Gravestone in Foulon Cemetery, St Peter Port, Guernsey commemorating John Isaac Le Lacheur, his wife and child who died in 1898 in the wreck of the ‘Mohegan’ also of John Le Lacheur d. 1857
Location
Foulon Cemetery, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Transcript
'... In Loving memory of John Isaac Le Lacheur, managing director of the Guiles Alles Library aged 46 years also of his wife Alice M Renier[?} aged 43 and their only child John Guille aged 6 who all perished in the wreck of the Mohegan on the Manacles rocks off the Cornish Coast on the 14th of October 1898. John Le Lacheur, father of the aforesaid was master of the America who died at sea on 19th October 1857 aged 41 years'
Details
Description: The monument has a stepped plinth of polished red granite surmounted by a marble cross entwined with a chain and anchor, within a granite curb with iron posts linked with chain. Type: Gravestone Position: Near chapel Materials: Plinth red granite, cross marble Vessel: America, Mohegan
People
Le Lacheur, John Isaac Age: 46 Date of Death: 14/10/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Atlantic Transport Line Le Lacheur, Alice Age: 43 Date of Death: 14/10/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Atlantic Transport Line Le Lacheur, John Guille Age: 6 Date of Death: 14/10/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Atlantic Transport Line Le Lacheur, John Age: 41 Date of Death: 19/10/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Extra
Bibliography: Richard Larn and Clive Carter 'Cornish Shipwrecks: the South Coast' (Newton Abbot, 1969) p. 87. Recorder: J. Le Pelley 1981
Tablet at St Mary’s Church, Talyllyn, Gwynedd commemorating Owen Owen d. 1851 in the loss of the ‘Bathurst’
Location
St Mary's Church, Talyllyn, Gwynedd, Wales
Transcript
'Owen OWEN of Tyncornel, aged 24, who was lost with the entire crew of the 'Barque Bathurst' on the 4th November 1851 off Truxillo. Rev. Ch. .XX v. 13. Ch. .XIV v. 13'
Details
Type: Tablet Vessel: Bathurst
People
Owen, Owen Age: 24 Date of Death: 4/11/1851 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Extra
Notes: The barque 'Bathurst' was built in New Brunswick in 1841,472 tons. She was owned by Weller & Co and her Master in 1851 was named Plant. Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1973
Gravestone at the Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent commemorating William Gawler, Chief Officer, d. 1850
Location
Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of William James GAWLER aged 31, a native of Portsmouth, late of Liverpool, chief officer of the Royal Adelaide, steamer who was wrecked off Margate March 30th 1850, leaving two daughters to lament his loss'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: South side churchyard Vessel: SS 'Royal Adelaide'
People
Gawler, William James Age: 31 Date of Death: 30/3/1850 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer Organisation: City of Dublin Steam Packet Company
Extra
Notes: 'Lloyd's List' April 2nd 1850 'The Royal Adelaide, from Cork to London was totally lost on the Tongue Sands on the 30th March about 11pm. Two bodies with floating belts on have been picked up and brought in here; but nothing is known of the fate of the others on board. A few skins and sails have been landed'. Another brief entry April 4th.
Three brass wall tablets in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating the officers, men and boys lost in the foundering of HMS ‘Captain’ in 1870
Location
St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, SEAMEN, MARINES & BOYS WHO DIED ON SEPTR 7TH / 1870 WHEN H.M.S. CAPTAIN FOUNDERED OFF CAPE FINISTERRE / OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER / THE COURT DO FIND THAT HER MAJESTY'S SHIP 'CAPTAIN' WAS CAPSIZED IN THE MORNING OF THE 7TH / SEPTEMBER 1870- BY PRESSURE OF SAIL ASSISTED BY THE HEAVE OF THE SEA AND THAT THE / SAIL CARRIED AT THE TIME OF HER LOSS (REGARD BEING HAD TO THE FORCE OF THE WIND AND / THE STATE OF THE SEA) WAS INSUFFICIENT TO HAVE ENDANGERED A SHIP ENDUED WITH A PROPER / AMOUNT OF STABILITY / THE COURT BEFORE SEPARATING FIND IT THEIR DUTY TO RECORD THE CONVICTION THEY ENTERTAIN / THAT 'CAPTAIN' WAS BUILT IN DEFERENCE TO PUBLIC OPINION EXPRESSED IN PARLIAMENT; AND / THROUGH OTHER CHANNELS AND IN OPPOSITION TO THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF THE CONTROLLER / AND HIS DEPARTMENT AND THE EVIDENCE ALL TENDS TO SHOW THAT THEY GENERALLY DIS- / APPROVED OF HER CONSTRUCTION. / IT FURTHER APPEARED IN EVIDENCE THAT BEFORE THE 'CAPTAIN' WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CONTRACTORS / A GRAVE DEPARTURE FROM HER ORIGINAL DESIGN HAD BEEN COMMITTED, WHEREBY HER DRAUGHT / OF WATER WAS INCREASED ABOUT 2 FEET, / AND HER FREEBOARD WAS DIMINISHED TO A CORRESPOND / ING EXTENT, AND THAT HER STABILITY PROVED TO BE DANGEROUSLY SMALL / COMBINED WITH AN AREA OF SAIL UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES EXCESSIVE: / THE COURT DEEPLY REGRET THAT IF THESE / FACTS WERE DULY KNOWN AND APPRECIATED / THEY WERE NOT COMMUNICATED TO THE OFFICER IN / COMMAND OF THE SHIP, OR THAT, IF OTHERWISE, THE SHIP WAS ALLOWED TO BE EMPLOYED / IN THE REGULAR SERVICE OF THE FLEET BEFORE THEY HAD BEEN SUFFICIENTLY ASCERTAINED BY CALCU- / LATION AND EXPERIMENT / LIST OF OFFICERS' (2nd Plaque) 'LIST OF SEAMEN, MARINES 7 BOYS WHO DIED ON THE 7TH SEPTR 1870 / WHEN H.M.S. 'CAPTAIN' FOUNDERED OFF CAPE FINISTERRE'
Details
Description: Three brass wall tablets with rope twist borders and shell decoration. On the first plaque, a profile portrait of the ship. On the second plaque two angels holding a scroll above lists of names inscribed 'THE SEA SHALL GIVE UP HER DEAD'. Type: Memorial Materials: Brass Vessel: HMS Captain
Memorial at St Mary’s Cemetery, Battersea commemorating Arthur Hardwick d. 1922 in the loss of the ‘Egypt’
Location
St Mary's Cemetery, Battersea, London, England
Details
Vessel: Egypt
People
Hardwick, Arthur Age: Date of Death: 1922 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Wireless operator Organisation:
Extra
Notes: 'Egypt' sank off Ushant with over £1m on board in gold and silver bullion and coins in 1922, with the loss of 96 lives. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981).
Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Robert Frew Lowry d. 1874 in the loss of SS ‘Liberia’
Location
Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'In affectionate remembrance of ROBERT FREW LOWRY, aged 43 years, who was Commander of the British and African Mail Steamer 'LIBERIA' which was lost in a gale in the Bay of Biscay, April 1874'
Details
Type: Column Materials: Granite Vessel: SS Liberia
People
Lowry, Robert Frew Age: 43 Date of Death: 4/1874 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: British and African Mail Line
Extra
Notes: SS 'Liberia' foundered on between Liverpool and Madeira. Recorder: Martin Davies 1985
Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain Thomas Gorddard d. 1903 and his son Henry Gorddard d. 1894 in the loss of the ‘Sierra Madrona’
Location
Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'In loving memory of ELLEN MALCOLM, the beloved wife of Thomas Gorddard who departed this life, 3rd. June 1887, aged 61 years. Also of Captain Thomas Gorddard, dearly beloved husband of the above, died 27th. November 1903 in his eightieth year. Also of HENRY GORDDARD, youngest son of the above, lost with all hands on board the ship 'SIERRA MADRONA', in a cyclone off the Mauritius, April 1894, aged 29 years'
Details
Type: Headstone Position: Headstone D109 Vessel: Sierra Madrona
People
Gorddard, Thomas Age: 79 Date of Death: 27/11/1903 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Gorddard, Henry Age: 29 Date of Death: 4/1894 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Sierra Shipping Co Ltd
Extra
Notes: 'Sierra Madrona' foundered on a voyage from Liverpool to Rangoon 1894. Recorder: Martin Davies 1985
Memorial in Grote Kirk, The Hague, commemorating Admiral Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam d. 1665.
Location
Grote Kerk, The Hague, Netherlands, Rest of the World
Details
Description: A square canopy on four composite columns, a statue of Van Wassenaer Obdam in armour stands beneath it flanked by a page carrying a helmet and a putto carrying a shield and laurel branch, another putto with an inverted torch and a skull sits at his feet. Behind the admiral, an eagle on a terrestial globe bears a trumpeting fame aloft. Four virtues- Fortitude, Prudence, Vigilance and Faith. The plinth is carved with reliefs of three sea battles. Type: Monument Materials: White Carrara meble, red and black Belgian marble; wood Artists: Batholomeus Eggers Vessel: Eendracht
Event
Battle of Lowestoft
Event Date
1665
Event Category
1665-1667 Second Anglo-Dutch War
People
Obdam, Jacob van Wassenaer Age: Date of Death: 13/6/1665 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Dutch Navy
Extra
Notes: Dutch Admiral. Monument commissioned by the States-General. The inscription describes him as another Hercules who has beaten his way through the flames to reach heaven, hence the standing figure. Bibliography: William Laird Clowes 'The Royal Navy, A History' vol. ii, p. 262 (London, 1996). Frits Scholten 'Sumptuous Memories: Studies in seventeenth-century Dutch tomb sculpture' pp. 145-177. Eva Firth Wolsdorff 'The Image of Admirals in tomb sculpture c.1600 and after'. (International Society for the study of Church Monuments Symposium 1980).
