Category Archives: Vessel Loss

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

Wall tablet in St Ann’s Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, commemorating Lieutenant Francis Hope Tabor RN d. 1878

Location

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

Transcript

'EURYDICE / In affectionate remembrance of / FRANCIS HOPE TABOR, / LIEUTENANT ROYAL NAVY; / WHO WAS DROWNED BY THE CAPSIZE OF / H.M.S. "EURYDICE," / OFF DUNNOSE, ISLE OF WIGHT, / MARCH 24TH 1878. / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THe OFFICERS / OF THE SHIPS IN WHICH HE HAD SERVED.'

Details

Description: The incription on a carved marble scroll, above which is an anchor carved in high relief with the chain wrapped around a cross. It stands on a rock on which is carved part of a laurel wreath. Below the inscription tablet, a shield of arms and a crest with the motto: 'VINCIT VERITAS'.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chancel arch
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Eurydice

People

Tabor, Francis Hope
Age:
Date of Death: 24/3/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'EURYDICE / In affectionate remembrance of / FRANCIS HOPE TABOR, / LIEUTENANT ROYAL NAVY; / WHO WAS DROWNED BY THE CAPSIZE OF / H.M.S. \"EURYDICE,\" / OFF DUNNOSE, ISLE OF WIGHT, / MARCH 24TH 1878. / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THe OFFICERS / OF THE SHIPS IN WHICH HE HAD SERVED.'",
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    "position": "Chancel arch",
    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Eurydice"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "B. Tomlinson"  }
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Emigration, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Henry Webb d. 1887

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'WILLIAM HENRY WEBB aged 22 lost from the Emigrant Ship 'Kapunda' off the coast of Brazil Jan. 20 1887'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Kapunda

People

Webb, William Henry
Age: 22
Date of Death: 20/1/1887
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: passenger
Organisation: Trinder, Anderson & Co

Extra

Notes: 'Kapuanda' emigrant ship, Trinder, Anderson & Co, sunk in collision off Brazil on a voyage to Australia, with heavy loss of life.
Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).

JSON

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  "transcript": "'WILLIAM HENRY WEBB aged 22 lost from the Emigrant Ship 'Kapunda' off the coast of Brazil Jan. 20 1887'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Henry Webb d. 1887</p>",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "'Kapuanda' emigrant ship, Trinder,  Anderson & Co, sunk in collision off Brazil on a voyage to Australia, with heavy loss of life.",
    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Vessel Loss

All Saint's Church, Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, England

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

JSON

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  "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'",
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    "artists": "",
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    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "See 1851 census.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson",
    "photographer": "B. Tomlinson"  }
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Vessel Loss

Maryport Maritime Museum, Maryport, Cumbria, England

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:

Extra

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

JSON

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  "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.'",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Patricia Barber 2007",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Fishing, Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Willie Tillett d. 1891

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'WILLIE TILLETT / aged 18 / Lost with his father / in the Smack 'Glance’ / in the North Sea / January 1891'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Glance

People

Tillett, Willie
Age: 18
Date of Death: 1/1891
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

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

JSON

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  "transcript": "'WILLIE TILLETT / aged 18 / Lost with his father / in the Smack 'Glance’ / in the North Sea / January 1891'",
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Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

Memorial at All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, commemorating John Precious d. 1907

Location

All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JOHN PRECIOUS, / CAPTAIN OF THE G.E.R. R.M.S. BERLIN, / WHO WAS DROWNED OFF / THE HOOK OF HOLLAND, / 21 FEB 1907 / AGED 45 YEARS.'

Details

Description: A carved anchor and chain on a rock, now damaged.
Type: Memorial
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Marble
Vessel: SS Berlin

People

Precious, John
Age: 45
Date of Death: 21/2/1907
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Great Eastern Railway Company

Extra

Notes: SS 'Berlin' sank after hitting a breakwater at the Hook of Holland in bad weather with the loss of 128 lives.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JOHN PRECIOUS, / CAPTAIN OF THE G.E.R. R.M.S. BERLIN, / WHO WAS DROWNED OFF / THE HOOK OF HOLLAND, / 21 FEB 1907 / AGED 45 YEARS.'",
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    "event":"",
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Vessel Loss

Templetrine Church of Ireland, Templetrine, County Cork, Republic of Ireland

Memorial at Templetrine Church of Ireland, Templetrine, County Cork, Republic of Ireland commemorating Anne Powell, d.1822

Location

Templetrine Church of Ireland, Templetrine, County Cork, Republic of Ireland

Transcript

'Anne Powell, Spinster was a passenger in the ship ALBION (wrecked on this coast on the 22nd April 1822) and perished with many others but her body being recovered from the sea received from the charity of strangers, Christian burial in the cemetery of this church. In grateful memory whereof this marble is inscribed by WDP'

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: North Wall
Vessel: Albion

People

Powell, Anne
Age: 35
Date of Death: 22/4/1822
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Anne Powell was the daughter of William Drummer Powell, the chief justice of Upper Canada. Anne was among the passengers who assisted at the pumps in the effort to save the packet ship Albion when it was struck by a gale off the south coast of Ireland.

Bibliography: Chris Raible 'All for Love', 'Beaver' vol. 72, pp.32-37, (Dec/Jan 1992-3); Ruth O'Connell 'Templetrine Church, a history'.

JSON

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    "bibliography": "Chris Raible 'All for Love', 'Beaver' vol. 72, pp.32-37, (Dec/Jan 1992-3); Ruth O'Connell 'Templetrine Church, a history'.",
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Vessel Loss

St Mary's Church, Ascension Island, Rest of the World

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Ascension Island, to crew members of HMS ‘Flora’, drowned in a boat accident in 1879

Location

St Mary's Church, Ascension Island, Rest of the World

Transcript

'IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THE UNDERMENTIONED / PETTY OFFICERS OF H.M.S FLORA (TENDER) WHO WERE DROWNED / OFF PILLAR POINT BY THE BARGE STRIKING ON THE ROCKS / WHILST CRUISING ROUND THE ISLAND ON 30th AUGUST 1879 / MICHAEL PIGGOTT, CHIEF E.R.A. AGED 41 YEARS / WILLIAM B. COOK WRITER. AGED 23 YEARS / HENRY BLACKHURST E.R.A. AGED 22 YEARS / HENRY GORING, GUNNERS MATE. AGED 33 YEARS / WILLIAM JENKINS CAULKER AGED 35 YEARS / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS / SEAMEN AND MARINES OF THE ISLAND / AS A TOKEN OF THEIR ESTEEM / "AND THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN IT" REV XX 13'

Details

Description: Relief above the inscription of the barge off a rock on which is a cross.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Flora

People

Blackhurst, Henry
Age: 22
Date of Death: 30/8/1879
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Cook, William Beriah
Age: 23
Date of Death: 30/8/1879
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Writer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Goring, Henry
Age: 33
Date of Death: 30/8/1879
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Gunner's mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Jenkins, William
Age: 35
Date of Death: 30/8/1879
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Caulker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Piggott, Michael
Age: 41
Date of Death: 30/8/1879
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Chief Engine Room Artificer
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: Jeff Cant 1997
Photographer: Colette Bassford

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  "transcript": "'IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THE UNDERMENTIONED / PETTY OFFICERS OF H.M.S FLORA (TENDER) WHO WERE DROWNED / OFF PILLAR POINT BY THE BARGE STRIKING ON THE ROCKS / WHILST CRUISING ROUND THE ISLAND ON 30th AUGUST 1879 / MICHAEL PIGGOTT, CHIEF E.R.A. AGED 41 YEARS / WILLIAM B. COOK WRITER. AGED 23 YEARS / HENRY BLACKHURST E.R.A. AGED 22 YEARS / HENRY GORING, GUNNERS MATE. AGED 33 YEARS / WILLIAM JENKINS CAULKER AGED 35 YEARS / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS / SEAMEN AND MARINES OF THE ISLAND / AS A TOKEN OF THEIR ESTEEM / \"AND THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN IT\" REV XX 13'",
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Vessel Loss

All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

Memorial at All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, commemorating William John Moor d. 1907

Location

All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

Transcript

'WRECK OF THE S.S. 'BERLIN' / OFF THE HOOK OF HOLLAND. / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / WILLIAM JOHN MOOR / CHIEF STEWARD / WHO WAS DROWNED 21ST FEBRUARY 1907. / AGED 48 YEARS. / HIS LAST NOBLE AND HEROIC ACT WILL EVER / BE RETAINED IN OUR MEMORIES. ALSO OF CHARLOTTE CAROLINE, / WIFE OF THE ABOVE, WHO DIED 30TH AUG 1921 / AGED 57' [On the kerbstones] 'ALSO OF HUBERT CLAUDE MOOR / KILLED IN FRANCE 1916 AGED 18 YEARS.'

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Description: A carved memorial with a statue of a cherub scattering roses on Moor's grave at the top. The figure stands on a rock on which is placed an anchor with a chain and a laurel wreath with a ribbon inscribed 'HERO'. A photograph of W.J. Moor was placed above the inscription (now damaged). The grave has kerbstones and chains (now missing). The surface is covered with marble chips.
Type: Memorial
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Marble
Vessel: SS Berlin

People

Moor, William John
Age: 46
Date of Death: 21/2/1907
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Chief Steward
Organisation: Great Eastern Railway Company

Extra

Recorder: Marcus Bateman

JSON

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Vessel Loss

All Saints' Church, Lydd, Kent, England

Headstone at All Saints’ Church, Lydd, Kent commemorating Andrew Finlay d. 1835

Location

All Saints' Church, Lydd, Kent, England

Transcript

' In / MEMORY OF / CAPT. ANDREW FINLAY / OF SUNDERLAND WHO WAS / SHIPWRECKED / AND DROWNED IN THE EAST BAY / OF LYDD OCTR. 26TH 1835.'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Finlay, Andrew
Age:
Date of Death: 26/10/1835
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters