Category Archives: Vessel Loss

All Saints' and St Margaret’s Church, Pakefield, Suffolk, England

Memorial at All Saints’ and St Margaret’s Church, Pakefield, Suffolk commemorating James Mills d. 1828

Location

All Saints' and St Margaret’s Church, Pakefield, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'James Mills, husband of Elizabeth Mills, Commander of the Brig 'LOWLAND LASS' [?] of Great Yarmouth, who was unfortunately lost in the Bay of Biscay on 26 Dec 1828 aged 35 [?]'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Lowland Lass

People

Mills, James
Age: c. 35 [?]
Date of Death: 26/12/1828
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

JSON

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    "vessel": "Lowland Lass"  },
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967",
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Fishing, Vessel Loss

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Gravestone in Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Arthur James Swann d. 1895 in the loss of the ‘Forget me Not’

Location

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'ARTHUR JAMES husband of ANNIE MARIA SWANN drowned in 'Forget me not' run down by SS 'Advent' of Sunderland, July 17th 1895 aged 36'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Plot 30
Vessel: Forget Me Not, Advent

People

Swann, Arthur James
Age: 36
Date of Death: 14/7/1895
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Lloyd's List July 18 'The Advent (s), of Sunderland, ran into and sunk shrimp boat, drowning both hands in Carton Gatway yesterday'. July 26 'The shrimp boat which was sunk in Carton Gatway July 17 by collision with the Advent (s) was named the Forget-Me-Not.' 'Forget-Me-Not', Lowestoft, ketch, built Brixham 1883

JSON

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  "transcript": "'ARTHUR JAMES husband of ANNIE MARIA SWANN drowned in 'Forget me not' run down by SS 'Advent' of Sunderland, July 17th 1895 aged 36'",
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    "event":"",
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    "notes": "Lloyd's List July 18 'The Advent (s), of Sunderland, ran into and sunk shrimp boat, drowning both hands in Carton Gatway yesterday'. July 26 'The shrimp boat which was sunk in Carton Gatway July 17 by collision with the Advent (s) was named the Forget-Me-Not.' 'Forget-Me-Not', Lowestoft, ketch, built Brixham 1883",
    "bibliography": "",
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Emigration, Vessel Loss

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain Thomas Robley d. 1890 in the loss of the SS ‘Erin’

Location

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of my dear husband Captain THOMAS ROBLEY, who was lost in the S.S. 'ERIN', January 1890, aged 35 years'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: H335
Vessel: SS Erin

People

Robley, Thomas
Age: 35
Date of Death: 1/1890
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: National Steam Navigation Company

Extra

Notes: 'Erin' 1864 disappeared during a voyage from New York to Liverpool.
Recorder: Martin Davies 1985

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In loving memory of my dear husband Captain THOMAS ROBLEY, who was lost in the S.S. 'ERIN', January 1890, aged 35 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain Thomas Robley d. 1890 in the loss of the SS ‘Erin’</p>",
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    "vessel": "SS Erin"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "'Erin' 1864 disappeared during a voyage from New York to Liverpool.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Martin Davies 1985",
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Vessel Loss

St Sampson's Church, St Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Gravestone at St Sampson, Guernsey commemorating William Henry Stephens d. 1871 in the loss of the brig ‘Effort’

Location

St Sampson's Church, St Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE / OF / WILLIAM HENRY STEPHENS / MASTER OF THE BRIG EFFORT / WHO PERISHED WITH ALL HANDS / OFF WHITSTABLE / ON / THE 16TH DAY OF JANUARY 1871 / AGED 33 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. / Down, down, beneath the deep, / That oft in triumph bore him, / He sleeps a calm and peaceful sleep, / the salt waves dashing o'er him. /THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY HIS BELOVED / AND SORROWING WIDOW'

Details

Description: Circular relief of the shipwrecked brigantine at the top.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Limestone
Vessel: Effort

People

Stephens, William Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 16/1/1871
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: 'Effort' brigantine of Guernsey foundered off Whitstable between 14 and 16 Jan 1871, with a cargo of stone. Crew of seven.
Bibliography: 'Comet' 28/1/1871 (newspaper); 'David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript).
Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE / OF / WILLIAM HENRY STEPHENS / MASTER OF THE BRIG EFFORT / WHO PERISHED WITH ALL HANDS / OFF WHITSTABLE / ON / THE 16TH DAY OF JANUARY 1871 / AGED 33 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. / Down, down, beneath the deep, / That oft in triumph bore him, / He sleeps a calm and peaceful sleep, / the salt waves dashing o'er him. /THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY HIS BELOVED / AND SORROWING WIDOW'",
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    "bibliography": "'Comet' 28/1/1871 (newspaper); 'David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript).",
    "recorder": "David Kreckeler 1981",
    "photographer": "B. Tomlinson"  }
}

Vessel Loss

St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales

Gravestone at St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris of Harriet and John Thompson d. 1831 in the wreck of SS ‘Rothsay Castle’

Location

St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY of / HARRIET THOMPSON / youngest Daughter of the late / SAMUEL SKELTON Esqr: OF BRADFORD / Yorkshire; who together with her / Husband JOHN THOMPSON Esqr / Sol... of the Peace / Unhappily perished in the wreck / of the ROTHSAY CASTLE Steam Packet/near Puffin Island on the/17th of Augst 1831. / Her relations who can never cease / to lament her kindness of disposition / & amiable qualities of hear t/ had the mournful consolation / of attending her remains to the grave / and of paying the same last tribute / of earthly regard to those of her / husband which were found on the / Lancashire Coast / and interred at Formby in that / COUNTY'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate
Vessel: Rothsay Castle

People

Thompson, Harriet
Age:
Date of Death: 17/8/1831
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Thompson, John
Age:
Date of Death: 17/8/1831
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Stone laid flat.

The 'Rothsay Castle' was a paddle steamer built in 1816. She had been used to day trips along the north coast of Wales prior to her sinking. She left Liverpool on the 17th of August 1831 with 150 passengers, though only 23 of those passengers were rescued.
Bibliography: Ivor Wynne Jones, Shipwrecks of North Wales, (1973).

JSON

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  "location": "St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales",
  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY of / HARRIET THOMPSON / youngest Daughter of the late / SAMUEL SKELTON Esqr: OF BRADFORD / Yorkshire; who together with her / Husband JOHN THOMPSON Esqr / Sol... of the Peace / Unhappily perished in the wreck / of the ROTHSAY CASTLE Steam Packet/near Puffin Island on the/17th of Augst 1831. / Her relations who can never cease / to lament her kindness of disposition / & amiable qualities of hear t/ had the mournful consolation / of attending her remains to the grave / and of paying the same last tribute / of earthly regard to those of her / husband which were found on the / Lancashire Coast / and interred at Formby in that  / COUNTY'",
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    "bibliography": "Ivor Wynne Jones, Shipwrecks of North Wales, (1973).",
    "recorder": "",
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Vessel Loss

St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, Rest of the World

Memorial, altar cross and candlesticks in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore commemorating Admiral Sir Tom Vaughan Phillips, Lieutenant John Brownrigg, Lieutenant Richard Hunting and those lost on the HMS ‘Prince of Wales’ and HMS ‘Repulse’, 10th December 1941

Location

St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘The Altar Cross and Candlesticks / were given to the Glory of God / and in memory of / Admiral Sir Tom Spencer Vaughan Phillips, K.C.B. / Lt. John Forrester Brownrigg / Richard Alexander Hunting / and all who lost their lives in / H.M.S. Prince of Wales and H.M.S. Repulse / December, 10th 1941.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet; altar cross; candlesticks
Vessel: HMS Prince of Wales, HMS Repulse

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Brownrigg, John Forrester
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 10/12/1941
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hunting, Richard Alexander
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 10/12/1941
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy
Phillips, Thomas Spencer Vaughan
Age: 53
Date of Death: 10/12/1941
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Prince of Wales' and HMS 'Repulse' were sunk by Japanese war planes in 1941. Of the 2,921 crew, the majority were rescued, however 326 men lost their lives. Admiral Sir Tom Phillips was one of the highest ranking Allied officers killed during WWII.
Bibliography: John B. Hattendorf 'A note on some naval memorials in Singapore', 'Mariner's Mirror', vol. 72, p.150, (Greenwich,1986).

JSON

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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 E GRIMSEY aged 20 lost with his father in the 'Galway Lass' Oct 14 1875 and buried in Flamborough Churchyard'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Galway Lass

People

Grimsey, George Edward
Age: 20
Date of Death: 14/10/1875
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:

Extra

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

JSON

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  "transcript": "'GEORGE E GRIMSEY aged 20 lost with his father in the 'Galway Lass' Oct 14 1875 and buried in Flamborough Churchyard'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating George Grimsey d. 1875</p>",
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    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).",
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Vessel Loss

Dock gate 4 entrance, Southampton, England

Plaque at Dock gate 4 entrance, Southampton commemorating those lost in RMS ‘Titanic’ 1912

Location

Dock gate 4 entrance, Southampton, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF THE PASSENGERS / AND CREW OF R.M.S TITANIC / WHICH SAILED FROM THE NEARBY / BERTH 43 ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE / ON 10 APRIL 1912 AND SANK ON / 15 APRIL 1912 WITH THE LOSS / OF OVER 1500 LIVES / MEMORIAL ERECTED BY / COBWEBS, P. CROUCHER / ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS / & BRITISH TITANIC SOCIETY / 10 APRIL 1993'

Details

Description: Bronze plaque with white lettering set into a stone block.
Type: Plaque
Materials: Bronze
Vessel: Titanic

Extra

Notes: 'Titanic' set sail from the nearby berth 43/44 of the White Star Dock (now Ocean Dock). She had a crew of 897, but 714 were from Southampton.

JSON

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  "location": "Dock gate 4 entrance, Southampton, England",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF THE PASSENGERS / AND CREW OF R.M.S TITANIC / WHICH SAILED FROM THE NEARBY / BERTH 43 ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE / ON 10 APRIL 1912 AND SANK ON / 15 APRIL 1912 WITH THE LOSS / OF OVER 1500 LIVES / MEMORIAL ERECTED BY / COBWEBS, P. CROUCHER / ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS / & BRITISH TITANIC SOCIETY / 10 APRIL 1993'",
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Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating George Harvey d. 1894

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'GEORGE HARVEY / aged 31 / Lost in the Grimsby / trawler ‘Sobriety’ / through collision off / the Dogger Bank / April 7 1894.'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Sobriety

People

Harvey, George
Age: 31
Date of Death: 7/4/1894
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: 'Sobriety' sunk after a collision with 'Bassett Hound' of Hull.

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

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "'GEORGE HARVEY / aged 31 / Lost in the Grimsby / trawler ‘Sobriety’ /  through collision off / the Dogger Bank / April 7 1894.'",
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Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Leslie Frost d. 1944

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

‘LESLIE FROST / 32 / 2nd. Officer / S.S. ‘Wayfarer’ / Lost in / Indian Ocean / 19 Aug. 1944'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: SS Wayfarer

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Frost, Leslie
Age: 32
Date of Death: 19/8/1944
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: 2nd Officer
Organisation: Thos. & Jas. Harrison, Liverpool

Extra

Notes: 'Wayfarer' Thomas & James Harrison, Liverpool, sunk by U-boat in the Indian Ocean with the loss of 51 lives.

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

Recorder: P Lacey

JSON

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  "location": "All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "‘LESLIE FROST / 32 / 2nd. Officer / S.S. ‘Wayfarer’ / Lost in / Indian Ocean / 19 Aug. 1944'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Leslie Frost d. 1944</p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"958\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3967-1-958x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45231\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3967-1-958x1024.jpg 958w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3967-1-281x300.jpg 281w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3967-1-768x821.jpg 768w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3967-1.jpg 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" /></figure>",
  "images": ["/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3967-1-958x1024.jpg","/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3967-1-281x300.jpg","/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3967-1-768x821.jpg","/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3967-1.jpg"],
  "categories": ["Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Memorial tile",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "SS Wayfarer"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": "1939-1945 Second World War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Frost, Leslie","age":"32","dateofdeath":"19/8/1944","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"2nd Officer","organisation":"Thos. & Jas. Harrison, Liverpool"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "'Wayfarer' Thomas & James Harrison, Liverpool, sunk by U-boat in the Indian Ocean with the loss of 51 lives.<br />",
    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)<br />",
    "recorder": "P Lacey",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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