Wall tablet in the City Museum, Portsmouth commemorating John Francis and John Hammond lost in HMS ‘Captain’ 1870
Location
City Museum, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'Sacred / TO / THE MEMORY / OF / SERGEANT JOHN FRANCIS / AND / GUNNER JOHN HAMMOND / OF THE / ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY / MEMBERS OF THIS CONGREGATION / WHO WERE DROWNED WITH FIVE HUNDRED AND FOUR / BRITISH SEAMEN AND MARINES / IN H.M. SHIP "CAPTAIN" / WHICH FOUNDERED / OFF CAPE FINISTERRE / ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 7TH 1870 / "BE YE ALSO READY"
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Description: Above the inscription tablet, a draped urn flanked with trophies. The whole wall tablet surrounded by heavy carved drapes. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Black and white marble Vessel: HMS Captain
People
Francis, John Age: Date of Death: 7/9/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Sargeant Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery Hammond, John Age: Date of Death: 7/9/1870 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Gunner Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
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Notes: Formerly in Eastney Methodist Hall. Transfered to the Museum in 1970
Memorial at St Patrick’s Church, Saul, Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland commemorating Ambrose Lennon, RN, d.1780
Location
St Patrick's Church, Saul, County Down, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Ambrose Lennon and Margaret his wife the former having foundered in a hurricane in the West Indies on board his Majesty's ship 'Barbados' with all the crew in the year 1780. The latter died March 5 1804 Age 71 years. This stone erected by their son Capt John Lennon'
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Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Vessel: HMS Barbadoes
People
Lennon, Ambrose Age: Unknown Date of Death: 4/10/1780 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: The Parish church (Church of Ireland) was built in 1788 on the site of an earlier monastery and rebuilt in 1933 in the Celtic style. However the oldest stone in the graveyard dates from 1716. Recorder: C. Flintham
Obelisk at Gosport Cemetery, Hampshire, commemorating the loss of Submarine A1 in 1904, Submarine A3 in 1912, Submarine A5 in 1905, and Submarine A8 in 1905
Notes: Commemorates 1) Submarine 'A.1.' foundered after a collision off the Nab Tower 18th March 1904 2) Submarine 'A.8.' foundered off Plymouth 8th June 1905 3) Submarine 'A.3.' foundered off the Isle of Wight 2nd February 1912 4) Submarine 'A.5.' following an explosion at Queenstown, Ireland, 16th February 1905. Lists of casualty names.
Wall tablet at Old Church, Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man commemorating Thomas and James Cubbin d. 1868 following the loss of the ‘Serica’
Location
Old Church, Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / THOMAS/AGED 11 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS, AND / JAMES / 1 YEAR AND 10 MONTHS, SONS OF THOMAS AND / MARY CUBBIN. THEY WERE DROWN'D IN EACH OTHERS / ARMS, IN THE SURF ON THE COAST OF MADAGASCAR, ON / THE 20TH MARCH 1868, AFTER ENDURING VERY GREAT / PRIVATION AND SUFFERINGS 11 DAYS IN A SMALL OPEN / BOAT, THROUGH THE FOUNDERING OF THE SHIP SERICA / AFTER AN AWFUL HURRICANE IN THE INDIAN SEA, / TEACH ME TO LIVE THAT I MAY DREAD / THE GRAVE AS LITTLE AS MY BED.'
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Description: A pediment with acroteria above the inscription. Type: Wall tablet Position: Nave Materials: White marble Vessel: Serica
People
Cubbin, Thomas Age: 11 Date of Death: 20/3/1868 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Cubbin, James Age: 1 Date of Death: 20/3/1868 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
Tablet in Somers Gardens, St Georges, Bermuda, commemorating Admiral George Somers d. 1610
Location
Somers Gardens, St George's, Bermuda, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Near this spot / was interred in the year 1610 / the heart of the heroic Admiral / Sir George SOMERS KT / who nobly sacrificed his life / to carry succour / to the infant and suffering Plantation / now the state of Virginia / To preserve his fame to future ages / Near the scene of his memorable shipwreck of 1609 / The Governor and Commander in chief / of this colony for the time being / caused this tablet to be erected 1876'
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Type: Tablet Position: Public gardens Vessel: Sea Venture
People
Somers, George Age: 56 Date of Death: 9/11/1610 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Virginia Company
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Notes: Somers' body is buried at Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset. The shipwreck of his vessel the 'Sea Venture' on Bermuda in 1609, is believed to have inspired Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'. He is remembered as the founder of the English colony of Bermuda. Bibliography: 'Bermuda 1867-1897 through the camera of James B Heyl.'
Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Charles Armes, d. 1900
Location
Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'AMELIA MATILDA wife of CHARLES ARMES died 2 April 1890 aged 29 years also CHARLES GEORGE ARMES son of the above drowned by the sinking of the fishing boat RENOWN after collision with the SS 'Sardinian' 3 December 1900 aged 19 years'
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Type: Gravestone Position: Plot 39 Vessel: Renown, SS Sardinian
People
Armes, Charles George Age: 19 Date of Death: 3/12/1900 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fisherman Organisation: Unknown
Headstone at Porvoo Cemetery, Porvoo, Finland, commemorating the crew of the SS ‘Moss Brow’ wrecked in 1896
Location
Porvoo Cemetery, Porvoo, Finland, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / I.G. ELLIS 2nd Mate / J. DUNCAN Steward / E.J. HALL Steward Assistant / S. CAWS Fireman / I. FERGUSON Fireman / Wm. LESLIE Fireman / Perished at sea interred here 6.11.1896 / and beloning [sic] to / the crew of the English / SS Moss Brow wrecked at Callbada / 21.10.1896.'
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Type: Headstone Vessel: SS Moss Brow
People
Caws, S. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 21/10/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: George P Inman Duncan, J. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 21/10/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Steward Organisation: George P Inman Ellis, I. G. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 21/10/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 2nd Mate Organisation: George P Inman Ferguson, I. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 21/10/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: George P Inman Hall, E. J. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 21/10/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Steward Organisation: George P Inman Leslie, William Age: Unknown Date of Death: 21/10/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: George P Inman
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Notes: DOSSIER. The San Francisco Call, 24 October 1896 reported that the iron half brig-rigged steamer Moss Brow was wrecked off Kallbadan, Finland. Six crew were saved but the captain and 14 other crew members were missing. She was owned by George P Inman.
Bibliography: 'Cockney Ancestor' no. 79, p. 42 (London Family History Society, Summer 1993).
Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Alexander Johnston d. 1869 in the loss of the SS ‘United Kingdom’
Location
Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England
Transcript
[Curved around the round inlay] 'IN LOVING MEMORY OF' [Under the inlay]. 'ALEXANDER JOHNSTON / OF CAMICROSS ISLE OF SKYE / LOST AT SEA WITH S.S. UNITED KINGDOM. 1869 / BARBARA CAMPBELL HIS WIFE. / DIED 25 DEC. 1906 AGED 87 YEARS. / INTERRED AT KILMORE ISLE OF SKYE. / JANET THEIR 4TH DAUGHTER / DIED 5 FEB 1906 AGED 45 YEARS / MARGARET THEIR ELDEST DAUGHTER / 5 APRIL 1915 AGED 65 YEARS / CATHERINE, THEIR 3RD DAUGHTER / BELOVED WIFE OF GEORGE W. ROSS / DIED 6 FEB 1929 AGED 75 YEARS 'SHE HATH DONE WHAT SHE COULD'. MARK XIV 8.'
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Description: Curved tombstone with curbs and a footstone with a round inlay with an anchor at the top. Type: Gravestone Position: Section 132 Materials: Stone Vessel: SS 'United Kingdom'
People
Johnston, Alexander Age: Date of Death: 1869 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Gravestone at All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, commemorating John Jackson Gostling d. 1907
Location
All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England
Transcript
'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JOHN JACKSON / GOSTLING / THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF/EMILY GOSTLING, / WHO DIED AT THE HOOK OF HOLLAND / IN THE 'S.S. BERLIN' DISASTER FEB 21ST 1907 / AGED 38 YEARS'
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Description: Possibly the stepped base of a cross with lead letters. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Stone Vessel: SS Berlin
People
Gostling, John Jackson Age: 38 Date of Death: 21/2/1907 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Great Eastern Railway Company
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
