / and buried in Flamborough Churchyard'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Galway Lass

People

Grimsey, George
Age: 55
Date of Death: 14/10/1875
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 Thomas's Church, Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, England

Wall tablet at St Thomas’s Church, Cricket St Thomas commemorating Lieutenant-Commander Alexander Hugh Gye d. 1916 in the loss of HMS ‘Negro’

Location

St Thomas's Church, Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / THREE GALLANT GENTLEMEN / GRANDSONS OF / ALEXANDER NELSON VISCOUNT BRIDPORT / DUKE OF BRONTE AND OF MARY HIS WIFE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / ALEXANDER HUGH GYE / ONLY SON OF CAPTAIN HERBERT GYE. / LEGION OF HONOUR R.N. AND OF ADELAIDE / HIS WIFE LOST IN THE NORTH SEA WHEN IN / COMMAND OF H.M.S. NEGRO 21 DECEMBER 1916...'

Details

Type: Tablet
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Negro

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Gye, Alexander Hugh
Age: 32
Date of Death: 21/12/1916
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Negro' sank following a collision with HMS 'Hoste' 21, December 1916 with the loss of 51 officers and men.
Recorder: Lyn Collins

JSON

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Vessel Loss

Topsham Cemetery, Topsham, Devon, England

Memorial in Topsham Cemetery, Topsham, Devon dedicated to Thomas Pike d. 1871

Location

Topsham Cemetery, Topsham, Devon, England

Transcript

'In / loving / memory of / Charlotte Pike / who died at Surbiton / Novr 23rd 1909 aged 76 / widow of Thomas Pike / who was wrecked off Southwold / and buried there 1871 / Mother of Edward Pike / who was buried in this cemetery 1870 / Aged 13 / And after their deaths / for 38 years, housekeeper / as well as dear and valued friend / to Laura E Follett / Surbiton / Faithfull unto death'

Details

Description: Headstone.
Type: Gravestone

People

Pike, Thomas
Age: 42
Date of Death: 10/2/1871
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: See M5908 for memorial at Southwold.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In / loving / memory of / Charlotte Pike / who died at Surbiton / Novr 23rd 1909 aged 76 / widow of Thomas Pike / who was wrecked off Southwold / and buried there 1871 / Mother of Edward Pike / who was buried in this cemetery 1870 / Aged 13 / And after their deaths / for 38 years, housekeeper / as well as dear and valued friend / to Laura E Follett / Surbiton / Faithfull unto death'",
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Recreation, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Thomas Farrington d. 1925, off USA

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Thomas Farrington / Lost With All Hands / From S Y 'Miramar’ / Off Savannah Light / USA / Nov 30 1925'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: SY Miramar

People

Farrington, Thomas
Age: 50
Date of Death: 30/11/1925
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Yacht crew
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: 'Miramar' foundered en route from Charleston to Miami with the loss of all hands.

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

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Thomas Farrington / Lost With All Hands / From S Y 'Miramar’ / Off Savannah Light / USA / Nov 30 1925'",
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    "vessel": "SY Miramar"  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Farrington, Thomas","age":"50","dateofdeath":"30/11/1925","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"Yacht crew","organisation":"Unknown"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "'Miramar' foundered en route from Charleston to Miami with the loss of all hands.<br />",
    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)<br />",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "P Lacey"  }
}

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All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

Gravestone at All Saints Church, Dovercourt, commemorating George Bullock d. 1907

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All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

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'In Loving Memory / of / GEORGE / THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF / IDA BULLOCK, / WHO DIED AT THE HOOK OF HOLLAND IN / THE 'S.S. BERLIN' DISASTER FEB 21ST 1907 / AGED 30 YEARS.'

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Description: Probably the base of a cross with inset lead letters.
Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone
Vessel: SS Berlin

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Bullock, George
Age: 30
Date of Death: 21/2/1907
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Head Saloon Steward
Organisation: Great Eastern Railway Company

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters