Category Archives: Vessel Loss

Candie Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Headstone in Candie Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey commemorating Captain Samuel Pulsford d.1881 in the loss of the ‘Selina Jane’

Location

Candie Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'In/Loving Memory / of / Capt. Samuel J Pulsford, / who was drowned at sea / January the 19th 1881 / in the 40th year of his age'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: Selina Jane

People

Pulsford, Samuel J.
Age: 40
Date of Death: 19/1/1881
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Master 'Selina Jane' (ketch) of Guernsey foundered en route to London.
Bibliography: David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript).
Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981
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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Joseph Barnes d. 1883

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'JOSEPH BARNES / aged 41 / [Master] / lost in the Smack 'Conquest’ / in the North Sea / March 6 1883'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Conquest

People

Barnes, Joseph
Age: 41
Date of Death: 6/3/1883
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

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

Photographer: P Lacey
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Bayard's Cove, Devon, England

Memorial in Bayard’s Cove, Devon commemorating Paul Goddard d. 1983

Location

Bayard's Cove, Devon, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / PAUL JOHN GODDARD / AGE 28 / LOST AT SEA IN 'EXUBERANT' / 12th MARCH 1983 / FROM HIS FAMILY / AND ALL HIS FRIENDS'

Details

Description: A fishing boat in relief above the inscription.
Type: Plaque
Materials: Bronze
Vessel: FV Exuberant

People

Goddard, Paul John
Age: 28
Date of Death: 12/3/1983
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Unknown

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University College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Memorial at University College, Oxford commemorating the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley d. 1822

Location

University College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Transcript

'SHELLEY'

Details

Description: Nude statue in white marble of the drowned Shelley on top, supported by bronze winged lions with a mourning muse between them, an apple tree behind her. The whole on a stepped plinth in coloured marble.
Type: Free standing monument
Position: North corner quad
Materials: White, coloured marble; bronze
Artists: E. Onslow Ford, Basil Champneys
Vessel: Don Juan

People

Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Age:
Date of Death: 8/7/1822
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Poet
Organisation:

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Notes: Poet, drowned in yachting accident. Monument commissioned by Lady Shelley for Shelley's grave in Rome, but would have overlapped adjoining plot.
Bibliography: H.W. Janson 'Nineteenth-century Sculpture' (London, 1985) pp. 243-4; Dr Garnet 'The Shelley Monuments', 'Illustrated London News' (May 21 1892) p. 627. Francis Haskell 'The Shelley Memorial', 'Oxford Art Journal' (1978) vol i, pp.3-6.
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All Hallows by the Tower, Tower Hill, London, England

Window in All Hallows by the Tower commemorating the loss of the ‘Royston Grange’ 1972

Location

All Hallows by the Tower, Tower Hill, London, England

Transcript

'COMMEMORATING . THE / HOULDER . LINE . S.T.V. / "ROYSTON . GRANGE" / LOST . WITH . ALL . HANDS / IN. THE / RIVER . PLATE / 1972'

Details

Description: Baroque-style memorial window. The vessel shown afloat, flanked by seahorses, the company logo is on a shield above, surrounded by flames. The inscription below, is surrounded by strapwork as if carved, with a male and female mourning figure either side. Below a scallop shell and garlands of husks.
Type: Window
Position: Mariner's Chapel
Materials: Glass
Vessel: Royston Grange

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Recorder: Patricia Barber
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Frederick Wheeler d. 1924

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'FREDERICK WHEELER aged 54 lost with the old training ship Marlborough in the English Channel Nov 29 1924'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Marlborough

People

Wheeler, Frederick
Age: 54
Date of Death: 29/11/1924
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Marlborough' sank whilst being towed to the breakers on 29 November 1924.
Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).
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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Obediah Nichols d. 1881

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'OBEDIAH H. NICHOLAS / aged 22 / lost in the Brig 'Edward’ / from Carthagena to Workington / probably Jan 18 1881'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Edward

People

Nichols, Obediah H.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 18/1/1881
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

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

Photographer: P Lacey
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Alexander Air d. 1892 in the loss of SS ‘Namchow’

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Erected by his loving wife in affectionate remembrance of Alexander AIR who died at Hong Kong October 23rd 1891 aged 56 [or 58] years. Also Alexander John AIR son of the above who was lost in the foundering of S.S. 'Namchow' January 7th 1892. Aged 27 years'

Details

Description: Headstone with Chinese-style decoration. Compasses and set square in relief above the inscription.
Type: Headstone
Vessel: SS Namchow

People

Air, Alexander John
Age: 27
Date of Death: 7/1/1892
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

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Notes: Screw steamer 'Namchow' owner, Chuah yu Pung, built 1870 Newcastle, 1712 tons. Broke her propeller shaft in a storm, was swamped and foundered. Out of 450 passengers, mostly Chinese, only 50 were saved.
Bibliography: 'Launceston Examiner' (Tasmania, 16 Jan 1892)
Recorder: Chrstine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com
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Watts Naval School, Elmham, Norfolk, England

Memorial window at Watts Naval School, Elmham, Norfolk dedicated to Frederick Humby d. 1912 in the loss of ‘Titanic’

Location

Watts Naval School, Elmham, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'To the Glory of God, and in memory of Frederick Humby, a boy hero who perished on board the SS Titanic-15 April 1912, aged 17 years'

Details

Description: The window depicts Christ walking on the water.
Type: Window
Vessel: RMS Titanic

People

Humby, Frederick
Age: 17
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Steward
Organisation: White Star Line

Extra

Notes: Removed from Elmham in 1953 and moved to Stepney Causeway Barnado's first HQ. Went into store in 1968 when that chapel demolished. Present whereabouts unknown.

Bibliography: 'Church Times' 19 March 1999.
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Holy Trinity Church, Winterton, Norfolk, England

Memorial brass in Holy Trinity Church, Winterton, Norfolk commemorating Martin Hodgetts Bust, d. 1907 in the loss of the ‘Hartfield’

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Winterton, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'Martin Hodgetts Bust / Born 9 August 1884 / Lost at sea December 1907'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: South wall of aisle
Materials: Bronze
Vessel: Hartfield

People

Bust, Martin Hodgetts
Age: 23
Date of Death: 12/1907
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: 2nd Officer
Organisation: Messrs Walmsley & Co, Liverpool

Extra

Notes: The 'Hartfield' was lost on or near Vancouver Island, Canada, with all hands in December 1907 while on passage to Tacoma to pick up a cargo of wheat.
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