Category Archives: Vessel Loss

St Mary's Church, Newport Pembrokeshire, Wales

Gravestone at St Mary’s Church, Newport Pembrokeshire commemorating David Havard d. 1843 in the loss of the brig ‘Phoebe’

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St Mary's Church, Newport Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

'David Havard of West Street in this town, Master of the brig Phoebe who together with all the crew perished in the terrific gale off Aberdovey Jan 3 1843 aged 41 years'

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Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Phoebe

People

Havard, David
Age: 41
Date of Death: 3/1/1843
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
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Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1973
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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’

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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'

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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
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Clarke, Arthur Leslie
Age: 32
Date of Death: 18/1/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Second Mate
Organisation: Hall Line

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Recorder: Martin Davies 1985
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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’

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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'

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Vessel: Rothsay Castle

People

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

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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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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

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Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972
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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.'

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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

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Recorder: B. Tomlinson
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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'

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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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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:

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Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972
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Cathedral of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England

Wall tablet in Portsmouth Cathedral commemorating Elizabeth Kitson who was shipwrecked in 1836

Location

Cathedral of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'Sacred To The Memory of / John Sykes Kitson / Captain Royal Engineers / Who Died At Nassau N.P. / On The 14th Septr 1835 / Also of/ Elizabeth Kitson / Widow Of The Above / And Daughter Of / George Grant Esquire / Of This Town / Who / With Her Three Infant Children / Perished By Shipwreck / Near The Island Of Abaco / On Their Passage From The / Bahamas / About The 26th March 1836 / Her Sorrowing Family Erect This tablet / To Departed Worth'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: West Wall North end
Materials: Stone

People

Kitson, Elizabeth
Age:
Date of Death: 26/3/1836
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

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Recorder: B. Tomlinson
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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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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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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:

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