Category Archives: Vessel Loss

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

JSON

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    "notes": "HMS 'Margate' hired trawler, sunk by UC 50 off Spurn Point 24/4/1917.<br />",
    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)<br />",
    "recorder": "",
    "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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  "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'",
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    "recorder": "Ronald Edward White 2003",
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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:

Extra

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

JSON

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    "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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Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating George Parmenter d. 1883

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'GEORGE PARAMETER / aged 16 / Native of Kirby-le-Soken / lost in the Smack 'Conquest’ / in the North Sea / March 6 1883'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Conquest

People

Parminter, George
Age: 16
Date of Death: 6/3/1883
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

JSON

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Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Basil Barnes d. 1918

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Basil W. Barnes / Aged 25 / Lost with HMS / 'Erindring’ / Oct: 5: 1918 / Particulars unknown'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: SS Erindring

People

Barnes, Basil W.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 5/10/1918
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Lost on voyage from Santander to Glasgow with cargo of iron ore

Bibliography: 'Lloyd's War Losses: The First World War'; Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Basil W. Barnes / Aged 25 / Lost with HMS / 'Erindring’ / Oct: 5: 1918 / Particulars unknown'",
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    "bibliography": "'Lloyd's War Losses: The First World War'; Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).<br />",
    "recorder": "",
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Vessel Loss

St Mary's Church, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool commemorating John Foyer d. 1862 in the loss of the SS ‘Italian’

Location

St Mary's Church, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of JOHN FOYER, who was drowned by the foundering of the S.S.' ITALIAN', 20 March 1862, aged 52 years'

Details

Description: Headstone and grave slabs.
Type: Gravestone
Position: South of church
Vessel: SS Italian

People

Foyer, John
Age: 52
Date of Death: 20/3/1862
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Martin Davies 1988

JSON

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Vessel Loss

St John's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St John’s Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating G. E. Coleman, d. 1906, C. Willgoss, d. 1907, F. E. Day, d. 1909, E. Buckle, d. 1911, W. B. Edgley d. 1913, A. J. Bangalari, d. 1913

Location

St John's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Friends lost at sea / G E Coleman 'Leader' 6 Sept 1906 / C Willgoss 'Ivanhoe' 14 Jan 1907 / F E Day 'Passion Flower' 13 Nov 1909 / E Bucknole 'Sarah Marian' 24 Oct 1911 / W B Edgley 'Seabird' 1 Nov 1913 / A J Bangalari 'Seabird' 1 Nov 1913'

Details

Vessel: Boy Horace, Ivanhoe (1891 smack), Leader (1901), Ketch 'Passion Flower' (1908, 46 tons), Sarah Marian, Seabird

People

Bangalari, A. J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1/11/1913
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown
Broom, G. F.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 4/2/1906
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown
Bucknole, E.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 24/10/1911
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown
Coleman, G. E.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 6/9/1906
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown
Day, F. E.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 13/11/1909
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown
Edgley, W. B.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1/11/1913
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown
Willgoss, C.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 14/1/1907
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: 'Ivanhoe' 61 tons built at Rye, 1891. Lost with two of her crew after a collision, three miles east of Southwold in a light S.W. wind.
Bibliography: O.T. Olsen 'The fisherman's almanack' (1907).
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan

JSON

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    "bibliography": "O.T. Olsen 'The fisherman's almanack' (1907).",
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Vessel Loss

St Nicholas's Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

Gravestone at St Nicholas’s Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk commemorating Henry B. Harrison, Master d. 1856 in the loss of the ‘Enfield’

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

Transcript

‘... Henry B Harrison / the beloved husband of / Ann Eliz. Harrison / Master of the Schooner / ENFIELD, / who with his son and the / rest of the crew were lost / on or about Sept 26th 1856 / Aged 37. / "The sea shall give up it’s dead" / Also three of their children who died in infancy.'

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Enfield

People

Harrison, Henry B.
Age: 37
Date of Death: 26/9/1856
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan
Photographer: Pippa Lacey

JSON

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Vessel Loss

Toxteth Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Memorial in Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating John Cuthbertson d. 1870, in the wreck of the ‘Mercurius’

Location

Toxteth Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of Capt. JOHN CUTHBERTSON of Dartmouth, Devon, who was lost through the wreck of the ship 'MERCURIUS' 25 March 1870, aged 36 years'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: C355
Vessel: Mercurius

People

Cuthbertson, John
Age: 36
Date of Death: 25/3/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Martin Davies 1985

JSON

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Vessel Loss

Old Cemetery, Southampton, England

Memorial at Old Cemetery, Southampton commemorating the officers and crew of the RMS ‘Rhone’ and ‘Wye’ lost during a hurricane in 1867

Location

Old Cemetery, Southampton, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS 'RHONE' AND 'WYE' LOST DURING THE HURRICANE AT ST. THOMAS, WEST INDIES, OCTOBER 29, 1867'

Details

Description: Monument in the Gothic style with tablets listing the names of victims between three columns placed on each side of the base. The top of the monument has a cross-shaped, pitched roof with a spire or obelisk in the centre. Relief carvings of the disaster on the sides. The monument is surrounded by iron railings.
Type: Memorial
Position: North section
Vessel: SS Rhone, SS Wye

Extra

Notes: Commemorates officers and crew of two Royal Mail steamships lost in a hurricane at St Thomas, West Indies.
Bibliography: Robert Douch 'Monuments and Memorials in Southampton' (Southampton, 1968).

JSON

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  "id": "M4945",
  "location": "Old Cemetery, Southampton, England",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS 'RHONE' AND 'WYE' LOST DURING THE HURRICANE AT ST. THOMAS, WEST INDIES, OCTOBER 29, 1867'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Old Cemetery, Southampton commemorating the officers and crew of the RMS ‘Rhone’ and ‘Wye’ lost during a hurricane in 1867</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Monument in the Gothic style with tablets listing the names of victims between three columns placed on each side of the base. The top of the monument has a cross-shaped, pitched roof with a spire or obelisk in the centre. Relief carvings of the disaster on the sides. The monument is surrounded by iron railings.",
    "type": "Memorial",
    "position": "North section",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "SS Rhone, SS Wye"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": "",
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Commemorates officers and crew of two Royal Mail steamships lost in a hurricane at St Thomas, West Indies.",
    "bibliography": "Robert Douch 'Monuments and Memorials in Southampton' (Southampton, 1968).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters