Category Archives: Vessel Loss

St Saviour's Church, Westcliffe on Sea, Essex, England

Tablet in St Saviour’s Church, Westcliffe on Sea, dedicated to Erl Stanley Frederick Byrne d. 1917

Location

St Saviour's Church, Westcliffe on Sea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Erl Stanley Frederick Byrne, Midshipman H.M.S. Torrent who died in action in the North Sea on the 23rd December 1917 aged 18 1/2 years'

Details

Description: HMS 'Torrent' struck a mine and sank 23 December 1917.
Type: Tablet
Position: North wall
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Torrent

Event

1914-1918 First World War

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Byrne, Erl Stanley Frederick
Age: 18
Date of Death: 23/12/1917
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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St Peter's Church, Carlton Colville, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Carlton Colville, Suffolk commemorating Leonard Claud Chase, d. 1940 in the loss of the trawler ‘Carry On’

Location

St Peter's Church, Carlton Colville, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'L.C. Chase, Deck Hand, steam trawler 'Carry On' 17 December 1940 age 62

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Carry On

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Chase, Leonard Claud
Age: 62
Date of Death: 17/12/1940
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Deck hand
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Deck hand, steam trawler 'Carry On' sunk by mine off Sheerness 17/12/1940.
Recorder: Rev. William Henry Donnan 1972
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Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Memorial at Westoe Cemetery, South Shields commemorating Jacob Jary d. 1859 in the loss of the brig ‘Emily’

Location

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Details

Vessel: Emily

People

Jary, Jacob
Age:
Date of Death: 21/11/1859
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Brig 'Emily' of South Shields foundered 21/11/1859.
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St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Memorial in St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating Thomas Pike d. 1871 in the wreck of the ‘Zephyr’

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THOMAS PIKE / (OF TOPSHAM, DEVON) / WRECKED OFF KESSINGLAND / FEBRUARY 10 1871 / AGED 42 YEARS / BE YE READY ALSO'

Details

Description: Gothic headstone with rope twist border
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Zephyr

People

Pike, Thomas
Age: 42
Date of Death: 10/2/1871
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: 'Zephyr' was wrecked in a gale when sailing from Hartlepool to Exeter. 'Deaths at Sea' gives Pike's age as 45.
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Christ Church, Widley, Hampshire, England

Gravestone in Christ Church, Widley, Hampshire commemorating Captain John Philips RN d. 1915 and other naval members of his family

Location

Christ Church, Widley, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'In Loving Memory / Of / John Phillips / Captain Royal Navy / Born 15 June 1836 / Died 19 Oct 1915 / Also Martha / Dearly Loved Wife Of The Above / Born 2nd June 1841 Died 22nd June 1921.' [East side of plinth] 'Also Of / Their / Daughter / Anne Eveline Phillips / Born 25 March 1866 / Died November 1927. / Also Of Owen Tudor Hood Phillips / Commander R.N. / Who Died Oct 18 1935 Age 52.' [North side of plinth] 'Also Of / Paymaster Captain / Richard Hood Grant Phillips / Died Sept 24th. 1935.' [South side of plinth] 'Also Albert Markham Hood Phillips Royal Navy His Third Son [East side of grave curb] Commander of HMS Bulwark Born 20 March 1876 Lost with his ship at Sheerness 28 November 1914' [North side of grave curb]

Details

Description: Large family grave with a plinth surmounted by a cross surrounded by a curb stone.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS Bulwark

People

Phillips, Albert Markham Hood
Age:
Date of Death: 28/11/1914
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Phillips, John
Age: 79
Date of Death: 19/10/1915
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Phillips, Owen Tudor Hood
Age: 52
Date of Death: 18/10/1935
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Phillips, Robert Hood Grant
Age:
Date of Death: 24/9/1935
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Paymaster Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Bulwark' exploded while taking ammunition on board at Sheerness.
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Cliff top, Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia, Rest of the World

Gravestone at Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia commemorating Arthur Mitchell and Reginald Jones d. 1878 in the loss of the ‘Loch Ard’

Location

Cliff top, Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia, Rest of the World

Transcript

'IN MEMORY / OF / ARTHUR MITCHELL / AND REGINALD JONES / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE WRECK / OF THE LOCH ARD / 1ST JUNE 1878'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: Loch Ard

People

Jones, Reginald
Age:
Date of Death: 1/6/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Loch Line
Mitchell, Arthur
Age:
Date of Death: 1/6/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: General Shipping Company

Extra

Notes: 'Loch Ard' wrecked on Mutton Bird Island, Victoria, Australia on a voyage from London to Melbourne.
Bibliography: D.E. Charlwood 'The wreck of the Loch Ard: end of a ship, end of an era' (Sydney, 1971)
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St David's Church, Hubberston, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Memorial at St David’s Church, Hubberston, Pembrokeshire commemorating Thomas William Farmer d. 1863 in the loss of the yacht ‘Typhus’

Location

St David's Church, Hubberston, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

'In memory of Thomas William son of Robert Farmer Master Mariner who was accidentally drowned by the foundering of the yacht Typhus in a squall at Pembroke Dock May 14 1863 aged 20 years and 8 months'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Typhus

People

Farmer, Thomas William
Age: 20
Date of Death: 14/5/1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

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Recorder: David Saunders, 1993
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Public cemetery, Colne, Lancashire, England

Memorial in Colne cemetery, Lancashire commemorating Wallace Henry Hartley, d. 1912, bandmaster on ‘Titanic’

Location

Public cemetery, Colne, Lancashire, England

Transcript

'In / Loving Memory / OF / WALLACE HENRY. / THE BELOVED SON OF / ALBION AND ELIZABETH / HARTLEY, / FORMERLY OF COLNE, / WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN THE / S.S. TITANIC DISASTER / ON APRIL 15TH 1912 / AGED 33 YEARS, / AND WAS INTERRED / ON MAY 18TH 1912' on open hymn book on base 'NEARER MY / GOD TO THEE / NEARER TO / THEE'

Details

Description: A draped broken column on an inscribed plinth. Hartley's violin in relief at the base.
Type: Monument
Vessel: RMS Titanic

People

Hartley, Wallace Henry
Age: 33
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Bandsman
Organisation: White Star Line

Extra

Notes: The tune of 'Nearer my God' in the Methodist version.
Bibliography: John P. Eaton and Charles A. Haas 'Titanic, a journey through time'(Yeovil, 1999).
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Stranger's Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, England

Memorial in Stranger’s Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, commemorating James Jones d. 1869

Location

Stranger's Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, England

Transcript

'In memory / of / James JONES / of Talybont / Cardiganshire / who was drowned / at Portland / by the wreck of/the schooner SALTHIEL / on the 12th Sept 1869 / aged 14 years / and 8 months / Prepare to meet thy God'

Details

Position: 165
Vessel: Salthiel

People

Jones, James
Age: 14
Date of Death: 12/9/1869
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987
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Hampstead Cemetery, London, England

Memorial at Hampstead Cemetery, London commemorating Herbert Sayers Edmunds RN d. 1878 in the loss of HMS ‘Eurydice’

Location

Hampstead Cemetery, London, England

Details

Position: Grave section no.406
Vessel: HMS Eurydice

People

Edmunds, Herbert Sayers
Age: 22
Date of Death: 24/3/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
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: Mrs Joyce Hoad
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