Category Archives: Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England

Tablet dedicated to Jonathan Brunt in Bakewell, Derbyshire d. 1779

Location

All Saints Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England

Transcript

'To the memory of / JONATHAN BRUNT Junr / late surgeon on board the Sturdy Beggar / Privateer of Liverpool / who was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean / off the island of Fayal / where he died in September 1779 / aged 19 years'

Details

Description: Roman capitals and lower case lettering. Moulded border surmounted by cornice.

Type: Tablet
Position: Exterior of south wall.south porch
Materials: Slate
Vessel: Sturdy Beggar

People

Brunt, Jonathan
Age: 19
Date of Death: 9/1779
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: M Bartlett, Cavendish NADFAS, 1993

JSON

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  "transcript": "'To the memory of / JONATHAN BRUNT Junr / late surgeon on board the Sturdy Beggar / Privateer of Liverpool / who was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean / off the island of Fayal / where he died in September 1779 / aged 19 years'",
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Vessel Loss

St Seriol's Church, Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales

Gravestone at St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris commemorating James Warren d. 1869 in the loss of the SS ‘Greek’

Location

St Seriol's Church, Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales

Transcript

'...James her son 27 years of age when he sailed from Glasgow on 3 December 1869 in command of the SS Greek and has not been heard of since'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: SS Greek

People

Warren, James
Age: 27
Date of Death: 12/1869
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: On gravestone to Mary wife of W.H. Warren RNR.
Recorder: David Saunders 1983

JSON

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  "transcript": "'...James her son 27 years of age when he sailed from Glasgow on 3 December 1869 in command of the SS Greek and has not been heard of since'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris commemorating James Warren d. 1869 in the loss of the SS ‘Greek’</p>",
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    "notes": "On gravestone to Mary wife of W.H. Warren RNR.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "David Saunders 1983",
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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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  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St Brannock’s Church, Braunton, Devon commemorating William Gray d. 1799 lost in HMS ‘Weazle’</p>",
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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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  "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":"",
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    "recorder": "",
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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>",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967",
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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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  "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.'",
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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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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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  "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>",
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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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  "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.'",
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Vessel Loss

Loe bar, Cornwall, England

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

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'

Details

Description: A cross on a triple plinth.

Type: Cross
Date Erected: 1949
Vessel: HMS Anson

Extra

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

JSON

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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'",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters