Memorial at Tower Hamlets Cemetery, London commemorating William Fisher d. 1878 in the ‘Princess Alice’ disaster
Location
Tower Hamlets Cemetery, London, England
Transcript
'...WILLIAM ALFRED FISHER / WHO WAS DROWNED / BEING ON BOARD THE / PRINCESS ALICE / 3RD SEPTR. 1878, AGED 41 YEARS. / "THY WILL BE DONE" / ALSO MARY ANN ELIZABETH FISHER / WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED 23RD NOVEMBER 1905 / AGED 84 YEARS / "AT PEACE"...'
Details
Description: Headstone. Type: Gravestone Materials: Stone Vessel: Princess Alice
People
Fisher, William Age: Date of Death: 1878 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: Sank after collision with 'Bywell Castle'. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 272.
Memorial in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London commemorating Sir John Balchen, Admiral of the White, RN d. 1744 and Commander George Balchen, RN d. 1745
Location
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'To the Memory of / Sr JOHN BALCHEN Knt. Admiral of the White Squadron of his MAJESTY'S Fleet Who / in the Year 1744 being sent out Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleets of England / & Holland to cruise on the Enemy was on his return Home in his MAJESTY'S's Ship the / VICTORY, / lost in the Channel by a Violent Storm, From which sad Circumstance / of his Death we may learn that neither the greatest Skill, Judgement or Experience / join'd to the most firm unshaken resolution can resist the fury of the winds / and waves, and we are taught from the passages of his Life which was fill’d / with Great and Gallant Actions but ever accompanied with adverse Gales of / Fortune, that the Brave, the Worthy, and the Good Man meets not always his reward / in this World. Fifty Eight Years of faithfull and painful Services he had pass’d / when being just retired to the Government of Greenwich Hospital to wear out / the Remainder of his Days, He was once more, and for the last time call’d / out by his KING & Country whose interests he ever preferr'd to his own and / his unwearied Zeal for their Service ended only his Death which weighty / misfortune to his Afflicted Family became heighten'd by many aggravating / Circumstances attending it, yet amidst their Grief had they the mournful / Consolation to find his Gracious and Royal Master, mixing his concern with / the General lamentations of the Publick, for the Calamitous Fate of so Zealous / so Valiant and so able a Commander, and as a lasting Memorial of the Sincere / Love and Esteem born by his Widow to a most Affectionate and worthy / Husband, this Honourary Monument was erected by Her / He was born Febry ye 2d 1669. Married SUSANNAH the Daughter of Coll: APRICE of / WASHINGLY in the County of HUNTINGTON Died October ye 7th 1744 leaving one Son & / one Daughter the former of whom GEORGE BALCHEN survived him but a Short time / for being sent to the WT INDIES in 1745 Commander of His MAJESTY'S Ship the PEMBROKE / he Died at BARBADOES in Decber the same Year Aged 28 having walked in the Steps and / imitated the Virtues and Bravery of his Good but unfortunate Father'
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Description: Above the inscription, a sarcophagus flanked by naval trophies with a relief of the wreck on the front. The Balchen family arms and an anchor above. Type: Wall tablet Position: West wall, north transept Materials: Marble Artists: Peter Scheemakers Vessel: HMS 'Pembroke', HMS 'Victory'
People
Balchen, John Age: 74 Date of Death: 5/10/1744 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Governor of Greenwich Hospital; Admiral of the White Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy Balchen, George Age: 28 Date of Death: 1745 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Birth date uses old calendar. Design for the monument in V & A. VAM, D,1054-1887. DOSSIER. The relief shows the wreck not a naval action as stated in the Roscoe article.
Bibliography: Ingrid Roscoe 'Peter Scheemakers', 'The Sixty-first volume of the Walpole Society' p. 217 (1999). 'An Historical Description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments and curiosities ... designed as a guide to strangers' (London, 1754), p. 149; 'London and Westminster guide through the streets and suburbs' (London, 1768) p. 75.
Memorial at St Peter’s Parish Church, Liverpool commemorating Thomas Rigby d. 1758 in the loss of the snow ‘Pownall’
Location
St Peter's Parish Church, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Thomas, son of Thomas Rigby, a youth of very promising hope who was unfortunately lost in the snow Pownall on the night of Friday 27 July 1758 in the 13th. year of his age The Mortal hour o'ertakes us soon or late I'm safely landed on that silent shore When billows beat and tempests wage [sic] [rage?] no more'
Details
Vessel: Pownall
People
Rigby, Thomas Age: 12 Date of Death: 27/7/1758 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol.1, p. 255. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Memorial at Conwy to three crew members of the fishing vessel ‘Katy’ lost in 1994
Location
Quayside (Lower Gate Street), Conwy, Conwy, Wales
Transcript
'LOST BUT NOT FORGOTTEN / THE FISHING VESSEL / KATY / LEFT CONWY 16TH JANUARY 1994. / CREW MEMBERS / L. S. ROWLANDS-ROBERTS (SAM) / AGED 22. / G.HUGHES (COCHYN) / AGED 30. / R. HALL (ROBBO) / AGED 20.'
Details
Description: A rough-hewn limestone boulder that has been dressed on one side where an inscribed metal plate has been attached. The boulder rests on a plinth made of a rectangle of 5 x 6 small limestone blocks, which have been mortared on the top surface. Type: Memorial Materials: Limestone Vessel: Katy
People
Hall, R. Age: 20 Date of Death: 16/1/1994 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fisherman Organisation: Hughes, G. Age: 30 Date of Death: 16/1/1994 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fisherman Organisation: Rowlands-Roberts, L.S. Age: 22 Date of Death: 16/1/1994 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fisherman Organisation:
Memorial at Sandown, Isle of Wight, commemorating seven members of the crew of HMS ‘Eurydice, lost in 1878
Location
Christ Church, Sandown, Isle of Wight, England
Transcript
[Side 1] 'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / SEVEN BRAVE SEAMEN / OF HER MAJESTY'S NAVY / WHO LIE BURIED HERE / AFTER HAVING FIRST / FOUND A WATERY GRAVE / ON SUNDAY MARCH 24TH 1878 / WHEN H.M.S. "EURYDICE" / FOUNDERED / IN A TERRIFIC SQUALL / OFF SANDOWN BAY' [Side 2] 'O. HARVEY BURIED MAY 17 / NAME UNKNOWN BURIED JUNE 5 / J. HOWARD BURIED JULY 6 / T.J. SMITH BURIED AUGUST 2 / W. SHUKER BURIED AUGUST 2 / H. VEALS BURIED AUGUST 12 / NAME UNKNOWN BURIED OCTOBER 8' [Side 3] THEN THEY CRY UNTO THE LORD/ IN THEIR TROUBLE, AND HE BRINGETH / THEM OUT OF THEIR DISTRESS / HE MAKETH THE STORM A CALM SO / THE WAVES THEREOF ARE STILL / THEN ARE THEY GLAD BECAUSE / THEY BE QUIET : SO HE BRINGETH / THEM UNTO THEIR DESIRED HAVEN / PSALM CVII 29 -30' [Side 4] 'THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD / WHICH WERE IN IT / REV XX. 13 / THERE WAS NO MORE SEA / REV XXI. 1 / ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION /
AIDED BY AN ADMIRALTY GRANT'
Details
Description: With pediment and acroteria. Type: Memorial Vessel: HMS Eurydice
People
Harvey, O Age: unknown Date of Death: 24/3/1878 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Navy Howard, J. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 24/3/1878 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Navy Smith, T.J. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 24/3/1878 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Navy Shuker, William Age: Unknown Date of Death: 24/3/1878 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Veals, Henry Age: Unknown Date of Death: 24/3/1878 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Lost in the capsize of training-ship HMS 'Eurydice' off Dunnose, Isle of Wight.
Memorial in Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon commemorating Arthur Angel d. 1866 in the loss of SS ‘London’
Location
Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England
Transcript
'To the memory of Arthur Corfe Angel eldest son of Alfred Angel organist of this cathedral and Anne his wife. Born August 6th 1845. He was an officer in the steamship London which foundered in the Bay of Biscay January 11th 1866 on her voyage to Melborne in one of the most fatal gales on record when only 19 out of 263 souls were saved ...'
Details
Position: North wall chancel Vessel: SS London
People
Angel, Arthur Corfe Age: 20 Date of Death: 11/1/1866 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Officer Organisation: Unknown
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Notes: Steam auxilliary sailing ship 1752 gross tons, built by Money, Wigram and Sons circa 1864
Inscription in St Martin’s Church, Wareham, Dorset, commemorating Surgeon of the Royal Navy Robert Carruthers d. 1799, and Captain Ned Carruthers of the Royal Marines d. 1801
Location
St Martin's Church, Wareham, Dorset, England
Transcript
'Near this place lie the remains of Mr Rbt CARRUTHERS / a superannuated Surgeon of the Royal Navy / and for many years a Practitioner in this borough / who died of an Apoplectic fit on the 21st day of May 1799 / Obt 81 year / Also ISABELLA CARRUTHERS wife of the above / who died on 26th day of February 1796 of a Typhus Favour [sic] Obt 39 years / also to the memory / of the three daughters and a son who died in their infancy / and Capt NED CARRUTHERS of the Royal / Marines who was drowned in his Majasty's [sic] ship / INVINCIBLE of 74 guns off North Yarmouth / on the 17th day of March 1801 / Obt 36 years'
Details
Type: Painted inscription Position: Over north arcade Vessel: HMS Invincible
People
Carruthers, Robert Age: 81 Date of Death: 21/5/1799 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Surgeon Organisation: Royal Navy Carruthers, Ned Age: 36 Date of Death: 17/3/1801 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Captain Organisation: Royal Marines
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Notes: See also floor slab in the same church, St Martin's Church, Wareham. Bibliography: 'An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset' vol. ii, part 2, p. 313 (London, 1970). Recorder: B. Tomlinson, 1981
Wall tablet in Longthorpe, Cambridgeshire, dedicated to both Thomas Kynaston Gaskell and Lt. Commander Gerald Gaskell RN d. d. 1915 and d. 1914
Location
St Botolph's Church, Longthorpe, Cambridgeshire, England
Transcript
'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / REV: THOMAS KYNASTON GASKELL M.A. / FORMERLY VICAR OF THIS PARISH / WHO DIED AT COBHAM, SURREY / ON SEPT. 13th 1915 + AGE 75 / "HEAVINESS MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT, / BUT JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING"' [Psalm 30 V.5.] 'ALSO OF HIS SON LIEUT COMMANDER / GERALD BRUCE GASKELL, R.N. / WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY / ON NOV. 1ST 1914, AT THE SINKING OF / H.M.S.GOOD HOPE, AT THE BATTLE OFF / CORONEL IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, AGE 32 "JESUS ENTERED INTO THE SHIP"' [John 6. v 21]
Details
Description: The inscription has a border of leaves and berries.
Type: Wall tablet Position: Chancel south wall Materials: Brass Artists: J. Wipple & Co Ltd Vessel: HMS Good Hope
Event
Battle of Cape Coronel
Event Date
1914
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Gaskell, Gerald Bruce Age: 32 Date of Death: 1/1/1914 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Monument at the Church of Saint Michel du Vale, Vale, Guernsey commemorating the crew of the ‘Sea Witch’ lost 1848
Location
Church of Saint Michel du Vale, Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / JOHN H. FREEMAN, MASTER, / R. HUNTER, MATE / G. SMITH, J. SMITH, J. MCCABE, / C. CUDDYFORD, J. MITCHELL, / AND T. LLOYD, SEAMAN / OF THE BRIG SEA WITCH / OF LONDON WHO PERISHED IN THE WRECK / OF THAT VESSEL / IN PORTINFER BAY / ON 24TH NOVEMBER 1848. / THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED BY / VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION AS A RECORD / OF PUBLIC SYMPATHY'[Same information in French on the west panel]
Details
Description: Relief showing vessel broken in two and a large boulder sheered off the reef when the ship struck. A piece of African oak from the wreck bolted onto the monument and carved with eight urns (they look more like rosettes). Type: Monument Position: Churchyard Materials: Portland stone Date Erected: 1848 Artists: George S. Reynolds, W. Randell Vessel: Sea Witch
People
Cuddyford, C. Age: Date of Death: 24/11/1848 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Freeman, John Age: Date of Death: 24/11/1848 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Hunter, R. Age: Date of Death: 24/11/1848 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Mate Organisation: Lloyd, T. Age: Date of Death: 24/11/1848 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: McCabe, J. Age: Date of Death: 24/11/1848 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Mitchell, J. Age: Date of Death: 24/11/1848 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Smith, G. Age: Date of Death: 24/11/1848 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Smith, J. Age: Date of Death: 24/11/1848 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation:
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Notes: 'Sea Witch' brig of London, wrecked on a reef in Portifer bay, Guernsey. Cargo African oak, three survivors of a crew of eleven. Monument signed by Reynolds and W. Randell, Mason, Allez Sreeet. Bibliography: David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript). 'The Guernsey Star' 2 August 1849. Photographer: Barbara Tomlinson
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
