Category Archives: Vessel Loss

Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England

Cross in St Ives, Cornwall commemorating Stephen Legg d. 1872

Location

Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / STEPHEN LEGG / DROWNED AT SEA / IN SHIP ALMIRA SEPT 1872 / AND OF ELLEN LEGG WIDOW OF THE ABOVE / DIED AT AYR APRIL 12TH 1924 / AGED 81 YEARS'

Details

Description: Celtic cross with lead lined letters.


Type: Cross
Materials: Granite
Vessel: Almira

People

Legg, Stephen
Age:
Date of Death: 9/1872
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

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Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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St Peter's Church, Frimley, Surrey, England

Wall tablet at St Peter’s Church, Frimley commemorating Harold Wilson Gambier RN d. 1893 in the collision between HMS ‘Victoria’ and HMS ‘Camperdown’

Location

St Peter's Church, Frimley, Surrey, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the Memory of / HAROLD WILSON GAMBIER / MIDSHIPMAN OF H.M.S. "VICTORIA" / AGED 17 YEARS. / WHO PERISHED IN THE COLLISION BETWEEN THAT SHIP / AND H.M.S. "CAMPERDOWN / OFF TRIPOLI SYRIA / ON THE 22ND OF JUNE 1893 / HE WAS THE ONLY AND BELOVED SON OF / CAPTAIN J.W. GAMBIER, R.N., J.P., / AND OF CATHERINE MURDOCH, HIS WIFE; / OF MYLNCROFT, FRIMLEY, SURREY.' [on the black marble below] 'AND THE SEA SHALL GIVE UP HER DEAD'

Details

Description: Family arms above inscription which has a rope twist border with cannon balls in the corners. An anchor fouled with a chain in relief below.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle, south wall
Materials: White marble on black marble
Artists: Gaffin
Vessel: HMS Victoria, HMS Camperdown

People

Gambier, Harold
Age: 17
Date of Death: 22/6/1893
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 48.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2007
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Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating George How and George his son both d. 1860

Location

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'In memory of Thomas, son of George and Eleanor C. How, who departed this life January 7th. 1858, aged 2 years and 10 months. Also of the above GEORGE HOW, Master Mariner of this port, who was lost coming from Brazil, February 1860, aged 40 years. also GEORGE, son of the above, who was lost with his Father February 1860, aged 12 years'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: M849

People

How, George
Age: 40
Date of Death: 2/1860
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:
How, George
Age: 12
Date of Death: 2/1860
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

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Recorder: Martin Davies 1985
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St Andrew's church, Lutwyche, Australia, Rest of the World

Memorial at St Andrew’s church, Lutwyche, Australia to Claudius Buchanan Whish d. 1890 in the loss of the ‘Quetta’

Location

St Andrew's church, Lutwyche, Australia, Rest of the World

Details

Type: Wall plaque
Vessel: Quetta

People

Whish, Claudius Buchanan
Age: 73
Date of Death: 28/2/1890
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Sugar planter and member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Born 5 Jan 1827. Drowned with wife in wreck of the 'Quetta' off the NE tip of Australia.
Bibliography: 'Chowkidar' vol. v, no. 6, p. 123 (Autumn 1990).
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St Mark's Church, Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St Mark’s Church, Liverpool commemorating Alfred Grocott d. 1859 in the wreck of the ‘Lady Head’

Location

St Mark's Church, Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Alfred Grocott- son of John Cooper Grocott and Charlotte lost in the wreck of the Lady Head in Kromme Bay near Cape St Francis Lat 34 long 25, 20 April 1859 aged 18. There is sorry [sic] [sorrow?] on the sea, It cannot be quiet'

Details

Vessel: Lady Head

People

Grocott, Alfred
Age: 18
Date of Death: 20/4/1859
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 3, p. 594. Church demolished in 1913.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Cross in Borough Cemetery, Harwich, commemorating Frederick William Mead d. 1907

Location

Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON / FREDERICK WILLIAM MEAD / WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN THE 'BERLIN' DISASTER / 21st FEBRUARY 1907 / AGED 18 YEARS. / DEEPLY MOURNED / REST IN PEACE'

Details

Description: Cross on three tier pedestal. Inlaid inscription.
Type: Cross
Position: Area B. Group of three graves beneath yew tree.
Materials: White marble
Artists: Barham
Vessel: SS Berlin

People

Mead, Frederick William
Age: 18
Date of Death: 21/2/1907
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Steward
Organisation: Great Eastern Railway Company

Extra

Notes: Grave is one of three all from the SS 'Berlin'. See also George Easter and Ernest Edward Salter.
Recorder: M.E. Manton 1997
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Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist, Morwenstow, Cornwall, England

Memorial in Morwenstow, Cornwall dedicated to those sailors shipwrecked aboard the ‘Caledonia’ and ‘Alonzo’.

Location

Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist, Morwenstow, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / SHIPWRECKED SAILORS BURIED / IN THIS CHURCHYARD / "UNKNOWN AND YET WELL-KNOWN"/ HE SENT FROM ON HIGH / HE TOOK ME: HE DREW / ME OUT OF GREAT WATERS'

Details

Materials: Granite
Date Erected: 1924
Vessel: Caledonia; Alonzo

People

Kent, Alexander
Age: 23
Date of Death: 8/9/1842
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Macdonald, David
Age: 17
Date of Death: 8/9/1842
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Peter, John Stevenson
Age: 29
Date of Death: 8/9/1842
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Tasker, William
Age:
Date of Death: 8/9/1842
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice
Organisation:
Wallace, David

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Notes: Erected 1924. Burial place of the seamen from the 'Caledonia' wrecked in 1842 and others including the captain of 'Alonzo' of Stockton. Originally the place was marked by three upturned keels and oars arranged in a cross. These are now gone though 'Caledonia's' figurehead remains. The figurehead is depicted in the Hawker memorial window, in the church.
Bibliography: E.W.F. Tomlin 'The church of St Morwenna and St John the baptist, Morwenstow, Cornwall: a guide and history', (1982). Jeremy Seal 'The wreck at Sharpnose Point' (New York, 2001).
Recorder: Dr Pieter van der Merwe 1985
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Quetta Memorial Cathedral Church, Thursday Island, Muralag Group, Australia, Rest of the World

Cathedral church dedicated to All Souls and St Bartholomew erected on Thursday Island to commemorate to loss the RMS ‘Quetta’ on 28 February 1890

Location

Quetta Memorial Cathedral Church, Thursday Island, Muralag Group, Australia, Rest of the World

Details

Description: Concrete Gothic church.
Type: Church
Position: Douglas Street
Date Erected: 1893
Artists: John Hingeston Buckeridge
Vessel: RMS Quetta

Extra

Bibliography: 'Chowkidar' vol. v, no. 6, p.126 (Autumn 1990).
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All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints’ Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Frank Mills who was killed during the Battle of Jutland 1916

Location

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Frank H. Mills / Aged 22 / Lost from H.M.S. 'Queen Mary’ / Battle of Jutland / May 31 1916'.

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: HMS Queen Mary

Event

Battle of Jutland

Event Date

1916

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Mills, Frank Herbert
Age: 22
Date of Death: 31/5/1916
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)
Photographer: P Lacey
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Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Memorial at Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar commemorating the crew of the ‘Citizen’ of Aberdeen, lost 1869

Location

Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Transcript

[West Panel eroded] 'ERECTED...OF DUNBAR IN MEMORY OF...' [Centre Panel] 'WILLIAM HALL / WILLIAM CRAWFORD / THOMAS MOSS / JOHN KELLY / THOMAS MASSIE / WILLIAM SMITH / CREW OF THE 'CITIZEN' OF ABERDEEN' [East panel] 'DROWNED / OFF / DUNBAR HARBOUR / DURING THE STORM / 15TH JUNE 1869' [Below] "'THE SEA HATH SPOKEN EVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE SEA" ISA XXIII 4'

Details

Description: Three gothic panels under a canopy.
Type: Memorial
Position: 50 yards north of church
Materials: Sandstone
Artists: P. & G. Cunningham
Vessel: Citizen

People

Crawford, William
Age:
Date of Death: 15/6/1869
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Hall, William
Age:
Date of Death: 15/6/1869
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Kelly, John
Age:
Date of Death: 15/6/1869
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Massie, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 15/6/1869
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Moss, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 15/6/1869
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Smith, William
Age:
Date of Death: 15/6/1869
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Bibliography: 'Scotsman' (17 June 1869).
Recorder: John Steele 1988
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