Category Archives: Vessel Loss

Turville, Buckinghamshire, England

Wall plaque in Turville, Buckinghamshire commemorating Herbert Edward Neighbour RN, d. 1925 in the loss of submarine ‘MI’

Location

Turville, Buckinghamshire, England

Transcript

'Herbert Edward Neighbour, Leading Seaman RN born Jan 20 1902 and rests with his comrades in H.M. Submarine M1 lost off Start Point 12 Nov 1925'

Details

Type: Wall plaque
Materials: Pink marble
Vessel: HM Submarine M1

People

Neighbour, Herbert Edward
Age: 23
Date of Death: 12/11/1925
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Submarine 'M1' holed following a collision and sank.The wreck was recently located on the seabed and a plaque placed on the site.
Recorder: Mrs L.M. Head

JSON

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Vessel Loss

St Nicholas Church, Bristol, England

Plaque in Bristol, to the memory of those lost in the SS ‘Merrimay’, 1855

Location

St Nicholas Church, Bristol, England

Transcript

'In memory of the Captain Officers and Crew of the S.S. Merrimay. Which foundered at sea 1899 on her voyage from Montreal to Bristol'

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: Staircase
Materials: Brass
Vessel: SS Merrimay

Extra

Notes: The dedication of a window, plaque removed to St Nicholas from The Missions to Seamen Institute in 1981.
Bibliography: Josephine Teague 'The Missions to Seamen Church and Institute Bristol'.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In memory of the Captain Officers and Crew of the S.S. Merrimay. Which foundered at sea 1899 on her voyage from Montreal to Bristol'<br />\r\n<br />",
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Vessel Loss

Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Gravestone at Flamborough commemorating the crew of the ‘Galway lass’ wrecked in 1875

Location

Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / THE CREW OF THE BRIG / 'GALWAY LASS' / OF NEWHAVEN / WRECKED OFF FLAMBRO HEAD / OCTOBER 14TH 1875 / GEORGE GRIMSEY CAPTAIN AGED 55 / ALFRED PENN MATE 36 / WILLIAM BART COOK 30 / KILLICK STEVENS SEAMAN 24. / GEO. EDWARD GRIMSEY SEAMAN 20 / NELSON TASKER ORDINARY SEAMAN 19 / EDMUND EARLE ORDINARY SEAMAN 19 / ISAAC WILLIAM GRIMSEY ORDINARY SEAMAN 17 / BE YE ALSO READY FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR AS / YE THINK NOT THE SON OF MAN COMETH'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Galway Lass

People

Bart, William
Age: 30
Date of Death: 14/10/1875
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Cook
Organisation:
Earle, Edmund
Age: 119
Date of Death: 14/10/1875
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation:
Grimsey, Isaac William
Age: 17
Date of Death: 14/10/1875
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation:
Grimsey, George Edward
Age: 20
Date of Death: 14/10/1875
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Grimsey, George
Age: 55
Date of Death: 14/10/1875
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Penn, Alfred
Age: 36
Date of Death: 14/10/1875
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Mate
Organisation:
Stevens, Killick
Age: 24
Date of Death: 14/10/1875
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Tasker, Nelson
Age: 19
Date of Death: 14/10/1875
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation:

Extra

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

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Vessel Loss

St Illtud's Church, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Memorial at St Illtud’s Church, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire commemorating Francis William Randell and William Thomas Randell d. 1879 in the loss of the ‘Burry’

Location

St Illtud's Church, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Transcript

'Erected / In Loving Memory of / FRANCIS WILLIAM / AGED 26 YEARS MASTER / OF THE BURRY OF LLANELLY / AND WILLIAM THOMAS / AGED 13 YEARS SONS OF / FRANCIS AND ANNE RANDELL / OF GLYN MOR, BURRY PORT / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WITH / ALL HANDS IN THE ABOVE / NAMED SHIP OFF THE NORTH / FORELAND, AUGUST 5 1879. THOU O GOD HAST PROVED US / THOU ALSO HAST TRIED US LIKE / AS SILVER IS TRIED''

Details

Description: Plinth surmounted by a cross. The cross is carved with an anchor with a long looped rope attached. This bears a shield. The inscription is infilled with lead.
Type: Monument
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Limestone
Vessel: Burry of Llanelly

People

Randell, Francis William
Age: 26
Date of Death: 5/8/1879
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Llanelly Iron Shipping Co.
Randell, William Thomas
Age: 13
Date of Death: 5/8/1879
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Llanelly Iron Shipping Co.

Extra

Notes: 'Burry' sank off the Goodwin Sands after a collision. Mate's certificate for Francis William Randell 1873.
Recorder: Gail Thomas 2011

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Vessel Loss

St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England

Headstone at St Martin’s Church, Cheriton, Kent commemorating Bruce Drayner, RN d. 1914

Location

St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England

Transcript

‘In / loving memory / of / JAMES Wm DRAYNER / died May 6th 1916 aged 79 / also / CHARLOTTE wife of the above / died August 9th 1911 aged 68 / also / EDWARD eldest son of the above / died Dec 30th 1886 aged 20 / also ALFRED son of the above / died Oct 10th 1890 aged 22 / also / BRUCE youngest son of the above / who perished in H.M.S. HOGUE / Sept 22nd 1914 aged 32 / R.I.P.'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: N662
Artists: Prebble & Spain
Vessel: HMS ‘Hogue'

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Drayner, Bruce
Age: 32
Date of Death: 22/9/1914
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Hogue' sunk by 'U9' in North Sea 22/9/1914

Bibliography: Pauline Davey 'St Martins Church, Cheriton Monumental inscriptions' part II, p. 58 no. N662. (Folkestone and District Family History Society 1985).

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Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Oscar Salmon d. 1883

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Oscar Salmon / aged 26 / Master / lost in the Lugger 'Mascotte’ / in the North Sea /March 6 1883'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Mascotte

People

Salmon, Oscar
Age: 26
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

JSON

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Vessel Loss

St Michael's Church, Pitt Street, Liverpool, England

Gravestone of John Atkinson, in Pitt Street, Liverpool. He was lost with the ‘Ocean Monarch’, destroyed by fire in 1848.

Location

St Michael's Church, Pitt Street, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'John Atkinson of Cote Clayton, near Bradford, Yorkshire. He was a passenger on board of the ill fated Ocean Monarch which was destroyed by fire, 24 August 1848 and on that day he lost his life age 33 near St Ormes head- nearly 200 perished'

Details

Vessel: Ocean Monarch

People

Atkinson, John
Age: 33
Date of Death: 24/8/1848
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d.1886, vol..3, p. 477. The church was demolished in 1946, a new one stands on the same site.

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Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Charles James Draper, RNR, d. 1917

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Charles James / Draper / Lost with H.M.S. / “Margate” / in the North Sea / April: 24 1917'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: HM Trawler Margate

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Draper, Charles James
Age: 29
Date of Death: 24/4/1917
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Engineman
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Margate' hired trawler, sunk by UC 50 off Spurn Point 24/4/1917.

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

Photographer: P Lacey

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Vessel Loss

Cathedral, Chichester, West Sussex, England

Memorial at Chichester Cathedral to the ship’s company of HMS ‘Broadwater’, lost in 1941

Location

Cathedral, Chichester, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'Erected to the Memory of the / Ship's Company of / HMS BROADWATER / sunk in action / 18 OCTOBER 1941 / with the loss of 45 lives'

Details

Description: The top in the shape of a pediment with acroteria.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: East wall, Chapel of St Michael
Materials: Stone
Date Erected: 2002
Artists: Stuart Earl
Vessel: HMS Broadwater

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Broadwater' sunk by enemy action.
Recorder: Ronald Edward White 2003
Photographer: Ronald Edward White 2003

JSON

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Vessel Loss

St Mary's Church, Llanfairpwllgwngyll, Anglesey, Wales

Gravestone at St Mary’s Church, Llanfairpwllgwngyll commemorating Henry Hughes d. 1845 in the wreck of the ‘Monk’

Location

St Mary's Church, Llanfairpwllgwngyll, Anglesey, Wales

Transcript

'...on which occasion he perished in his noble and partially successful exertions to save the lives of the crew and passengers...'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Monk

People

Hughes, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 1/1845
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

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Notes: Master 'Monk' wrecked 1/1845 on Caernavon Bar.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p.158.

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  "post_id": "1872",
  "id": "M2996",
  "location": "St Mary's Church, Llanfairpwllgwngyll, Anglesey, Wales",
  "transcript": "'...on which occasion he perished in his noble and partially successful exertions to save the lives of the crew and passengers...'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at  St Mary’s Church, Llanfairpwllgwngyll commemorating Henry Hughes d. 1845 in the wreck of the ‘Monk’</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Churchyard",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Monk"  },
  "event": {
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    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Hughes, Henry","age":"","dateofdeath":"1/1845","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"Master","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Master 'Monk' wrecked 1/1845 on Caernavon Bar.",
    "bibliography": "David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p.158.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters