Category Archives: Vessel Loss

Vessel Loss

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints’ Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Harry French d. 1917

Location

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Harry French / Aged 34 / Lost from S.S. 'Santa Amelia’ / off the Irish Coast / December 28 1917.'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: SS Santa Amelia

People

French, Harry
Age: 34
Date of Death: 28/12/1917
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Second mate
Organisation: Mercantile maritime

Extra

Notes: *Also written 'Santa Amalia’, the British merchant steamer was torpedoed off Malin Head, Ireland, and sunk by German submarine U-19. Most of the 43 crew were from Hong Kong. There is a commemorative memorial in Hong Kong.

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

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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    "notes": "*Also written 'Santa Amalia’, the British merchant steamer was torpedoed off Malin Head, Ireland, and sunk by German submarine U-19.  Most of the 43 crew were from Hong Kong.  There is a commemorative memorial in Hong Kong.<br />\r\n<br />",
    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)<br />",
    "recorder": "",
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Vessel Loss

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

Headstone at St Sampson’s, Guernsey commemorating James Stonelake d. 1838

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of James, the son of Robert and Elizabeth Stonelake, who was shipwrecked on the coast of Ireland about the 26th of November 1838 aged 21 years'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard

People

Stonelake, James
Age: 21
Date of Death: 26/11/1838
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: David Kreckeler 1982

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  "location": "St Sampson's Church, St Sampson's, Guernsey, Channel Islands",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the Memory of James, the son of Robert and Elizabeth Stonelake, who was shipwrecked on the coast of Ireland about the 26th of November 1838 aged 21 years'",
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Vessel Loss

Foulon Cemetery, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Cross in Foulon Cemetery, St Peter Port, Guernsey commemorating Thomas Le Pelley and his wife Annie d. 1884 in the loss of the SS ‘Durango’

Location

Foulon Cemetery, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'In Remembrance of / Thomas Le Pelley / of St Andrews Parish / Master of the SS Durango / of Newport Mon. / and of Annie Randel Smith / his wife - who perished at sea / off Dungeness / on the 27 November 1884 / The said vessel Durango / having collided with barque / Luke Bruce of Liverpool / causing the loss of that / steamer / and all on board' [Opposite side] 'Erected by the Sorrowing families'

Details

Description: Cross on four-sided column.
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: SS Durango, Luke Bruce

People

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Extra

Bibliography: 'Lloyds Weekly Shipping Index' Dec 5th 1884 pages 2-3; 'David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript). 'Western Daily Mail' (29 November 1884).
Recorder: J. Le Pelley 1981

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  "transcript": "'In Remembrance of / Thomas Le Pelley / of St Andrews Parish / Master of the SS Durango / of Newport Mon. / and of Annie Randel Smith / his wife - who perished at sea / off Dungeness / on the 27 November 1884 / The said vessel Durango / having collided with barque / Luke Bruce of Liverpool / causing the loss of that / steamer / and all on board' [Opposite side] 'Erected by the Sorrowing families'",
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Vessel Loss

Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, England

Memorial at Royal Hospital Chelsea, commemorating the officers and crew lost in the wreck of the ‘Birkenhead’ 1852

Location

Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, England

Transcript

'This Monument / is erected by command of / HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA / to record the heroic constancy and unbroken / discipline shewn by Lieutenant Colonel Seton / 74th Highlanders and the Troops embarked under his / command on board the Birkenhead when that Vessel was wrecked off the CAPE OF GOOD HOPE on the 26th Feb 1852 / and to preserve the memory of the Officers / Non Commissioned Officers & Men who perished on that occasion...'

Details

Description: Architectural surround in the Egyptian style.
Type: Memorial
Vessel: Birkenhead

People

Seton, Alexander
Age:
Date of Death: 26/2/1852
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Colonel
Organisation: British Army

Extra

Notes: Born 4/10/1814.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 72; A.C. Addison and W.H. Matthews 'A deathless story: or the Birkenhead and its Heroes' (London, 1906), 66 (illustration). Includes list of casualties.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson",
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Vessel Loss

St Nicholas' Methodist Church, Topsham, Devon, England

Memorial window in St Nicholas’ Methodist Church, Topsham, Devon dedicated to A. Saunders d. 1861

Location

St Nicholas' Methodist Church, Topsham, Devon, England

Transcript

'SANCTEUS MATTEUS / IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN SAUNDERS AND CREW OF THE JOHN HOLMAN. LOST OFF THE HORN SEPT 30TH 186[1]'

Details

Description: The window depicts a figure of St Matthew
Type: Window
Position: Northernmost window, east side
Materials: Glass
Vessel: John Holman

People

Saunders, A.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 30/9/1861
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

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Vessel Loss

Kilchattan Cemetery, Isle of Colonsay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Memorial at Kilchattan Cemetery, Isle of Colonsay commemorating Frank Nevin d. 1940 in the loss of HMS ‘Transylvania’

Location

Kilchattan Cemetery, Isle of Colonsay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Transcript

'F. NEVIN / TRIMMER NAP (MN) / H.M.S. TRANSYLVANIA / 10th AUGUST 1940 AGE 32 / MAY HE REST IN PEACE'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: HMS Transylvania

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Nevin, Frank
Age: 32
Date of Death: 10/8/1940
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Trimmer
Organisation: Merchant Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Transylvania' torpedoed by 'U-56' on 10 August 1940 and sank subsequently while under tow.
Recorder: Kevin Byrne 1996

JSON

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  "transcript": "'F. NEVIN / TRIMMER NAP (MN) / H.M.S. TRANSYLVANIA / 10th AUGUST 1940 AGE 32 / MAY HE REST IN PEACE'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Kilchattan Cemetery, Isle of Colonsay commemorating Frank Nevin d. 1940 in the loss of HMS ‘Transylvania’</p>",
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    "notes": "HMS 'Transylvania' torpedoed by 'U-56' on 10 August 1940 and sank subsequently while under tow.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Kevin Byrne 1996",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Vessel Loss

St Mary's Church, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Plaque in St Mary’s Church, Pembroke commemorating Lieutenant Richard Edward Lewis RN d. 1915 in the loss of HMS ‘Natal’

Location

St Mary's Church, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

'IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / RICHARD EDWARD LEWIS / TREWEEKS, LIEUT. R.N. / WHO WAS BORN IN THIS PARISH / APRIL 25 1883 / AND LOST HIS LIFE IN THE EXPLOSION IN H.M.S. NATAL / DECEMBER 30TH 1915. / A VERAY PARFIT GENTIL KNYGHT'

Details

Description: Naval cap badge carved above the inscription.
Type: Plaque
Position: South side of nave
Materials: Stone
Vessel: HMS Natal

People

Treweeks, Richard Edward Lewis
Age: 32
Date of Death: 30/12/1915
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Natal' lost due to an internal ammunition explosion.
Bibliography: Harry Chesney 'An Unhappy Hogmanay', 'Family Tree Magazine' vol. 17, pp.67-8 (Jan 2001).
Recorder: David Saunders
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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  "transcript": "'IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / RICHARD EDWARD LEWIS / TREWEEKS, LIEUT. R.N. / WHO WAS BORN IN THIS PARISH / APRIL 25 1883 / AND LOST HIS LIFE IN THE EXPLOSION IN H.M.S. NATAL / DECEMBER 30TH 1915. / A VERAY PARFIT GENTIL KNYGHT'",
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Vessel Loss

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Memorial at Westoe Cemetery South Shields commemorating James Cottew d. 1849

Location

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Details

People

Cottew, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1/1849
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Lost at sea with all his crew.

JSON

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Vessel Loss

Hollybrook cemetery, Southampton, England

Headstone at Hollybrook Cemetery, Southampton commemorating Frederick Fleet d. 1965 formerly the lookout RMS ‘Titanic’

Location

Hollybrook cemetery, Southampton, England

Transcript

'FREDERICK FLEET / 1887-1965 / LOOKOUT/ R.M.S.TITANIC / Erected to His Memory / By the / TITANIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. / Indian Orchard, Mass, U.S.A.'

Details

Description: Carved with a bow view of the liner.
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: RMS Titanic

People

Fleet, Frederick
Age:
Date of Death: 1965
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lookout
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.

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Vessel Loss

East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England

Gravestone in East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, commemorating Lieutenant Stanley A B Burney RN d. 1878 in the loss of HMS ‘Eurydice’

Location

East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'IN SACRED MEMORY OF / CATHERINE THE BELOVED WIFE OF / COMMANDER CHARLES BURNEY / R.N. C.B. / DIED 11TH MAY 1882 / AGED 55 / ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / THREE SONS OF THE ABOVE CHARLES WILLIAM DUNCAN / BORN 4TH DECEMBER 1851 / DIED 15 JUNE 1862. / ERNEST HENRY / BORN 23 JULY 1850 / DIED 7TH MARCH 1887. / STANLEY A. B. BURNEY / LIEUTENANT R.N. / BORN 21ST JANUARY 1855 / LOST BY THE FOUNDERING OF H.M.S. EURYDICE / OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT / 24 MARCH 1878. / AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE / DEATH NEITHER SORROW OR CRYING / NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE / PAIN FOR THE FORMER THINGS / ARE PASSED AWAY'

Details

Description: Flat stone.
Type: Ledger
Materials: Stone
Vessel: HMS Eurydice

People

Burney, Stanley A. B.
Age:
Date of Death: 24/3/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: E.H. Verney 'The last four days of the Eurydice' (Portsmouth, 1879) pp. 56-63 (list of ship's company).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1988
Photographer: Dr Pieter van der Merwe

JSON

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  "location": "East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England",
  "transcript": "'IN SACRED MEMORY OF / CATHERINE THE BELOVED WIFE OF / COMMANDER CHARLES BURNEY / R.N. C.B. / DIED 11TH MAY 1882 / AGED 55 / ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / THREE SONS OF THE ABOVE CHARLES WILLIAM DUNCAN / BORN 4TH DECEMBER 1851 / DIED 15 JUNE 1862. / ERNEST HENRY / BORN 23 JULY 1850 / DIED 7TH MARCH 1887. / STANLEY A. B. BURNEY / LIEUTENANT R.N. / BORN 21ST JANUARY 1855 / LOST BY THE FOUNDERING OF H.M.S. EURYDICE / OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT / 24 MARCH 1878. / AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE / DEATH NEITHER SORROW OR CRYING / NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE / PAIN FOR THE FORMER THINGS / ARE PASSED AWAY'",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters