Category Archives: Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Pooley d. 1888

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'William Pooley / aged 31 / drowned from Smack 'Two Sisters’ / through collision off Woolwich / Novr 27 1888 / and buried in Wickham Cemetery'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Two Sisters

People

Pooley, William
Age: 31
Date of Death: 27/11/1888
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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Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Charles Cann d. 1883

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'CHARLES CANN / aged 35 / [Master] / lost in the Smack 'Recruit’ / the North Sea / March 6 1883'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Recruit

People

Cann, Charles
Age: 35
Date of Death: 6/3/1883
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 James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating John Williams d. 1830 and Hugh Williams d. 1846

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'John, third son of Hugh and Mary Williams lost in the ship Boodie on his voyage from Demerera to Liverpool in the year 1830 age 14. Hugh Williams died 20 July 1846 age 74 for many years a master pilot of this port'

Details

Vessel: Boodie

People

Williams, John
Age: 14
Date of Death: 1830
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Williams, Hugh
Age: 74
Date of Death: 20/7/1846
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master pilot
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office, compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 6, p. 411.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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Vessel Loss

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints’ Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating John Burgess Everett d. 1915

Location

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'John Burgess Everett / Aged 59 / Lost from H M Patrol / Yacht 'Sanda' off Zeebrugge / Sept 25 1915'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: HMY Sanda

People

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Extra

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

JSON

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Vessel Loss

St Michael's Church, Stokenham, Devon, England

Memorial in St Michael’s Church, Stokenham, Devon, commemorating Arthur Borrill d. 1891 in the wreck of the ‘Dryad’

Location

St Michael's Church, Stokenham, Devon, England

Transcript

‘IN / Loving Memory / of / ARTHUR EDWARD BORRILL / who was lost at sea / in the Barque ‘DRYAD’ / off Start Point, / on March 10th 1891. / Aged 18 Years. // Deeply Lamented.'

Details

Description: Grey slate headstone with foul anchor carved in relief
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Dryad

People

Borrill, Arthur Edward
Age: 18
Date of Death: 10/3/1891
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: The iron Barque 'Dryad' was wrecked off Start Point on 9 March 1891, bound for Valparaiso with a cargo of coal.
Recorder: P Cove; E R Stage, Middlesex, 25/10/1982
Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "‘IN / Loving Memory / of / ARTHUR EDWARD BORRILL / who was lost at sea / in the Barque ‘DRYAD’ / off Start Point, / on March 10th 1891. / Aged 18 Years. // Deeply Lamented.'",
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    "recorder": "P Cove; E R Stage, Middlesex, 25/10/1982",
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Vessel Loss

St Leonard's Church, Pitcombe, Somerset, England

Headstone at St Leonard’s Church, Pitcombe commemorating Herbert John Pitmann d. 1961, 3rd Officer RMS ‘Titanic’

Location

St Leonard's Church, Pitcombe, Somerset, England

Transcript

'IN LOVE WE REMEMBER / HERBERT JOHN PITMAN M.B.E. / 1877-1961 / MERCHANT NAVY 1895-1947 / REST IN PEACE / 3RD OFFICER S.S. TITANIC 1912'

Details

Description: Grey granite headstone carved with flowers.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Granite
Vessel: SS 'Titanic'

People

Pitman, Herbert John
Age: 84
Date of Death: 1961
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Officer Merchant Navy
Organisation:

Extra

JSON

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Vessel Loss

Meonstoke, Hampshire, England

Memorial in Meonstoke, Hampshire, commemorating Edward Plantagenet Hume d. 1870 in the loss of HMS ‘Captain’

Location

Meonstoke, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'THINE FOR EVER / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MARY LOUISA / ELDEST AND DEARLY LOVED DAUGHTER OF / THE REV. CHARLES JOHN HUME, RECTOR OF MEONSTOKE / AND CAROLINE HIS WIFE / IN THIS CHURCH / BAPTIZED SEP. 27. 1838, AND MARRIED DEC. 17. 1879 / TO HENRY GRANVILLE SHARP ESQ. B.C.S. / DIED AT BORNI FURREEDPORE INDIA, FEB. 24. 1883. / "The pure in heart shall see God" / ALSO / IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF / EDWARD PLANTAGENET, HER BROTHER / BAPTIZED IN THIS CHURCH AUG. 26. 1848. / LOST IN H.M.S. CAPTAIN AT MIDNIGHT SEPT. 6. 1870. / "Even so Father for so it seemed good in thy sight." / "Watch and pray"'

Details

Vessel: HMS Captain

People

Hume, Edward Plantagenet
Age:
Date of Death: 6/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Colin Harris 1992

JSON

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Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Charles Barber d. 1883

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'CHARLES BARBER / aged 23 / lost in the Smack / 'Conquest’ / in the North Sea / March 6 1883'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Conquest

People

Barber, Charles
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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Vessel Loss

Holy Rood Church, Southampton, England

Memorial fountain at Holy Rood Church, Southampton commemorating crew members who died in RMS ‘Titanic’ lost 1912

Location

Holy Rood Church, Southampton, England

Transcript

'THIS MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN / WAS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE CREW / (STEWARDS, SAILORS AND FIREMEN) / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE S.S. TITANIC DISASTER / APRIL 15TH 1912 / IT WAS SUBSCRIBED FOR BY THE WIDOWS, MOTHERS AND FRIENDS OF THE CREW / ALDERMAN HENRY BOWYER MAYOR 1912-1913'

Details

Description: An urn contained within a canopy standing on a moulded base, surmounted by a cupola with a dome. With a relief of the ship.
Type: Tablet
Materials: Portland stone
Date Erected: 1915
Artists: Garret & Haysome
Vessel: RMS Titanic

Extra

Notes: Church bombed in 2nd World War, the ruins now a memorial to the merchant service. Firemen and crew memorial originally sited on Southampton Common. Erected by public subscription in 1915. Moved to present site in 1972. Restored by 2012.
Bibliography: Brian Ticehurst 'The Titanic, Southamptons Memorials' (Poole, 1987) (illustration); Robert Douch 'Monuments and Memorials in Southampton' (Southampton, 1968).
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Church bombed in 2nd World War, the ruins now a memorial to the merchant service. Firemen and crew memorial originally sited on Southampton Common. Erected by public subscription in 1915. Moved to present site in 1972. Restored by 2012.",
    "bibliography": "Brian Ticehurst 'The Titanic, Southamptons Memorials' (Poole, 1987) (illustration); Robert Douch 'Monuments and Memorials in Southampton' (Southampton, 1968).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "B. Tomlinson"  }
}

Vessel Loss

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Albert Edward Houston d. 1883 in the loss of SS ‘St Columba’

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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

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'Sacred to the memory of / my beloved husband / John Houston / who died April 14th 1904 / in his 72nd year / Also of our children / Albert Edward / Lost at sea through the foundering / of the SS 'Saint Columba' Jany 1883 / Aged 20 / And Ellen Elizabeth / Interred at Stockton-On-Tees Sept 1879 / Aged 14 years / Also of Jane beloved wife of the above / who died April 3rd 1907 / in her 71st year / Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord / Also Margaret Jane / beloved daughter of the above / died 14th February 1936 / Aged 75 years'

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Description: Headstone
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: Saint Columba

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Houston, Albert Edward
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1/1883
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
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Recorder: David J. Wickham

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters