Category Archives: 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

JSON

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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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    "recorder": "J. Le Pelley 1981",
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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

JSON

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

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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    "recorder": "John Steele 1988",
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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

Extra

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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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    "recorder": "Kevin Byrne 1996",
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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

JSON

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Lifesaving, Vessel Loss

St Stephen's Old Church, Fylingthorpe, East Yorkshire, England

Gravestone at St Stephen’s Old Church, Fylingthorpe commemorating William Poad d. 1843

Location

St Stephen's Old Church, Fylingthorpe, East Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'In / memory of / WILLIAM POAD / master mariner who was / drowned by the upsetting of the / lifeboat while attempting to save / the crew of the brig Ann of London / February 4th 1843 aged 30 years / Also SUSANNA his wife / daughter of WILLIAM and MARY GRANT who died June 27th 1835 aged 21 years / Let faith and hope dispel your tears / And dry the fearful yes / A few more years and you shall... / your... / in the sky / with Zion's saving gates in view / through every danger rise / And win a ... / ...in the skies / Also WILLIAM GRANT / their son who died October 4th 1840 aged 6 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: North Yorkshire
Vessel: Ann

People

Poad, William
Age: 30
Date of Death: 4/2/1843
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner; lifeboatman
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From Robin Hood's Bay
Bibliography: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stormrhb

JSON

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Vessel Loss

St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England

Memorial at St Aidan’s Church, Bamburgh commemorating the Reverend John Morell Mackenzie d. 1843 in the wreck of the SS ‘Pegasus’

Location

St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England

Transcript

'DIED 1843 AGED 36 / TO THE MEMORY OF / THE REV. JOHN MORELL MACKENZIE M.A. / LATE PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL CRITICISM AND CHURCH HISTORY / IN THE GLASGOW THEOLOGICAL ACADEMY / WHO LOST HIS LIFE BY THE WRECK OF / THE STEAM-SHIP PEGASUS / OFF THE GOLDSTONE ROCK / ON THE MORNING OF THE 20TH JULY 1843 / THIS STONE, THE FRAIL MEMORIAL OF WORK WHICH IS IMPERISHABLE, HAS BEEN ERECTED BY / HIS WIDOW. / ENDOWED WITH THE TALENTS OF THE HIGHEST ORDER WHICH HE ASSIDUOUSLY CULTIVATED, POSSESSING STORES OF A VARIED AND VALUABLE / LEARNING TO WHICH HE WAS CONSTANTLY / ADDING AND ADORNED WITH THE GRACES OF A / NATURALLY AMIABLE DISPOSITION AND THE / VIRTUES OF A SINCERE AND DEEP-TURNING PIETY / HE WAS HAPPILY HONOURED AND USEFUL IN LIFE / AND IN DEATH AMID CIRCUMSTANCES OF A PARTICULARLY APPALLING CHARACTER HE AFFORDED A / STRIKING EXAMPLE OF THE POWER OF THAT / RELIGION WHICH HE PROFESSED / TO COMPOSE AND ELEVATE THE MIND IN THE / PROSPECT OF AN IMMINENT ENTRANCE INTO / THE WORLD OF SPIRITS' [side] 'Mark the perfect man and behold / the upright for the end of that man is peace' PS XXXVII 17'

Details

Description: Broken column. Inscription on the plinth.
Type: Monument
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Pegasus

People

Mackenzie, John Morrell
Age: 36
Date of Death: 20/7/1843
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: 'The Times' 25 July 1843. Report by one of the survivors named Baillie. 'I saw Mr M'Kenzie on the quarter-deck praying with several of the passengers on their knees around him. Mr McKenzie seemed calm and collected. All the passengers were praying too, but Mr Mckenzie's voice was distinctly heard above them all.'
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson ©RMG

JSON

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Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

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

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Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

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Cottew, James
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Date of Death: 1/1849
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
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Notes: Lost at sea with all his crew.

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters