Gravestone at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island commemorating Captain Lovel W. Hall HEIC d. 1804
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island, Northumberland, England
Transcript
'In memory of / John Hall of Holy Island / who died at Whittingham / also of / Lovel W. Hall their son / Captain in the Service of the Honble E.I.C. / who perished in the Chinese Seas / in the year 1804 / aged 30 years. / Also of Alice Hall their daughter / who died Novr. The 15th 1808 aged 36 / and of / seven of their children / who died in their minority / this stone was erected by their son / George Hall Commander RN'
'Also of the above Charles Martin, Late Master of the Schooner 'WAVE' of Guernsey who died at sea on or about the 9th day of February 1883 aged 68 years'
Details
Type: Headstone Vessel: Wave
People
Martin, Charles Age: Date of Death: 9/2/1883 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
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Notes: 'Wave' left St Sampson harbour 9th Feb laden with stone for London, crew of 5, thought to have foundered on 9th Feb in southerly gale. Recorder: David Kreckeler 1982
Memorial at Goole Church commemorating the crew of the SS ‘Calder’ lost 1931
Location
Church, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'This tablet commemorates the loss of the S.S. Calder in the North Sea when homeward bound on April 19th 1931, and shall perpetuate the cherished memory of the officers and crew whose bodies lie enshrouded in the silent mystery of the Great Deep, yet their spirits have returned to God who gave them. T.W. Sutherland Master, S. Chapman, Lieut RNR Chief Off. C.G. Harman Lieut RNR 2nd Off, S. Doubtfire Chief Engineer, F. Sherwood 2nd engineer, E. Kitwood Steward, J. Guest Able Seaman, E.A. Knight Able Seaman, H. Snasdell Able Seaman, L. Armitage Able Seaman, C.H. Stevens Able Seaman, H. Coult Deck Boy, H. Preston Donkey Man, J.H. Braithwaite Fireman, L.G. Ellis Fireman, J. Lydon Fireman, C. Smith Fireman, J. Cockburn Fireman'
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Vessel: SS Calder
People
Armitage, L. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Braithwaite, J. H. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Chapman, S. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RNR. Chief Officer Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Cockburn, J. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Coult, H. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Deck boy Organisation: Doubtfire, S. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer Organisation: Ellis, L. G. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Guest, J. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Harman, C.G. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RNR. 2nd Officer Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Kitwood, E. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Steward Organisation: Knight, E. A. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Lydon, J. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Peston, H. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Donkeyman Organisation: Sherwood, F. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 2nd Engineer Organisation: Smith, C. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Snasdell, H. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Stevens, C. H. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Sutherland, T. W. Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1931 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
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Notes: Erected by the Marine Department, Captains, Officers, Engineers and Crews of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway Steamers at Goole. Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1970
Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating the crew of the ‘Billy’ of Whitby which was wrecked on 16th January 1866
Location
St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'ON SATURDAY JANUARY 16 1866 / THE BRIG BILLY OF WHITBY / WAS WRECKED ON THE INNER / SHOAL OFF THIS TOWN / THE CREW WERE LOST TWO OF / THEM WASHED ASHORE ON / EASTON BEACH ARE BURIED HERE ... / THYSELF OF TOMORROW FOR THOU KNOWEST NOT WHAT A DAY MAY BRING FORTH’
THIS STONE / A MARK OF ... / A DAY OF SORROW ... / PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION ... WHO SAW THE WRECK / ....
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Description: Headstone carved with foul anchor and rope twist border Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Sandstone Vessel: Billy
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Notes: Erected by Public Subscription Photographer: P Lacey
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Emmanuel Comby Laverick d. 1918 in the loss of the SS ‘Holmtown’
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In / loving / memory of / Emmanuel Comby Laverick / Master Mariner / who died at sea / through enemy action Feb 3 1918 / Aged 64 years / His body was washed ashore at Swanage / and interred here / Also Mary Hannah / wife of the above / Died Feb 6 1940 / Aged 81 years.'
Details
Type: Cross Materials: Sandstone Vessel: SS Holmtown
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Laverick, Emmanuel Comby Age: 64 Date of Death: 3/2/1918 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation: Merchant Navy
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Notes: SS 'Holmtown' a coaster sunk by 'UB-59' Recorder: David J. Wickham
Gravestone at Castel, Guernsey commemorating three members of the Du Jardin family d. 1849 in the wreck of the barque ‘L’Europe’
Location
Parish church, Castel, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Transcript
'Notre vie est semblable / ombre qui passe et qui ne / s'arrete point / Madame du Jardin / et ses enfants / reposent sous cette pierre / A cote est erige / Le monument / A leur memoire'
Details
Description: Cross in relief at the top. Type: Memorial Position: Churchyard Materials: Portland stone Vessel: L'Europe
People
Du Jardin Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Du Jardin, Henri Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Du Jardin, Henrietta Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
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Notes: Passenger lost in wreck of barque 'L'Europe' 16/11/1849 Albecq Bay. Bibliography: David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' 1981 (typescript). Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981
Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Robert Day d. 1895 in the loss of the ‘Forget Me Not’
Location
Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'ROBERT DAY drowned in the 'FORGET ME NOT' which was run down by the SS ADVENT of SUNDERLAND July 17th 1895 aged 44 also of HANNAH MARIA died November 30 1929 aged 76'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Plot 4 Vessel: Forget Me Not, Advent
People
Day, Robert Age: 44 Date of Death: 30/11/1929 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fisherman Organisation: Arthur James Swan
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Notes: Lloyd's List July 18 'The Advent (s), of Sunderland, ran into and sunk shrimp boat, drowning both hands in Carton Gatway yesterday'. July 26 'The shrimp boat which was sunk in Carton Gatway July 17 by collision with the Advent (s) was named the Forget-Me-Not.' The boat was owned by Arthur James Swan, the other casualty. 'Forget-Me-Not', Lowestoft, ketch, built Brixham 1883 Bibliography: 'Lowestoft Journal' 20 July 1895
Statue on the Sea front, Margate, Kent commemorating the nine crew members of the ‘Friend to All Nations’ capsized on 2nd December 1897
Location
Sea Front, Margate, Kent, England
Transcript
'To the memory of / WILLIAM PHILLPOTT COOK Snr COXSWAIN / HENRY RICHARD BROCKMAN ROBERT ERNEST COOK / WILLIAM PHILPOTT COOK Jnr EDWARD ROBERT CRUNDEN / JOHN BENJAMIN DIKE WILLIAM RICHARD GILL / GEORGE ROBERT WILLIAM LADD CREW / AND / CHARLES E. TROUGHTON / Superintendant of the / Margate Ambulance Corps / who lost their lives through the capsizing of / the Margate Surf Boat Friend to All Nations / On Thurday 2nd December 1897'
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Description: Full-length statue of lifeboatman in oilskins and cork life jacket, striding forward. On a granite plinth. Type: Statue Materials: Bronze, granite Date Erected: 1899 Artists: Frederick Callcott, Elkington & Co Ltd Vessel: Friend to All Nations
People
Brockman, Henry Richard Age: 50 Date of Death: 2/12/1897 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Cook, William Philpott Age: 54 Date of Death: 2/12/1897 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat coxswain Organisation: Cook, William Philpott Age: 28 Date of Death: 2/12/1897 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Cook, Robert Ernest Age: 26 Date of Death: 2/12/1897 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Crunden, Edward Robert Age: 31 Date of Death: 2/12/1897 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Dike, John Benjamin Age: 41 Date of Death: 2/12/1897 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Gill, William Richard Age: 35 Date of Death: 2/12/1897 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Ladd, George William Age: 38 Date of Death: 2/12/1897 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation: Troughton, Charles E. Age: 40 Date of Death: 2/12/1897 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lifeboatman Organisation:
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Notes: Nine crew members drowned when 'Friend to All Nations' capsized going to rescue crew of the 'Persian Empire'.
Another memorial in Margate Cemetery M5611.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 85 Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial at All Saints Church, Little Bookham commemorating George Augustus Pollen MP d. 1808 in the stranding of the ‘Agatha’
Location
All Saints Church, Little Bookham, Surrey, England
Details
Position: TQ15 Vessel: Agatha
People
Pollen, George Augustus Age: Date of Death: 1808 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Colonel, Member of Parliament Organisation: British Army
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Notes: Drowned in the Baltic off Memel during the stranding of the 'Agatha', 10 out of 28 passengers and crew died. Bibliography: 'Gentleman's Magazine' 1808 vol. 78, part 1 p. 461
Memorial in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London commemorating Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Admiral of the Fleet d. 1707
Location
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'Sir Cloudesley Shovell Knt / Rear Admiral of Great Britain / and Admiral and Commander in Chief of the Fleet / The Just Rewards / of his long and faithful services / He was / Deservedly beloved of his country / And esteem'd and dreaded by the Enemy / who had often experienced his Conduct and Courage / Being Shipwreckt / On the Rocks of Scylly / In his Voyage from Toulon / The 22nd Oct 1707 at Night / In the 57th Year of his Age / His fate was lamented by all / But Especially the / Sea faring part of the Nation / To whom he was / A Generous Patron and a worthy Example / His body was flung on the shore / And buried with others in the sands / But being soon after taken up / Was plac'd under this Monument / Which his Royal Mistress has caus'd to be Erected / To Commemorate / His Steady Loyalty and Extraordinary Virtues'
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Description: The inscription within a curtained baldachino with a crest on top. There are two columns on either side above which are cherubs holding shields of arms. The reclining figure of Shovell is placed below the inscription tablet wearing Roman armour and periwig and wrapped in a cloak. Drops of laurel and oak are visible behind the columns. On the base, a relief of the wreck of 'Association' is flanked by panels with naval trophies. Addison 'As a foreigner is very apt to conceive an idea of the ignorance or politeness of a nation from the form of their public monuments and inscriptions, they should be submitted to the perusal of men of learning and genius before they are put in execution. Sir Cloudesley Shovel's monument has very often given me great offence: instead of the plain rough English Admiral which was the distinguishing character of that plain gallant man, he is represented on his tomb by the figure of a beau, dressed in a long periwig, and reposing himself upon velvet cushions under a canopy of state. The inscription is answerable to the monument; for instead of celebrating the many remarkable actions he had performed in the service of his country, it acquaints us only with the manner of his death, in which it is impossible for him to reap any honour' Type: Memorial Position: South choir aisle Materials: Marble Artists: Grinling Gibbons Vessel: HMS 'Association'
People
Shovell, Cloudesley Age: 56 Date of Death: 22/10/1707 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: See also painting in the National Gallery, Washington by Mario and Sebastiano Ricci 'Allegorical tomb of Sir Cloudesley Shovell' See RA exhibition catalogue 'The Glory of Venice' 1994. DOSSIER
Bibliography: John Le Neve 'Monumenta Anglicana', vol. iv, p. 126 (London, 1718); Joseph Addison in 'The Spectator' (30 March 1710); K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946); 'An Inventory of the historical Monuments in London' vol. i 'Westminster Abbey' (London, 1925-9), 57a. Recorder: A.J. Richardson 1980
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
