Category Archives: 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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  "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'",
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    "notes": "From Robin Hood's Bay",
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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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Vessel Loss

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Henry Bruce Kent d. 1917 in the loss of SS ‘Kildonan’

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In / loving memory / Catherine Kent / Born 9th March 1849, Died 10th December 1892 / Annie Eleanor Kent / Born 24th September, died 30th September 1892 / Henry Bruce Kent / Master Mariner / Lost at sea by enemy action / 29th September 1917 / Also of Edward Kent / Died 2nd Febry 1925 / Aged 75 years / Also Clara Maria Kent / Died 19th August 1954 / Aged 100 years'

Details

Description: Headstone
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: Kildonan

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Kent, Henry Bruce
Age:
Date of Death: 29/9/1917
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation: John Cory & Sons

Extra

Notes: SS 'Kildonan' sunk by 'UB 35' while en route from Santander to Ardrossan with a cargo of iron ore.
Recorder: David J. Wickham

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    "recorder": "David J. Wickham",
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Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating George Scott d. 1942

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'George Scott, aged 47, lost in S.S. 'Sourabaya' by enemy action 26 Oct 1942'.

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Sourabaya

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Scott, George
Age: 47
Date of Death: 26/10/1942
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 28; Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).

JSON

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    "recorder": "",
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Vessel Loss

Cemetery, Isle of Oronsay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Gravestone on the Isle of Oronsay commemorating Alfred Fisher RN d. 1915 in the loss of HMS ‘Viknor’

Location

Cemetery, Isle of Oronsay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Transcript

'A. Fisher / Eng Room Artfer 1523 / LA / H.M.S. VIKNOR / 13 January 1915 / In loving memory of / Alfred Fisher / E.R.A. / Lost with HMS Viknor / 'Till the Day Dawns'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Viknor

People

Fisher, Alfred
Age:
Date of Death: 13/1/1915
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Identified from description of wedding ring published in the 'Glasgow Herald'. Engine Room Artificer HMS 'Viknor ' foundered 13/1/1915 N. Coast of Ireland, possibly mined.
Recorder: Kevin Byrne 1996

JSON

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  "transcript": "'A. Fisher / Eng Room Artfer 1523 / LA / H.M.S. VIKNOR / 13 January 1915 /  In loving memory of / Alfred Fisher / E.R.A. / Lost with HMS Viknor / 'Till the Day Dawns'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone on the Isle of Oronsay commemorating Alfred Fisher RN d. 1915 in the loss of HMS ‘Viknor’</p>",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Kevin Byrne 1996",
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Vessel Loss

St Cuthbert's Church, Ormesby, North Yorkshire, England

Brass plaque in St Cuthbert’s Church, Ormesby commemorating John Duncan Stubbs RN d. 1914 in the loss of HMS ‘Aboukir’

Location

St Cuthbert's Church, Ormesby, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / MIDSHIPMAN JOHN DUNCAN STUBBS R.N. / H.M.S. ABOUKIR / WHO DIED FOR HIS KING AND COUNTRY / SEPTEMBER 22ND 1914 AGED 15 YEARS / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN AFFECTION / AND ADMIRATION BY HIS FRIENDS'

Details

Description: Inscription within a rope twist border. Ship portrait in relief above, RN cap badge below.
Type: Plaque
Position: Nave
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS 'Aboukir'

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Stubbs, John Duncan
Age: 15
Date of Death: 22/9/1914
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Aboukir', 'Hogue' and 'Cressy (cruiser force C) sunk by submarine 'U9' in North Sea 22 September 1914.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2008

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / MIDSHIPMAN JOHN DUNCAN STUBBS R.N. / H.M.S. ABOUKIR / WHO DIED FOR HIS KING AND COUNTRY / SEPTEMBER 22ND 1914 AGED 15 YEARS / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN AFFECTION / AND ADMIRATION BY HIS FRIENDS'",
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Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Dawson d. 1880

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

WILLIAM DAWSON AGED 19 lost in the ketch 'Pride of the Dart' off Flamborough Head Oct. 28 1880'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Pride of the Dart

People

Dawson, William
Age: 19
Date of Death: 28/10/1880
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

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

JSON

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Vessel Loss

Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, England

Window at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral commemorating Mary Rogers d. 1899 in the wreck of the ‘Stella’

Location

Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Mary Rogers Stewardess of the Stella and all faithful servants 1899'

Details

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Mary Rogers based on a photograph with the Casquets and lighthouse in the background.
Type: Window
Position: Lady Chapel
Materials: Glass
Date Erected: 1909
Artists: James Hogan, A.A. Burcombe
Vessel: Stella

People

Rogers, Mary
Age: 44
Date of Death: 30/3/1899
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Stewardess
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Damaged during the Second World War and restored in 1951.
Bibliography: John Ovenden and David Shayer 'The wreck of the Stella: Titanic of the Channel Islands' (Guernsey, 1999) p.48; 'Noble Women, Windows in the Lady Chapel' (Liverpool Cathedral) p.29.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Mary Rogers Stewardess of the Stella and all faithful servants 1899'",
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Vessel Loss

Church of St Michael in the Hamlet, Liverpool 7, Liverpool, England

Memorial at Church of St Michael in the Hamlet, Liverpool commemorating Agnes and Thomas Gladstone d. 1850 in the wreck of the ‘Orion’ and Robert Gladstone d. 1829

Location

Church of St Michael in the Hamlet, Liverpool 7, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Robert, son of Thomas and Janet Gladstone, who died on board the H.E.I.C Ship 'LADY MELVILLE', on his passage to China, 3rd. July 1829, aged 21 years. Sacred to the memory of Agnes Gladstone, aged 12 years, and Thomas Gladstone, aged 10 years, children of Lawrence Gladstone Esq., of Liverpool, who were lost in the wreck of the Steamship 'Orion', off Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, June 18th. 1850'

Details

Type: Memorial over vault
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: HEIC Lady Melville, Orion

People

Gladstone, Robert
Age: 21
Date of Death: 3/7/1829
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Gladstone, Agnes
Age: 12
Date of Death: 18/6/1850
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Gladstone, Thomas
Age: 10
Date of Death: 18/6/1850
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Martin Davies 1985

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Vessel Loss

St Akeveranus's Church, St Keverne, Cornwall, England

Gravestone in St Keverne, Cornwall commemorating Benjamin Fuller. d. 1898 in the loss of ‘Mohegan’

Location

St Akeveranus's Church, St Keverne, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'...Benjamin Franklin Fuller of Boston Mass born 1823 and Charles Cyril Brownjohn aged 23 interred 18 Oct 1898'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: Mohegan

People

Brownjohn, Charles Cyril
Age: 23
Date of Death: 14/10/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Fuller, Benjamen Franklin
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Date of Death: 14/10/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
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Notes: Also of Charles Brownjohn. d. 1898
Lost in wreck of 'Mohegan', 14/10/1898
Recorder: David Saunders 1993

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  "post_id": "3489",
  "id": "M4173",
  "location": "St Akeveranus's Church, St Keverne, Cornwall, England",
  "transcript": "'...Benjamin Franklin Fuller of Boston Mass born 1823 and Charles Cyril Brownjohn aged 23 interred 18 Oct 1898'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in St Keverne, Cornwall commemorating Benjamin Fuller. d. 1898 in the loss of ‘Mohegan’</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Mohegan"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Brownjohn, Charles Cyril","age":"23","dateofdeath":"14/10/1898","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"Passenger","organisation":""},{"name":"Fuller, Benjamen Franklin","age":"","dateofdeath":"14/10/1898","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"Passenger","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Also of Charles Brownjohn. d. 1898<br />\r\nLost in wreck of 'Mohegan', 14/10/1898",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "David Saunders 1993",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters