Wall tablet in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Dobbins Barker RN d. 1806 in the loss of ‘Athenienne’
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake, London, England
Transcript
'THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF / PETER BARKER ESQR / OF CHARLTON IN KENT; WHO DIED 21ST...1783 AGED 40 YEARS / CLARE BARKER/WIDOW OF THE ABOVE, LIVING A RESIDENT IN THIS PARISH, WHERE SHE DIED / UNIVERSALLY RESPECTED AND REGRETTED JANUARY 29TH 1829 AGED 73 YEARS / ALSO THEIR TWO SONS / WILLIAM BARKER ESQR / SOMETIME A CAPTAIN IN H.M. 20TH REGIMENT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS / WHO DIED AT THE HAGUE IN HOLLAND NOVEMBER 22ND 1825, AGED 43 YEARS / AND THOMAS DOBBINS BARKER ESQR / A LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY, WHO UNFORTUNATELY PERISHED / IN H.M. SHIP ATHENIENNE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ON THE / 20TH OCTOBER 1806 IN THE 24TH YEAR OF HIS AGE'
Details
Description: Sarcophagus in relief with anthemion acroteria. Type: Wall tablet Position: Nave Vessel: Athenienne
People
Barker, Thomas Dobbins Age: 24 Date of Death: 20/10/1806 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: 'Athenienne' struck a reef in the Strait of Sicily and subsequently sank with the loss of 347 men.
Monument at Jesus Church, Peartree Green, Hampshire commemorating Richard Loane Rosoman lost in the wreck of the ‘Stella’ 1889
Location
Jesus Church, Peartree Green, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'RICHARD ROBERT / LOANE ROSOMAN / WHO WAS DROWNED / IN THE 'STELLA' DISASTER / OFF THE CASQUET ROCKS / MARCH 30TH 1899 / AGED 72 YEARS'
Details
Description: A spire on a hexagonal base of blind gothic arches. Type: Monument Position: Churchyard Materials: Stone Vessel: Stella
People
Rosoman, Richard Robert Loane Age: 72 Date of Death: 30/3/1899 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
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Notes: Body not recovered. Rosoman had been chairman of the District Council and South Stoneham Union Board of Guardians. Bibliography: John Ovenden and David Shayer 'The wreck of the Stella: Titanic of the Channel Islands' (Guernsey, 1999) pP. 49-50.
Plaque in Salisbury Cathedral commemorating Lieutenant Alan Smith RN d. 1901
Location
Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Transcript
'To the Glory of God and in loving memory of / Alan Wyldbore Bosworth Smith, / Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, / second son of Reginald Bosworth and Flora Smith, of Bingham Melcombe, Dorset; / born at Harrow-on-the-Hill on April 13th 1870 / who on September 18th, 1901, / while H.M.S. Cobra, of which he was in command, / was breaking up in a storm, remained standing on the bridge / with arms folded to the last, and went down with his vessel / "I will fear no evil", "Mine will I bring you again from the depths of the sea".'
Details
Description: Above the inscription a cartouche within a rope twist border, showing an anchor on waves, a king's crown above.
Type: Plaque Position: South transept Materials: Brass Vessel: HMS Cobra
People
Bosworth-Smith, Alan Wyldbore Age: 31 Date of Death: 18/9/1901 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Destroyer, broke in two off Outer Dowsing Shoal in heavy weather while on trials. Bibliography: P. Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p. 212 (Greenwich, 1972); David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p.107.
Memorial in St Keverne, Cornwall commemorating officers and men who died in the loss of the transport ‘Despatch’ in 1809
Location
St Akeveranus's Church, St Keverne, Cornwall, England
Transcript
‘The Officers, Non Commissioned officers and Privates / of His Majesty’s seventh (or Queen’s own) Regisment of Hussars / To the Memory of / Major GEO. Hy. C. CAVENDISH, Captn. S.G. DUKENFIELD / Lieut. The Honble EDWARD WALDEGRAVE / And sixty-one Non commissioned Officers and Privates of the Regiment / Who on returning from SPAIN in the Dispatch Transport / Unhappily perished in COVERACK COVE the 22nd of January 1809/ ‘When Britain sends at liberty’s command / Her ready youth to free a stranger land / She bears her slain in triumph to the shore, / And the proud parent shows the wounds before, / But when her sons, each form of danger past, Strain their glad eyes to view her hills at last // If then the tempest rolls the foaming flood, /And her own ocean ‘whelms her bravest blood, / When there a Duckenfield, a Cavendish here, / A youthful Waldegrave press a wat’ry bier // Their mourning comrades feel a moistened cheek / And bid the marble their dumb sorrow speak/ Tyrant, the barrier of thy rage, the deep / Aids thy fierce boast, and English mothers weep...’
Details
Description: Wall tablet. The wreck shown in relief above the inscription panel, military trophies below. The whole on brackets carved with acanthus leaves. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble Vessel: Dispatch
People
Waldegrave, Edward Age: Date of Death: 22/1/1809 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Organisation: 7th Regiment of Huzzars Cavendish, George Henry Age: Date of Death: 22/1/1809 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Major Organisation: 7th Regiment of Huzzars Duckenfield, S.G. Age: Date of Death: 22/1/1809 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Captain Organisation: 7th Regiment of Huzzars
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Notes: A granite cross marks the site of the mass grave. English Heritage photograph BB98-01791(1) Recorder: Mary Waldegrave
Plaque in St Nicholas Church, Bristol dedicated to the officers and crew of the SS ‘Massasoit’ lost 1896
Location
St Nicholas Church, Bristol, England
Transcript
'Spes Super Sydera. / In memory of the / Captain Officers and Crew / of the SS Massasoit / which foundered at sea / during the month of March 1896 / while on a voyage from the United States to England / This memorial / is erected by their sorrowful widows / orphans and dependent relatives / Charles A. Murray Master / Daniel B. Scott 1st Mate / James G. Sullivan 2nd Mate / John G. Peters 1st Engineer / James Thomson 2nd Engineer / Alexander Frank 3rd Engineer / James Carle Boatswain / Carl Ostergen Carpenter / Maurice Callaghan Steward / William Campbell Cook / William Chamberlain Donkeyman / Frederick Sully Able Seaman / James Woods Able Seaman / Charles Erlandson Able Seaman / George Bentley Able Seaman / William A. Saunders R.N.R. Able Seaman / Denis Arcade Able Seaman / John Sage Able Seaman / Henry J. Pillinger Fireman / John R. McMullin R.N.R. Fireman / John Leahy Fireman / William Peaple Fireman / Frederick Crews Fireman / Henry Williams Fireman / William Jones Fireman / Frank Woodrow Asst. Stewd. / Resting until that great day when the sea shall give up her dead'
Details
Type: Plaque Position: Staircase Materials: Brass Vessel: SS Massasoit
People
Arcade, Denis Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: bentley, George Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Callaghan, Maurice Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Steward Organisation: Campbell, William Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Cook Organisation: Carle, James Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Boatswain Organisation: Chamberlain, William Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Donkeyman Organisation: Crews, Frederick Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Erlandson, Charles Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Frank, Alexander Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 3rd Engineer Organisation: Jones, William Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Leahy, John Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: McMullin, John R. Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Murray, Charles A. Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Ostergen, Carl Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Carpenter Organisation: Peaple, William Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Peters, John G. Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 1st Engineer Organisation: Pillinger, Henry J. Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Sage, John Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Saunders, William A. Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Scott, Daniel B. Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 1st Mate Organisation: Sulley, Frederick Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Sullivan, James G. Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 2nd Mate Organisation: Thomson, James Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 2nd Engineer Organisation: Williams, Henry Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Woodrow, Frank Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Assistant Steward Organisation: Woods, James Age: Date of Death: 3/1896 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation:
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Notes: Removed to St Nicholas from The Missions to Seamen Institute in 1981. Bibliography: Josephine Teague 'The Missions to Seamen Church and Institute Bristol'.
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating William Woods d. 1912 and John Woods d. 1940 in the loss of the SS ‘Inver’
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In / loving memory / of / William Woods / Master Mariner / the beloved husband of / Maggie Woods / Born Sept 12th 1855 / Died Nov 12th 1912 / Also of their son / Stephen Masson Woods / who died at Boston USA / April 21ST 1911 / Aged 28 / Also the above / Maggie / Born Jan 27th 1858 / Died May 12th 1934 / Also their son / John Woods / Master Mariner / Beloved husband of Elizabeth / Killed by enemy action at Sea / Dec 17th 1940.'
Details
Description: Headstone Type: Gravestone Materials: Black marble Vessel: SS Inver
Event Category
1939-1945 Second World War
People
Woods, William Age: 57 Date of Death: 12/11/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation: Merchant Navy Woods, John Age: Date of Death: 17/12/1940 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation: Merchant Navy
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Notes: SS 'Inver' struck a mine north of Sheerness. Recorder: David J. Wickham
Gravestone at All Saint’s Church, Great Ayton commemorating Richard Dobson d. 1861
Location
All Saint's Church, Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, England
Transcript
[On ribbon] 'IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE', 'OF RICHARD DOBSON OF MICKLEBY / WHO WAS LOST AT SEA NOVEMBER 1861 / AGED 43 YEARS. / ALSO BETSY DOBSON / WIFE OF THE ABOVE RICHARD DOBSON / WHO DIED AT GREAT AYTON / SEPTEMBER 30TH 1880 / AGED 58 YEARS / DANGERS STAND THICK THROUGH ALL THE GROUND / TO PUSH US TO THE TOMB / AND FIERCE DISEASES WAIT AROUND / TO HURRY MORTALS HOME'
Details
Description: Carved with a daffodil. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Sandstone
People
Dobson, William Age: 43 Date of Death: 11/1861 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Mariner Organisation:
Extra
Notes: See 1851 census. Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Plaque in Maryport, Cumbria dedicated to the crew of the barque ‘Midas’, lost in 1898.
Location
Maryport Maritime Museum, Maryport, Cumbria, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS AND CREW/OF THE BARQUE "MIDAS" / WHICH WAS LOST WITH ALL HANDS, / DURING A PASSAGE FROM NAGASKI [sic] TO PORTLAND OREGON / LAST HEARD OF 15TH FEBRUARY 1898 / NAMES OF CREW / CAPT. T. MESSENGER / IST MATE, R. RICHMOND / 2ND MATE G.H. JENKINS / BOATSWAIN A. THOMPSON / CARPENTER J. SHORT / STEWARD J. T. ARMSTRONG / COOK, L. S. JAMS / A.B: G.W. SWAN / A.B: F.N. DAVIS / A.B: F. ROSS / A.B: S. GORDON / A.B: J. COLLIGAM / A.B: J. URRAY / A.B: ADAMAMLING / A.B: E. SCOTT / APPRENTICES / E. BURNETT / A. THOMAS / A.F. LIGHT / ... / W. MESSENGER / Safe at anchor now they rest with many of their fleet / but once again they will set sail their Saviour Christ to meet.'
Details
Description: Brass plaque on wooden base.
Type: Plaque Materials: Wood, brass Vessel: Midas
People
Adamamling Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Armstrong, J.T. Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Steward Organisation: Burnett, A. Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Apprentice Organisation: Colligam, J. Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Davis, F.N. Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seamen Organisation: Gordon, S. Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Jams, L.S. Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Cook Organisation: Jenkins, G.H. Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 2nd Mate Organisation: Light, A.F. Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Apprentice Organisation: Messenger, T Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Richmond, R. Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 1st Mate Organisation: Ross, F. Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Scott, E. Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Short, J. Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Carpenter Organisation: Swan, G.W. Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Thomas, A. Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Apprentice Organisation: Thompson, A. Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Boatswain Organisation: Urray, J. Age: Date of Death: 14/2/1898 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seamen Organisation:
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Notes: Erected by public subscription in Maryport Seamen's Mission in 1898, moved to thr seamen's Bethel in Workington in 1927 when the mission closed, then to London when this closed in 1974. Willie Messenger was the Captain's nephew. Recorder: Patricia Barber 2007
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
