Category Archives: Vessel Loss

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain William H. Clarke d. 1862 and Arthur Leslie Clarke d. 1912 in the wreck of the ‘Wistow Hall’

Location

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Captain William H CLARKE, of the ship 'NELL GWYNN', who died at Bombay, 20th May 1862, aged 46 years. Also ARTHUR LESLIE CLARKE, who was drowned at sea in the 'WISTOW HALL', off the Aberdeenshire coast, January 18th, 1912, aged 32 years'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: A235
Vessel: Nell Gwynn, Wistow Hall

People

Clarke, William H.
Age: 46
Date of Death: 20/5/1862
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Clarke, Arthur Leslie
Age: 32
Date of Death: 18/1/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Second Mate
Organisation: Hall Line

Extra

Recorder: Martin Davies 1985

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Vessel Loss

Congregational Chapel, Great George's Street, Liverpool, England

Memorial at the Congregational Chapel, Liverpool commemorating passengers Margaret and Ellen Broadhurst d. 1831 in the loss of the ‘Rothsay Castle’

Location

Congregational Chapel, Great George's Street, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Margaret age 18 and Ellen age 16 1/2 daughters of William and Margaret Alfrew Broadhurst of Sheffield. With their surviving and afflicted father they were passengers on board the Rothsay Castle steam packet. The vessel was wrecked on the passage from the port of Bangor 17th August 1831 when both perished'

Details

Vessel: Rothsay Castle

People

Broadhurst, Margaret
Age: 18
Date of Death: 17/8/1831
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Broadhurst, Ellen
Age: 18
Date of Death: 17/8/1831
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 5, p. 248.
Recorder: Captain J P Brand, Friends of Merseyside Maritime Museum

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Vessel Loss

St Mary's Church, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, England

Wall tablet at Church of St Mary’s Church, Swinbrook commemorating Lieutenant Walter Augustus Phillimore and the crew of HM submarine ‘P514’ lost 1942

Location

St Mary's Church, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, England

Transcript

'To the honoured memory of the officers and ship's company of HM Submarine P514 which was run down and sunk at 3am in a thick fog by an unwarned convoy off the coast of Newfoundland 21 June 1942 and especially of her commanding officer Lieut Walter Augustus Phillimore Royal Navy dearly beloved son of Charles Augustus and Alice Phillimore of the old farm in this parish in his 27th year. We thank God for his happy life and the happiness he gave. Quam delectis. The deck it was their field of fame, and ocean was their grave'

Details

Description: Carved with a gilded naval crown.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Naval wall
Vessel: P514

People

Phillimore, Walter Augustus
Age: 26
Date of Death: 21/6/1942
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972

JSON

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Vessel Loss

St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England

Bronze wall plaque at St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard commemorating the officers and men who died in 1880 in the loss of HMS ‘Atalanta’

Location

St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'ATALANTA', 'OFFICERS AND CREW / WHO WERE LOST IN / H.M. SHIP "ATALANTA" TRAINING FRIGATE / ON HER PASSAGE FROM BERMUDA TO ENGLAND / EARLY IN 1880.'

Details

Description: HMS 'Atalanta' foundered after leaving Bermuda. The names of the officers, men, boys and royal marines lost are listed below.
Type: Wall plaque
Materials: Bronze
Vessel: HMA Atalanta

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson

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Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Riddett d. 1883

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'WILLIAM RIDDETT aged 46 Master of the the Smack 'Pride' lost in the North Sea Dec 12 1883'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Pride

People

Riddett, William
Age: 46
Date of Death: 12/12/1883
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:

Extra

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

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Fishing, Vessel Loss

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Charles Willgoss, d. 1907 in the loss of the smack ‘Ivanhoe’

Location

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'CHARLES WILLGOSS husband of HANNAH who was drowned in the smack 'Ivanhoe' which was run down by the 'S.S. Tanfield' of London on Jan 14th 1907 aged 57. Also of his wife HANNAH HARRIET WILLGOSS died July 21st 1933 aged 70 also of FREDERICK JAMES WILLGOSS who was killed in action May 6th 1915 aged 21'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Plot 18
Vessel: Ivanhoe, SS Tanfield

People

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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.

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  "transcript": "'CHARLES WILLGOSS husband of HANNAH who was drowned in the smack 'Ivanhoe' which was run down by the 'S.S. Tanfield' of London on Jan 14th 1907 aged 57. Also of his wife HANNAH HARRIET WILLGOSS died July 21st 1933 aged 70 also of FREDERICK JAMES WILLGOSS who was killed in action May 6th 1915 aged 21'",
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Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Theodore Barber d. 1884

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'THEODORE BARBER aged 16 perished with his Father in the smack 'Greyhound' in the Swin Sept 3 1884'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Greyhound

People

Barber, Theodore
Age: 16
Date of Death: 3/9/1884
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:

Extra

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

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Vessel Loss

Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England

Windows in the Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire dedicated to William Norris. d. 1856 in the loss of the ‘Wyvern’

Location

Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'THE WINDOWS IN THIS CHANCEL / WERE FILLED WITH STAINED GLASS, IN THE YEAR 1859, / BY THE REVD WM NORRIS, M.A. RECTOR OF THIS CHURCH, / IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE EMILY, DAUGHTER OF CHARLES SHORT ESQR / OF WOODLANDS, IN THIS PARISH. / WHO DIED, IN HUMBLE ASSURANCE OF FAITH, / ON THE 5TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1859, AGED 66 YEARS; / AND, ALSO, OF HIS SON WILLIAM THOMAS, / WHO WAS LOST IN THE AUSTRALASIAN SEAS, IN JULY 1856, AGED 26 YEARS. / HE EMBARKED ON BOARD THE WYVERN, / WHICH SAILED FROM NELSON, IN NEW ZEALAND, FOR SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, / ON THE 1ST JULY 1856, / AND WAS NEVER HEARD OF MORE. / "THE LORD GAVE, AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY; / BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD." Job Ch 1 v 21'

Details

Type: Wall plaque
Position: Chancel south wall
Materials: Brass
Vessel: Wyvern

People

Norris, William Thomas
Age: 26
Date of Death: 7/1856
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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Vessel Loss

Town hall, Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Memorial tablet in Dalbeattie Town Hall, commemorating Lieutenant William McMaster Murdoch RNR d. 1912 in the loss of ‘Titanic’

Location

Town hall, Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Transcript

'THIS TABLET / IS ERECTED / TO COMMEMORATE THE HEROISM / DISPLAYED BY / LIEUT. WILLIAM McMASTER / MURDOCH R.N.R. / A NATIVE OF DALBEATTIE, / WHEN ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE, / THE / 'R.M.S. TITANIC' / OF WHICH HE WAS THE FIRST / OFFICER / COLLIDED WITH AN ICEBERG AND / SANK, / AND 825 OF HER PASSENGERS, / AND 688 OF HER CREW, / INCLUDING LIEUTENANT / MURDOCH, PERISHED. / 14TH AND 15TH APRIL 1912 / A MEMORIAL PRIZE IS ALSO TO BE / RE-COMPETED FOR ANNUALLY IN / DALBEATTIE PUBLIC SCHOOL / WHERE LIEUTENANT MURDOCH / WAS EDUCATED'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Exterior
Materials: Granite
Date Erected: 1912
Vessel: Titanic

People

Murdoch, Willam McMaster
Age: 39
Date of Death: 12/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve

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  "transcript": "'THIS TABLET / IS ERECTED / TO COMMEMORATE THE HEROISM / DISPLAYED BY / LIEUT. WILLIAM McMASTER / MURDOCH R.N.R. / A NATIVE OF DALBEATTIE, / WHEN ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE, / THE / 'R.M.S. TITANIC' / OF WHICH HE WAS THE FIRST / OFFICER / COLLIDED WITH AN ICEBERG AND / SANK, / AND 825 OF HER PASSENGERS, / AND 688 OF HER CREW, / INCLUDING LIEUTENANT / MURDOCH, PERISHED. / 14TH AND 15TH APRIL 1912 / A MEMORIAL PRIZE IS ALSO TO BE / RE-COMPETED FOR ANNUALLY IN / DALBEATTIE PUBLIC SCHOOL / WHERE LIEUTENANT MURDOCH / WAS EDUCATED'",
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Vessel Loss

St David's Church, Henfynyw, Ceredigion, Wales

Gravestone at St David’s Church, Henfynyw, Ceredigion commemorating Thomas Philips Jones d. 1874 in the loss of the ‘Pilgrim’

Location

St David's Church, Henfynyw, Ceredigion, Wales

Transcript

'Thomas Phillips Jones, Master Mariner, Sychpant, Aberayron who lost his life Feb 5th 1874 aged 35 years, whilst in command of the Brig 'PILGRIM' which foundered with all hands in the Bay of Biscay on a voyage to Santander. Also Elizabeth, his wife, died 19th March 1931 aged 84 years & Lewis Benjamin their son, died 12th April 1954 aged 83 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Pilgrim

People

Jones, Thomas Phillips
Age: 35
Date of Death: 5/2/1874
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters