Category Archives: Vessel Loss

Vessel Loss

St James's Church, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England

Memorial in St James’s Church, Spilsby, Lincolnshire commemorating Florence Barratt d. 1915

Location

St James's Church, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England

Transcript

'Florence Barratt, born at Swiftham 17 April 1894 Lost in the P & O Ship Persia near Port Said 30 Dec 1915'

Details

Vessel: SS Persia

People

Barratt, Florence
Age: 21
Date of Death: 30/12/1915
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: P & O Line

Extra

Recorder: William Donnan. 1969

JSON

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  "location": "St James's Church, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Florence Barratt, born at Swiftham 17 April 1894 Lost in the P & O Ship Persia near Port Said 30 Dec 1915'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St James’s Church, Spilsby, Lincolnshire commemorating Florence Barratt d. 1915</p>",
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    "date": "",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "William Donnan. 1969",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Vessel Loss

St Akeveranus's Church, St Keverne, Cornwall, England

Gravestone in St Keverne, Cornwall dedicated to Joseph Henry Barker d. 1881

Location

St Akeveranus's Church, St Keverne, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'Joseph Henry son of Joseph Barker of Falmouth drowned in the foundering of the SS Jackel off Padstow November 10 1881 aged 33'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: SS Jackel

People

Barker, Joseph Henry
Age: 33
Date of Death: 10/11/1881
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: D. Saunders 1993.

JSON

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  "id": "M4172",
  "location": "St Akeveranus's Church, St Keverne, Cornwall, England",
  "transcript": "'Joseph Henry son of Joseph Barker of Falmouth drowned in the foundering of the SS Jackel off Padstow November 10 1881 aged 33'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in St Keverne, Cornwall dedicated to Joseph Henry Barker d. 1881</p>",
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    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "SS Jackel"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Barker, Joseph Henry","age":"33","dateofdeath":"10/11/1881","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "D. Saunders 1993.",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Vessel Loss

Spion Kop Cemetery, Hartlepool, Hartlepool, England

Gravestone in Spion Kop Cemetery, Hartlepool commemorating Thomas Sheffield d. 1863

Location

Spion Kop Cemetery, Hartlepool, Hartlepool, England

Transcript

'In / MEMORY OF / MAGDALENE / THE BELOVED WIFE OF / WILLIAM SHEFFELD, MARINER / WHO DIED AUGUST 1ST 1865 / AGED 58 YEARS / Her end was peace [verse] / ALSO WILLIAM GEORGE THIRD SON OF / THE ABOVE WHO DIED MAY 17TH 1881 / AGED 10 YEARS / ALSO THOMAS ELDEST SON OF THE / ABOVE WHO WAS DROWNED AT SEA / IN THE BARQUE FLYING SPRAY OF / HARTLEPOOL 1863 AGED 20 YEARS / ALSO SAMUEL SMITH SECOND SON OF / THE ABOVE WHO DIED IN INFANCY AND / WAS INTERRED IN STEPNEY / CHURCH YARD LONDON'

Details

Description: Gothic style headstone.
Type: Gravestone
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: Flying Spray

People

Sheffield, Thomas
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1863
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

JSON

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  "location": "Spion Kop Cemetery, Hartlepool, Hartlepool, England",
  "transcript": "'In / MEMORY OF / MAGDALENE / THE BELOVED WIFE OF / WILLIAM SHEFFELD, MARINER / WHO DIED AUGUST 1ST 1865 / AGED 58 YEARS / Her end was peace [verse] / ALSO WILLIAM GEORGE THIRD SON OF / THE ABOVE WHO DIED MAY 17TH 1881 / AGED 10 YEARS / ALSO THOMAS ELDEST SON OF THE / ABOVE WHO WAS DROWNED AT SEA / IN THE BARQUE FLYING SPRAY OF / HARTLEPOOL 1863 AGED 20 YEARS / ALSO SAMUEL SMITH SECOND SON OF / THE ABOVE WHO DIED IN INFANCY AND  / WAS INTERRED IN STEPNEY / CHURCH YARD LONDON'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Spion Kop Cemetery, Hartlepool commemorating Thomas Sheffield d. 1863</p>",
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    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Sandstone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Flying Spray"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Vessel Loss

St Nicholas's Church, Deptford, London, England

Memorial in St Nicholas’s Church, Deptford commemorating John Benbow d. 1708

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Deptford, London, England

Transcript

'Here lyeth ye Body of JOHN BENBOW / Elder Son of Adm. JOHN BENBOW Viz. / Admiral of Ye White By Martha His Wife / He died November ye 17, 1708 in ye 27th / Year of His Age.'

Details

Description: Formerly carved with Benbow arms.
Type: Ledger
Position: North aisle floor

People

Benbow, John
Age: 27
Date of Death: 17/11/1708
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Shipwrecked at Madagascar in 1702 whilst mate of an East Indiaman. Son of Vice-Admiral John Benbow. Church also holds brass coffin plate to William Benbow died 4/4/1729 aged 38.
Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'; A.E. Daniell 'London Riverside Churches' London, 1897); J. Summerson 'Monuments in St Nicholas Deptford', 'Mariners Mirror' vol. 27, p. 281 (Cambridge,1941).
Recorder: TMW

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  "transcript": "'Here lyeth ye Body of JOHN BENBOW / Elder Son of Adm. JOHN BENBOW Viz. / Admiral of Ye White By Martha His Wife / He died November ye 17, 1708 in ye 27th / Year of His Age.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St Nicholas’s Church, Deptford commemorating John Benbow d. 1708</p>",
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  "details": {
    "description": "Formerly carved with Benbow arms.",
    "type": "Ledger",
    "position": "North aisle floor",
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    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
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    "notes": "Shipwrecked at Madagascar in 1702 whilst mate of an East Indiaman. Son of Vice-Admiral John Benbow. Church also holds brass coffin plate to William Benbow died 4/4/1729 aged 38.",
    "bibliography": "'Dictionary of National Biography'; A.E. Daniell 'London Riverside Churches' London, 1897); J. Summerson 'Monuments in St Nicholas Deptford', 'Mariners Mirror' vol. 27, p. 281 (Cambridge,1941).",
    "recorder": "TMW",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Vessel Loss

St Nicholas's Church, Elstree, Hertfordshire, England

Window in St Nicholas’s Church, Elstree, Hertfordshire dedicated to Myles Clayton Cross. d. 1943

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Elstree, Hertfordshire, England

Transcript

'To the Glory of God and in / Grateful and Loving Memory of / William Mark Cross / of this Parish who Died 1st July 1944 / and of his Son / Myles Clayton Cross / Surgeon R.N.V.R. who gave his life / in the cause of Freedom 3rd Dec 1943'

Details

Description: Pair of windows depicting St Michael and St George. Foul anchor badge above.
Type: Window
Artists: G. Maile & Son Ltd
Vessel: H M Minesweeper Clacton

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Cross, Myles Clayton
Age:
Date of Death: 31/12/1943
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RNVR
Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Lost in minesweeper 'Clacton'. Mined 31 December 1943.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS), 1999

JSON

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  "location": "St Nicholas's Church, Elstree, Hertfordshire, England",
  "transcript": "'To the Glory of God and in / Grateful and Loving Memory of / William Mark Cross / of this Parish who Died 1st July 1944 / and of his Son / Myles Clayton Cross / Surgeon R.N.V.R. who gave his life / in the cause of Freedom 3rd Dec 1943'",
  "content": "<p>Window in St Nicholas’s Church, Elstree, Hertfordshire dedicated to Myles Clayton Cross. d. 1943</p>",
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    "date": "",
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    "notes": "DOSSIER. Lost in minesweeper 'Clacton'. Mined 31 December 1943.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS), 1999",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Vessel Loss

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Memorial in South Shields, Tyne and Wear commemorating George Brunswick d. 1852 in the loss of the ‘Wensleydale’ off Hartlepool

Location

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Details

Vessel: Wensleydale

People

Brunswick, George Pearson
Age: 45
Date of Death: 28/10/1852
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Master mariner. Lost with 'Wensleydale' off Hartlepool. Sank 28/10/1852.

JSON

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  "id": "M4073",
  "location": "Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in South Shields, Tyne and Wear commemorating George Brunswick d. 1852 in the loss of the ‘Wensleydale’ off Hartlepool</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Wensleydale"  },
  "event": {
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    "date": "",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Master mariner. Lost with 'Wensleydale' off Hartlepool. Sank 28/10/1852.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Vessel Loss

Holy Trinity Church, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, England

Memorial in Seaton Carew, Hartlepool dedicated to those lost with the barque ‘Birger’ of Raumo in 1898

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, England

Transcript

'[On scroll] HERE REST / THE BODIES OF / ZACHARIAS SALONEN / OF LA... FINLAND / AGED 25 YEARS / JOHAN NESTOR JOKILA / OF R... FINLAND / AGED [...] YEARS / GUSTAF LU... FOGELMAN / OF ... FINLAND / AGED ... YEARS / AND ANOTHER WHO WAS NOT IDENTIFIED / ALL OF WHICH WERE DROWNED IN THE / WRECK OF THE BARQUE 'BIRGER / AT REDCAR, OCTOBER 18 1898 / JESU MERCY'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: Birger of Raumo.

People

Fogelman, Gustaf
Age:
Date of Death: 18/10/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Jokila, Johan Nestor
Age:
Date of Death: 18/10/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Salonen, Zacharias
Age: 25
Date of Death: 18/10/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Wrecked at Redcar, laden with salt, two seamen saved out of crew of 15.

JSON

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  "id": "M5626",
  "location": "Holy Trinity Church, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, England",
  "transcript": "'[On scroll] HERE REST / THE BODIES OF / ZACHARIAS SALONEN / OF LA... FINLAND / AGED 25 YEARS / JOHAN NESTOR JOKILA / OF R... FINLAND / AGED [...] YEARS / GUSTAF LU... FOGELMAN / OF ... FINLAND / AGED ... YEARS / AND ANOTHER WHO WAS NOT IDENTIFIED / ALL OF WHICH WERE DROWNED IN THE / WRECK OF THE BARQUE 'BIRGER / AT REDCAR, OCTOBER 18 1898 / JESU MERCY'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Seaton Carew, Hartlepool dedicated to those  lost with the barque ‘Birger’ of Raumo in 1898</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Church",
    "materials": "Sandstone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Birger of Raumo."  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Wrecked at Redcar, laden with salt, two seamen saved out of crew of 15.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England

Memorial in All Saints Church, Hertford, commemorating Hertfordshire men who lost their lives during the First and Second World Wars whilst serving in the Merchant Navy

Location

All Saints Church, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England

Transcript

'IN HONOUR / DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF / HERTFORDSHIRE'S MERCHANT NAVY / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE TWO WORLD WARS / THEY NEVER KNEW THE HONOUR / OF MEDALS ON THEIR CHESTS / OR MARCHING BANDS AND VICTORY / AND GLORY AND THE REST / THE OCEAN IS THEIR RESTING PLACE / THEIR TOMBSTONE IS THE WIND / THE SAEBIRDS CRY THEIR LAST GOODBYE / TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS / REST IN PEACE IN GOD'S GOOD KEEPING / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM / HERTFORDSHIRE BRANCH / VINDICATRIX ASSOCIATION'

Details

Description: Headstone-shaped, the Merchant Navy badge carved above the inscription. Grey granite with gold lettering.
Type: Memorial
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Granite
Artists: F. Holloway, M.K. Memorials

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War, 1939-1945 Second World War

Extra

Notes: Dedicated by the Bishop Suffragan of Hertfordshire 29 April 2005. Verse, excerp from longer poem by David Partridge.

JSON

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  "id": "M6258",
  "location": "All Saints Church, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England",
  "transcript": "'IN HONOUR / DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF / HERTFORDSHIRE'S MERCHANT NAVY / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE TWO WORLD WARS / THEY NEVER KNEW THE HONOUR / OF MEDALS ON THEIR CHESTS / OR MARCHING BANDS AND VICTORY / AND GLORY AND THE REST / THE OCEAN IS THEIR RESTING PLACE / THEIR TOMBSTONE IS THE WIND / THE SAEBIRDS CRY THEIR LAST GOODBYE / TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS / REST IN PEACE IN GOD'S GOOD KEEPING / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM / HERTFORDSHIRE BRANCH / VINDICATRIX ASSOCIATION'",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M6258Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7757\" width=\"354\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M6258Large.jpg 500w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M6258Large-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Memorial in All Saints Church, Hertford, commemorating Hertfordshire men who lost their lives during the First and Second World Wars whilst serving in the Merchant Navy</p>",
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    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "F. Holloway, M.K. Memorials",
    "vessel": ""  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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  "people": "",
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    "recorder": "",
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Vessel Loss

Church of St John the Baptist, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England

Gravestone in Church of St John the Baptist, Aldenham, Hertfordshire dedicated to those lost in HMS ‘Aldenham’ in 1944

Location

Church of St John the Baptist, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Aldenham

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Aldenham', last British destroyer sunk in WWII, 14/12/1944. Mined in Adriatic.
Bibliography: 'Navy News' Feb 1995.

JSON

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  "location": "Church of St John the Baptist, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Church of St John the Baptist, Aldenham, Hertfordshire dedicated to those lost in HMS ‘Aldenham’ in  1944</p>",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": "",
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    "notes": "HMS 'Aldenham', last British destroyer sunk in WWII, 14/12/1944. Mined in Adriatic.",
    "bibliography": "'Navy News' Feb 1995.",
    "recorder": "",
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Vessel Loss

All Saints' Church, Malborough, Devon, England

Memorial in All Saints’ Church, Malborough, Devon commemorating William Barrow Lancey, RN d. 1912, in loss of submarine ‘B2’

Location

All Saints' Church, Malborough, Devon, England

Transcript

'William Barrow son of James Lancey who was drowned in submarine B2 off Dover October 4th 1912. Aged 28 years.

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: B2

People

Lancey, William Barrow
Age: 28
Date of Death: 4/10/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Sunk in submarine 'B2', in collision with 'Amerika'.
Recorder: Saunders

JSON

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  "transcript": "'William Barrow son of James Lancey who was drowned in submarine B2 off Dover October 4th 1912. Aged 28 years.",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in All Saints’ Church, Malborough, Devon commemorating William Barrow Lancey, RN d. 1912, in loss of submarine ‘B2’</p>",
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    "notes": "Sunk in submarine 'B2', in collision with 'Amerika'.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Saunders",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters