Category Archives: Vessel Loss

Lancaster Priory, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

Gravestone at Lancaster Priory commemorating Thomas Woodhouse d. 1805 and another family member of the same name d. 1836 in the loss of the vessel ‘John Welch’

Location

Lancaster Priory, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

Transcript

[Not exact]'Thomas WOODHOUSE of Sunderland and Lancaster, died 20 Dec 1801, aged 94; Thomas their son, died at sea 1805, aged 47; Margaret his daughter by his wife, Betty Bradshaw, died 4 April 1809, aged 14, Betty his daughter died 14 July 1815, aged 17; William Bayne died at Jamaica, 1815 aged 14. Thomas, master of the ship, John Welch of Liverpool, drowned at Hoylake with fourteen of his crew 29 July 1836, aged 45. Agnes, wife of the above, died 3 Feb 1836, aged 44, John their son, died in infancy; Betty widow of the second named Thomas, died 5 Nov 1846 aged 84.

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: John Welch

People

Woodhouse, Thomas
Age: 47
Date of Death: 1805
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Woodhouse, Thomas
Age: 45
Date of Death: 19/7/1836
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

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Bibliography: Kenneth H. Dolton 'The tombstones and memorials of St Mary's Parish Church, Lancaster' (Lancaster, 1972)
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St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England

Wall tablet at St Aidan’s Church, Bamburgh commemorating Robert  Younghusband  d. 1830 and William John Younghusband d. 1838 in the loss of the East Indiaman ‘Protector’

Location

St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY 0F / OSWALD YOUNGHUSBAND ESQR. / FORMERLY OF ROSS IN THIS PARISH / WHO DIED 9TH JUNE 1828 AGED 58 YEARS / AND OF HIS FAMILY / OSWALD YOUNGHUSBAND WHO DIED IN INFANCY 6TH APRIL 1802 / OSWALD YOUNGHUSBAND; WHO DIED 22ND APRIL 1815 AGED 8 YEARS / ROBERT YOUNGHUSBAND / WHO WAS KILLED BY A FALL FROM THE MAIN TOP SAIL YARD / ON HIS PASSAGE HOME FROM AMERICA 24TH JUNE 1830 AGED 21 YEARS / WILLIAM JOHN YOUNGHUSBAND / LATE CHIEF OFFICER OF THE EAST INDIA SHIP PROTECTOR; WHO PERISHED WITH / 170 OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW OFF THE SANDS HEAD IN THE BAY OF BENGAL / DURING A HURRICANE ON THE 18TH OF OCTOBER 1838 AGED 33 YEARS / HE WAS A GALLANT OFFICER AND CHEERED HIS CREW TO THE LAST.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: North side of the nave
Materials: Marble
Artists: G. Green
Vessel: Protector

People

Younghusband, Robert
Age: 21
Date of Death: 24/6/1830
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:
Younghusband, William
Age: 33
Date of Death: 18/10/1838
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

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Shalford, Surrey, England

Memorial at Shalford, Surrey commemorating Lieutenant Maurice John Hervey Bagot RN d. 1914

Location

Shalford, Surrey, England

Details

Vessel: HMS Monmouth

Event

Battle of Cape Coronel

Event Date

1914

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Bagot, Maurice John Hervey
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1/11/1914
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England commemorating John Quick d. 1818

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Transcript

'John Quick, master of the schooner START, which left Liverpool 10 Dec 1818 for Terciera [?] and was never afterwards heard of. Aged 42 years'

Details

Vessel: Start

People

Quick, John
Age: 42
Date of Death: 10/12/1818
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: P. Cove; E.R. Stage
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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating A R Beales, d. 1917

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'A R Beales / Aged 42 / Lost with HM Steam / Trawler “Corientes” / in the Irish Sea / June: 23: 1917'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Corientes

People

Beales, A. R.
Age: 42
Date of Death: 23/6/1917
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Corientes' 1910 minesweeper, ex trawler. sunk by a mine 23 June 1917

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

Photographer: P Lacey
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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Memorial at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating Frederick Ward, RN, d. 1943

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Frederick Charles WARD, aged 24, KIA in HM Submarine 'Trooper' Oct 1943'

Details

Vessel: HMS Trooper

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Ward, Frederick Charles
Age: 24
Date of Death: 17/10/1943
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Killed in action, H M submarine 'Trooper' sunk in Aegean, probably mined.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967
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St Michael's Church, Teignmouth, Devon, England

Memorial in St Michael’s Church, Teignmouth, Devon commemorating Richard Westlake lost in the foundering of the brig ‘Isla’ 1823

Location

St Michael's Church, Teignmouth, Devon, England

Transcript

'Richard Westlake, Master of the brig 'Isla' also John Westlake his brother who lost their lives in the said brig which founder'd in the storm on the 29th day of October 1823 within sight of this church'

Details

Position: South wall of transept
Vessel: Isla

People

Westlake, Richard
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1823
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown
Westlake, John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 29/10/1823
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: H.J. Trump 'Westcountry Harbour: The port of Teignmouth 1690-1975' (Teignmouth 1976) p. 63.
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Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Place of burial in Henry VII’s chapel, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, of  General at sea, Edward Montagu, First Earl of Sandwich d. 1672.

Location

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Details

Position: Henry VII chapel
Vessel: HMS Royal James

Event

1672-1674 Third Anglo-Dutch War

Event Date

Battle of Solebay 1672

People

Montagu, Edward
Age: 46
Date of Death: 1672
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: General at sea
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: First Earl of Sandwich. On 'Royal James' in Battle of Solebay when blew up. Body recovered from sea. Place of burial, no monument.
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Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Charles Thomas Potbury d. 1873, lost with all hands in SS ‘Grecian’.

Location

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of Richard Potbury, of this city, formerly of Plymouth, Devon, who died 25th. January 1866. Also of his son, CHARLES THOMAS, aged 52 years, who sailed from this port in the S.S. 'GRECIAN', on the 29th January 1873, and was lost with all on board in the Bay of Biscay'

Details

Vessel: SS Grecian

People

Potbury, Charles Thomas
Age: 52
Date of Death: 1873
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Martin Davies 1985
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Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating William Forbes d. 1872

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Transcript

'IN / MEMORY OF / WILLIAM HINGSTON FORBES / WHO DIED THE / 11 DAY OF AUGUST / 1858 / AGED 35 YEARS / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM FORBES / SON OF THE ABOVE / WHO SAILED FROM LONDON IN / THE BARQUE CORSAIRS BRIDE / JULY 1872 FOR CUBA / WEST INDIES / AND HAS NOT SINCE / BEEN HEARD OF / AGED 20 YEARS'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard number 116
Vessel: Corsairs Bride

People

Forbes, William
Age: 20
Date of Death: 7/1872
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: 'Corsair's Bride' barque, built 1850, Newhaven.
Recorder: Lyn Collins
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