Category Archives: Vessel Loss

Church of The Holy Saviour, Bitterne, Southampton, England

Gravestone at the Church of The Holy Saviour, Bitterne, Southampton commemorating Walter John Perkis d. 1954 formerly quartermaster of RMS ‘Titanic’

Location

Church of The Holy Saviour, Bitterne, Southampton, England

Transcript

'In memory of Walter John Perkis 11th August 1874 - 4th August 1954. Quartermaster R.M.S. Titanic. Commanded Lifeboat No.4 Rescued eight from the sea on the night of 15th April 1912. Also his wife Phoebe and their son Robert. We never knew them but they have touched our hearts. By grace ye are saved. Eph 2 v 5'

Details

Description: With a colour engraving of Titanic.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Date Erected: 2001
Vessel: RMS Titanic

People

Perkis, Walter John
Age: 79
Date of Death: 4/8/1954
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: White Star Line

Extra

Notes: Erected by members of his extended family, in July 2001.

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Vessel Loss

Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Cross in Borough Cemetery, Harwich, commemorating Samuel James Hubbard d. 1906

Location

Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF SAMUEL JAMES HUBBARD / THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF ANN HUBBARD / WHO WAS LOST IN THE SS GT YARMOUTH / 27TH OCTOBER 1908, AGED 29 YEARS. / BODY NOT RECOVERED / ALSO OF THEIR CHILDREN / SAMUEL GEORGE, AGED 15 MONTHS / DIED 23RD FEBRUARY 1906 / AND / WALTER JOHN, AGED 15 DAYS / DIED 3RD MARCH 1909'

Details

Description: Cross (now broken) on three tiered base.
Type: Gravestone
Position: North west corner
Materials: White marble
Vessel: SS Gt Yarmouth

People

Hubbard, Samuel James
Age: 29
Date of Death: 27/9/1908
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Great Eastern Railway

Extra

Notes: SS 'Great Yarmouth' disappeared between the Hook of Holland and Harwich. Her loss was attributed to badly stowed deck cargo.
Recorder: M. E. Manton 1997

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  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF SAMUEL JAMES HUBBARD / THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF ANN HUBBARD / WHO WAS LOST IN THE SS GT YARMOUTH / 27TH OCTOBER 1908, AGED 29 YEARS. / BODY NOT RECOVERED / ALSO OF THEIR CHILDREN / SAMUEL GEORGE, AGED 15 MONTHS / DIED 23RD FEBRUARY 1906 / AND / WALTER JOHN, AGED 15 DAYS / DIED 3RD MARCH 1909'",
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    "recorder": "M. E. Manton 1997",
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Vessel Loss

Bethel Welsh baptist chapel, Laleston, Bridgend, Wales

Memorial at Bethel Welsh baptist chapel, Laleston, Bridgend, Wales commemorating Josiah Glanville Morgan d. 1941 lost in HMS ‘Fleur de Lys’

Location

Bethel Welsh baptist chapel, Laleston, Bridgend, Wales

Transcript

'In loving memory of John Morgan died March 11th 1941 aged 62 years. Also his dear wife Sarah Jane died Nov 4th 1966 aged 86 years. Also their dear son Able Seaman Josiah Morgan lost at sea Oct 14th 1941 aged 24 years.

Details

Type: Gravestone
Materials: White marble
Vessel: HMS Fleur de Lys

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Morgan, Josiah Glanville
Age: 24
Date of Death: 14/10/1941
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Fleur de Lys' torpedoed by 'U-206'.

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  "transcript": "'In loving memory of John Morgan died March 11th 1941 aged 62 years. Also his dear wife Sarah Jane died Nov 4th 1966 aged 86 years. Also their dear son Able Seaman Josiah Morgan lost at sea Oct 14th 1941 aged 24 years.",
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Vessel Loss

Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Rest of the World

Memorial at Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada commemorating George Dean, d. 1912 in the loss of ‘Titanic’

Location

Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Rest of the World

Transcript

'GEORGE H DEAN / LOST ON SS ‘TITANIC’ / APRIL 15 1912 / AGED 19 YEARS / VERY DEEPLY MOURNED / BY HIS SORROWING PARENTS / FRED AND MARY DEAN'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: RMS Titanic

People

Dean, George H.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Steward
Organisation: White Star Line

Extra

Bibliography: Arnold and Betty Watson 'Roster of Valor: The Titanic-Halifax Legacy' (Riverside, 1984) (photograph).

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  "transcript": "'GEORGE H DEAN / LOST ON SS ‘TITANIC’ / APRIL 15 1912 / AGED 19 YEARS / VERY DEEPLY MOURNED / BY HIS SORROWING PARENTS / FRED AND MARY DEAN'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada commemorating George Dean, d. 1912 in the loss of ‘Titanic’</p>",
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    "bibliography": "Arnold and Betty Watson 'Roster of Valor: The Titanic-Halifax Legacy' (Riverside, 1984) (photograph).",
    "recorder": "",
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Vessel Loss

St Thomas's Church, Aslockton, Nottinghamshire, England

Memorial window at St Thomas’s Church, Aslockton commemorating the loss of the ‘Quetta’ 1890

Location

St Thomas's Church, Aslockton, Nottinghamshire, England

Transcript

'THINE BE THE GLORY RISEN CONQUERING SON'

Details

Description: Two lancet windows with a quatrefoil above. The dove of the Holy Spirit is shown in the quatrefoil, two churches at the top of the lancets and the sinking vessel split between the two windows below. She is accompanied by two lifeboats filled with survivors.
Type: Window
Position: North Aisle
Materials: Glass
Artists: M.D.S stained glass
Vessel: Quetta

Extra

Notes: View of ship based on photograph of the ship moored in the Thames with her derricks in use. They would have been stowed when she was at sea. The ship sunk with the loss of nearly half her 293 passengers and crew after striking a rock in Torres Strait on 28 February 1890.
Recorder: Mike Stokes 2002

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  "transcript": "'THINE BE THE GLORY RISEN CONQUERING SON'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial window at St Thomas’s Church, Aslockton commemorating the loss of the ‘Quetta’ 1890</p>",
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    "recorder": "Mike Stokes 2002",
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Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating John Bines d. 1883

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'JOHN BINES / aged 23 / lost in the Smack / ‘Recruit’. / in the North Sea / March 6 1883'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Recruit

People

Bines, John
Age: 23
Date of Death: 6/3/1883
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

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

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "'JOHN BINES / aged 23 / lost in the Smack / ‘Recruit’. / in the North Sea / March 6 1883'",
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    "photographer": "P Lacey"  }
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Vessel Loss

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Robert J. Durrant d. 1917

Location

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of ROBERT J DURRANT, (Pilot), who lost his life at the Liverpool Bar in the sinking of Pilot Boat No. 1 by enemy action, December 28th 1917, aged 52 years'

Details

Vessel: Pilot boat 1

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Durrant, Robert J.
Age: 52
Date of Death: 28/12/1917
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation:

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Vessel Loss

Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating William Wills d. 1857

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Transcript

'TO THE / MEMORY OF / SARAH ELIZABETH WILLS / DAUGHTER OF / WILLIAM AND SARAH STUMBLES WILLS / WHO DIED THE 1ST DAY OF JULY / 1858 AGED 9 MONTHS / AND / WILLIAM WILLS / FATHER OF THE ABOVE / SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN / LOST WITH ALL HIS CREW IN THE SCHOONER 'FIDGET' / ON THE COAST OF LABRADOR / IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER / 1857 / AGED 25 YEARS'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard no 211
Vessel: Fidget

People

Wills, William
Age: 25
Date of Death: 10/1857
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Lyn Collins

JSON

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  "transcript": "'TO THE / MEMORY OF / SARAH ELIZABETH WILLS / DAUGHTER OF / WILLIAM AND SARAH STUMBLES WILLS / WHO DIED THE 1ST DAY OF JULY / 1858 AGED 9 MONTHS / AND / WILLIAM WILLS / FATHER OF THE ABOVE / SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN / LOST WITH ALL HIS CREW IN THE SCHOONER 'FIDGET' / ON THE COAST OF LABRADOR / IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER / 1857 / AGED 25 YEARS'",
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Vessel Loss

Calf Sound, Isle of Man

Memorial by Calf Sound, Isle of Man commemorating the wreck of the brig ‘Lily’ in 1852

Location

Calf Sound, Isle of Man

Transcript

'BRIG LILY DISASTER MEMORIAL On On December 27th 1852, during a terrific storm, the battered English brig Lily bound from Liverpool to West Africa with a mixed cargo including sixty one tons of gunpowder was wrecked on Kitterland Islet on the opposite side of this narrow strait. Five members of her crew lost their lives and the surviving eight were rescued by a number of brave local men on two small boats, at the risk of their own lives. The following morning a party of thirty picked men were engaged in salvaging her cargo when the ship exploded killing twenty nine of them including seven of those who had rescued the crew. The sole survvor was terribly injured and the tragedy left twenty two widows and seventy four orphans. Four recognisable bodies and the remains of the other twenty five men are buried in a communial grave at Rushen Churchyard.'[verse]

Details

Description: Modern black stone memorial with an engraved portrait of the ship.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Black stone
Vessel: Lily

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  "transcript": "'BRIG LILY DISASTER MEMORIAL On On December 27th 1852, during a terrific storm, the battered English brig Lily bound from Liverpool to West Africa with a mixed cargo including sixty one tons of gunpowder was wrecked on Kitterland Islet on the opposite side of this narrow strait. Five members of her crew lost their lives and the surviving eight were rescued by a number of brave local men on two small boats, at the risk of their own lives. The following morning a party of thirty picked men were engaged in salvaging her cargo when the ship exploded killing twenty nine of them including seven of those who had rescued the crew. The sole survvor was terribly injured and the tragedy left twenty two widows and seventy four orphans. Four recognisable bodies and the remains of the other twenty five men are buried in a communial grave at Rushen Churchyard.'[verse]",
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Vessel Loss

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in Toxteth Park Cemetery commemorating Richard Whitehead d. 1894 in the loss of the ship ‘Sierra Madrona’

Location

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'In affectionate remembrance of RICHARD, aged 20 years, youngest son of William and Mary Ann WHITEHEAD, who was lost at sea with the ship 'SIERRA MADRONA', during 1894'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: F125
Vessel: Sierra Madrona

People

Whitehead, Richard
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1894
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Sierra Shipping Company Ltd

Extra

Notes: The 'Sierra Madrona' foundered on a voyage from Liverpool to Rangoon with a cargo of coal in 1894.
Recorder: Martin Davies 1985

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  "content": "<p>Memorial in Toxteth Park Cemetery commemorating Richard Whitehead d. 1894 in the loss of the ship ‘Sierra Madrona’</p>",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters