Category Archives: Vessel Loss

Priory Church, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Memorial at the Priory Church, Bridlington commemorating six men drowned in the capsize of the lifeboat ‘Harbinger’ during the gale of 1871

Location

Priory Church, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Transcript

[South side] 'IN REMEMBRANCE OF / ROBERT PICKERING, / JOHN CLAPPISON, / RICHARD ATKIN, JAMES WATSON, / DAVID PURDON / WILLIAM COBB / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE / HARBINGER LIFEBOAT / WHILST NOBLY ENDEAVOURING TO / SAVE THOSE WHOSE BODIES REST BELOW ' [East side] 'IN LASTING MEMORY / OF / A GREAT COMPANY OF SEAMEN / WHO PERISHED IN THE FEARFUL GALE / WHICH SWEPT OVER / BRIDLINGTON BAY, / ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 1871. / THE WAVES OF THE SEA ARE MIGHTY AND RAGE HORRIBLY, / BUT THE LORD WHO DWELLETH ON HIGH / IS MIGHTIER' [North side] 'THE ARROW OF SUNDERLAND / CAROLINE OF WHITBY / JOHN OF WHITSTABLE / LAVINIA OF SEAHAM / DELTA OF WHITBY / MARGARET OF IPSWICH / PRODUCE OF FOLKESTONE / TERESITA OF HARWICH / WILLIAM MAITLAND, WHITBY / AND AN UNKNOWN ENGLISH SCHOONER, WERE WRECKED ON THE 10TH / OF FEBRUARY, 1871, WITH LOSS OF LIFE IN BRIDLINGTON BAY. / THIRTEEN OTHER VESSELS WERE LOST IN THE BAY IN THE SAME GALE' [WEST SIDE] 'FORTY-THREE BODIES / OF THOSE WHO ON THAT DAY / LOST THEIR LIVES LIE IN THIS / CHURCHYARD, NEAR THIS MONUMENT'

Details

Description: Obelisk on pedestal and four-stepped plinth, within an enclosure of iron posts and chains.
Type: Memorial
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Arrow, Caroline, Delta, John, Lavinia, Harbinger, Margaret, Produce, Teresita, William Maitland

People

Atkin, Richard
Age:
Date of Death: 10/2/1871
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman
Organisation:
Clappison, John
Age:
Date of Death: 10/2/1871
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman
Organisation:
Cobb, William
Age:
Date of Death: 10/2/1871
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman
Organisation:
Pickering, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 10/2/1871
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman
Organisation:
Purdon, David
Age:
Date of Death: 10/2/1871
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman
Organisation:
Watson, James
Age:
Date of Death: 10/2/1871
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Erected by public subscription. It commemorates the men of the lifeboat 'Harbinger' which capsized while attempting rescue the crews of vessels struck by the great gale of 1871.
Bibliography: W. Sharrah and J.W. Day 'Tales of the Sea: being an account of the great storm in Bridlington Bay when thirty vessels were wrecked', (Hull, 1876) pp. 9-10, 16-28.
Recorder: See biblio and Chris Newall 2003

JSON

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  "location": "Priory Church, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England",
  "transcript": "[South side] 'IN REMEMBRANCE OF / ROBERT PICKERING, / JOHN CLAPPISON, / RICHARD ATKIN, JAMES WATSON, / DAVID PURDON / WILLIAM COBB / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE / HARBINGER LIFEBOAT / WHILST NOBLY ENDEAVOURING TO / SAVE THOSE WHOSE BODIES REST BELOW ' [East side] 'IN LASTING MEMORY / OF / A GREAT COMPANY OF SEAMEN / WHO PERISHED IN THE FEARFUL GALE / WHICH SWEPT OVER / BRIDLINGTON BAY, / ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 1871. / THE WAVES OF THE SEA ARE MIGHTY AND RAGE HORRIBLY, / BUT THE LORD WHO DWELLETH ON HIGH / IS MIGHTIER' [North side] 'THE ARROW OF SUNDERLAND / CAROLINE OF WHITBY / JOHN OF WHITSTABLE / LAVINIA OF SEAHAM / DELTA OF WHITBY / MARGARET OF IPSWICH / PRODUCE OF FOLKESTONE / TERESITA OF HARWICH / WILLIAM MAITLAND, WHITBY / AND AN UNKNOWN ENGLISH SCHOONER, WERE WRECKED ON THE 10TH / OF FEBRUARY, 1871, WITH LOSS OF LIFE IN BRIDLINGTON BAY. / THIRTEEN OTHER VESSELS WERE LOST IN THE BAY IN THE SAME GALE' [WEST SIDE] 'FORTY-THREE BODIES / OF THOSE WHO ON THAT DAY / LOST THEIR LIVES LIE IN THIS / CHURCHYARD, NEAR THIS MONUMENT'",
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  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Lifesaving","Vessel Loss"],
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    "type": "Memorial",
    "position": "Churchyard",
    "materials": "Stone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Arrow, Caroline, Delta, John, Lavinia, Harbinger, Margaret, Produce, Teresita, William Maitland"  },
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    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "Erected by public subscription. It commemorates the men of the lifeboat 'Harbinger' which capsized while attempting rescue the crews of vessels struck by the great gale of 1871.",
    "bibliography": "W. Sharrah and J.W. Day 'Tales of the Sea: being an account of the great storm in Bridlington Bay when thirty vessels were wrecked', (Hull, 1876) pp. 9-10, 16-28.",
    "recorder": "See biblio and Chris Newall 2003",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Vessel Loss

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

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating George Langley Sargant and Hugh David Gowan d. 1865 in the loss of the ‘Chanticleer’

Location

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

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / GEORGE LANGLEY SARGANT, / COMMANDER, / THE OFFICERS AND CREW / OF THE STEAMER 'CHANTICLEER' / AND OF / HUGH DAVID GOWAN, / COMMANDER / OF THE STEAMER 'FEELOONG', / WHO WERE LOST IN THE / 'CHANTICLEER' / IN A TYPHOON / ON 30TH JUNE 1865 / WHILE ON HER PASSAGE FROM / HONK KONG TO SWATOW.' [BASE] 'THE OWNERS OF THE 'CHANTICLEER' ERECTED THIS MONUMENT'

Details

Description: Pedestal tomb.
Type: Tomb
Materials: Pink granite
Vessel: Chanticleer (SS), Feloong (SS)

People

Gowan, Hugh David
Age:
Date of Death: 30/6/1865
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Sargant, George Langley
Age:
Date of Death: 30/6/1865
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Iron screw ship 'Chanticleer' built 1862 in Glasgow, 380 tons, destined voyage 1865 Clyde to China. 'Fei Loong' screw steamer built 1860 at Glasgow, 383 tons.
Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / GEORGE LANGLEY SARGANT, / COMMANDER, / THE OFFICERS AND CREW / OF THE STEAMER 'CHANTICLEER' / AND OF / HUGH DAVID GOWAN, / COMMANDER / OF THE STEAMER 'FEELOONG', / WHO WERE LOST IN THE / 'CHANTICLEER' / IN A TYPHOON / ON 30TH JUNE 1865 / WHILE ON HER PASSAGE FROM / HONK KONG TO SWATOW.' [BASE] 'THE OWNERS OF THE 'CHANTICLEER' ERECTED THIS MONUMENT'",
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    "materials": "Pink granite",
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Chanticleer (SS), Feloong (SS)"  },
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    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "Iron screw ship 'Chanticleer' built 1862 in Glasgow, 380 tons, destined voyage 1865 Clyde to China. 'Fei Loong' screw steamer built 1860 at Glasgow, 383 tons.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Vessel Loss

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Edward Gamble, d. 1914 in the loss of the ‘Ivy’

Location

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'OLLEY GARWOOD GAMBLE died Feb 16th 1928 aged 26 also of EDWARD GEORGE GAMBLE lost at sea with the smack 'IVY' Dec 17th 1914 aged 23'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Plot 22
Vessel: Ivy

People

Gamble, Edward George
Age: 23
Date of Death: 17/12/1914
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

JSON

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  "location": "Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "'OLLEY GARWOOD GAMBLE died Feb 16th 1928 aged 26 also of EDWARD GEORGE GAMBLE lost at sea with the smack 'IVY' Dec 17th 1914 aged 23'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Edward Gamble, d. 1914 in the loss of the ‘Ivy’</p>",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Vessel Loss

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating William Warnes, RN, d. 1889 and William Warnes d. 1875

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'William WARNES, husband of Georgiana Warnes who was drowned from the Pilot Cutter 'Bittern' of Lowestoft on the 9th April 1889 aged 68 years. Also William their son who was lost with the crew of the HELPMEET of Blyth on their passage from VARNA to MESSEMORIA Nov 1875 aged 27 years'

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Bittern, Helpmeet

People

Warnes, William
Age: 68
Date of Death: 9/4/1889
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy
Warnes, William
Age: 27
Date of Death: 11/1875
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

JSON

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  "id": "M4119",
  "location": "St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "'William WARNES, husband of Georgiana Warnes who was drowned from the Pilot Cutter 'Bittern' of Lowestoft on the 9th April 1889 aged 68 years. Also William their son who was lost with the crew of the HELPMEET of Blyth on their passage from VARNA to MESSEMORIA Nov 1875 aged 27 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating William Warnes, RN, d. 1889 and William Warnes d. 1875</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
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    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Vessel Loss

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints’ Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Sidney Conrad Siebert d. 1912

Location

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'SIDNEY CONRAD SIEBERT / Aged 30 / Perished in the wreck of / S.S. 'Titanic’ / in the Atlantic. / April 15, 1912.'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: RMS Titanic

People

Siebert, Sidney Conrad
Age: 30
Date of Death: 15/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Lost on the 'Titanic'.
Bibliography: Elspeth McAdam 'Peril on the Sea’, 'Family Tree' vol. 5, p. 30 (Jan 1989). Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).
Recorder: P. Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "'SIDNEY CONRAD SIEBERT / Aged 30 / Perished in the wreck of / S.S. 'Titanic’ / in the Atlantic. / April 15, 1912.'",
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    "recorder": "P. Lacey",
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Vessel Loss

St Brannock's Church, Braunton, Devon, England

Memorial in St Brannock’s Church, Braunton, Devon commemorating William Gray d. 1799 lost in HMS ‘Weazle’

Location

St Brannock's Church, Braunton, Devon, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Mr William Gray, surgeon of His Majesty's Sloop Weazle who was lost on the rocks of Baggy 11 Feb. 1799 aged 22 years. Matthew Chap 25 v 35 I was a stranger and ye took me in. Virtuous he lived, and replete with virtue died'

Details

Type: Ledger
Vessel: HMS Weazle

People

Gray, William
Age: 22
Date of Death: 11/2/1799
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Stone reputedly provided by his fiancee. 'Weazle', a brig sloop. Wrecked 12.1.1799 in Barnstaple Bay (Baggy point), on 11.2.1799 according to Mrs Benson.
Recorder: Mrs J.A. Benson 1984

JSON

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  "id": "M1422",
  "location": "St Brannock's Church, Braunton, Devon, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of Mr William Gray, surgeon of His Majesty's Sloop Weazle who was lost on the rocks of Baggy 11 Feb. 1799 aged 22 years. Matthew Chap 25 v 35 I was a stranger and ye took me in. Virtuous he lived, and replete with virtue died'",
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    "dateErected": "",
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Vessel Loss

St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales

Wall tablet in St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris commemorating Owen Owen, Margaret Edmunds and Mary Dorothea Owen d. 1831 in the wreck of the ‘Rothsay Castle’

Location

St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales

Transcript

'Owen OWEN, formerly Surgeon of HM 6th Regiment of Foot and latterly of 20th Dragoons, who died 29 January 1833 aged 79 years and of Ann his wife who died 18th April 1833 aged 64 years...Owen their 4th son, together with his sisters Margt Edmunds and Mary Dorothea were unhappily lost in the wreck of the ROTHSAY CASTLE August 17th 1831'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chapel, south side
Materials: Marble
Artists: Spence
Vessel: Rothsay Castle

People

Owen, Owen
Age:
Date of Death: 17/8/1831
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Owen, Margaret Edmunds
Age:
Date of Death: 17/8/1831
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Owen, Mary Dorothea
Age:
Date of Death: 17/8/1831
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1978

JSON

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  "location": "St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales",
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  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris commemorating Owen Owen, Margaret Edmunds and Mary Dorothea Owen d. 1831 in the wreck of the ‘Rothsay Castle’</p>",
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Vessel Loss

St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Clement’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Captain A. Smith and the crew of SS ‘Mountpark’ lost in 1911

Location

St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / CAPT A. SMITH AND CREW OF THE / ILLFATED S.S. 'MOUNTPARK'. / RUN DOWN OFF KENTISH KNOCK / FEBY 16TH 1911 / ERECTED BY THE LATE OFFICERS / CAPT. H. McDERMOTT / CHIEF ENGINEER D. ROBERTSON & 2ND ENGINEER J. HAMILTON / S.S. “GLENPARK”'

Details

Type: Plaque
Materials: Brass
Vessel: SS Mountpark

People

Smith, A.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 16/2/1911
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Mountpark Steamship Company (J & J Denholm)

Extra

Notes: SS 'Mountpark'collided with the SS 'Tremont' 27 miles off the West Hinder Lightship. She was transporting salt from Cadiz, Spain to Great Yarmouth. 14 crew members drowned. Four survived, though one died later of exposure.

JSON

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  "id": "M2746",
  "location": "St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / CAPT A. SMITH AND CREW OF THE / ILLFATED S.S. 'MOUNTPARK'. /  RUN DOWN OFF KENTISH KNOCK / FEBY 16TH 1911 / ERECTED BY THE LATE OFFICERS / CAPT. H. McDERMOTT / CHIEF ENGINEER D. ROBERTSON & 2ND ENGINEER J. HAMILTON / S.S. “GLENPARK”'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Clement’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Captain A. Smith and the crew of SS ‘Mountpark’ lost in 1911</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "notes": "SS 'Mountpark'collided with the SS 'Tremont' 27 miles off the West Hinder Lightship.  She was transporting salt from Cadiz, Spain to Great Yarmouth.  14 crew members drowned.  Four survived, though one died later of exposure.",
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Slavery, Vessel Loss

Church of St Mary of Charity, Faversham, Kent, England

Gravestone at the Church of St Mary of Charity, Faversham, Kent commemorating Michael Greenwood, d.1812.

Location

Church of St Mary of Charity, Faversham, Kent, England

Transcript

‘To / the MEMORY of / MICHAEL GREENWOOD / who died the 9th of / January 1812 / aged 80 YEARS. / November the 29th 1758 / In the 'LITCHFIELD' I was wreck’d / Upon the BARB'RY shore. / And sev'nteen months in slavr’y / I toil'd with many more.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS ‘Lichfield'

People

Greenwood, Michael
Age: 80
Date of Death: 9/1/1812
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Wrecked in HMS 'Lichfield' in Morocco in 1758 and enslaved. Inscription on the headstone has been recently recut.

Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 47.

JSON

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  "id": "M2174",
  "location": "Church of St Mary of Charity, Faversham, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "‘To / the MEMORY of / MICHAEL GREENWOOD / who died the 9th of / January 1812 / aged 80 YEARS. / November the 29th 1758 / In the 'LITCHFIELD' I was wreck’d / Upon the BARB'RY shore. / And sev'nteen months in slavr’y / I toil'd with many more.'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at the Church of St Mary of Charity, Faversham, Kent commemorating Michael Greenwood, d.1812.</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Slavery","Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Churchyard",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS ‘Lichfield'"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Greenwood, Michael","age":"80","dateofdeath":"9/1/1812","causeofdeath":"Unknown","rankOccupation":"","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Wrecked in HMS 'Lichfield' in Morocco in 1758 and enslaved. Inscription on the headstone has been recently recut.<br />\r\n<br />",
    "bibliography": "David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 47.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Vessel Loss

Loe bar, Cornwall, England

Cross at Loe, Cornwall commemorating those who died in the loss of HMS ‘Anson’ in 1807

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Loe bar, Cornwall, England

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'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ABOUT 100 OFFICERS AND MEN OF H.M.S. ANSON / WHO WERE DROWNED WHEN THIS SHIP WAS WRECKED / ON LOE BAR 29 DEC 1807 AND BURIED HEREABOUT / HENRY TRENGROUSE OF HELSTON / WAS SO IMPRESSED BY THIS TRAGEDY THAT / HE INVENTED THE LIFESAVING ROCKET APPARATUS / WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL / IN SAVNG THOUSANDS OF LIVES / ERECTED MARCH 1949'

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Description: A cross on a triple plinth.

Type: Cross
Date Erected: 1949
Vessel: HMS Anson

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Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 71 (illustration).

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  "post_id": "1908",
  "id": "M4985",
  "location": "Loe bar, Cornwall, England",
  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ABOUT 100 OFFICERS AND MEN OF H.M.S. ANSON / WHO WERE DROWNED WHEN THIS SHIP WAS WRECKED / ON LOE BAR 29 DEC 1807 AND BURIED HEREABOUT / HENRY TRENGROUSE OF HELSTON / WAS SO IMPRESSED BY THIS TRAGEDY THAT / HE INVENTED THE LIFESAVING ROCKET APPARATUS / WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL / IN SAVNG THOUSANDS OF LIVES / ERECTED MARCH 1949'",
  "content": "<p>Cross at Loe, Cornwall commemorating those who died in the loss of  HMS ‘Anson’ in 1807</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "A cross on a triple plinth.<br />\r\n<br />",
    "type": "Cross",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "1949",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Anson"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": "",
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 71 (illustration).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters