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
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
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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'.
Memorial at St John the Evangelist, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire commemorating the officers and crew of the SS ‘Broomfleet’ which was lost in gales on 13th December 1933
Location
St John the Evangelist, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'To the memory of the officers and crew of the S.S. Broomfleet which sailed from this port on Dec 13th 1933 and foundered in the North Sea off the Norfolk Coast
"So richly laden you laboured in deep water: your rowers took you out into the High Seas; And an east wind wrecked you in the Deep" Ezekiel 28 V.26.
J.W. Hutchinson Master, E. Gunnill Chief officer, W. Hiley 2nd Officer, J. Harlington Chief Engineer, C. Doubtfire 2nd Engineer, C. Upcroft Steward, R Dade A.B. A. McKay A.B. W. Darragh A.B. D. Greenwood Ordinary Seaman, J.F. Green Donkeyman, A.A. Conin Fireman, H. Smart Fireman. This memorial is the joint gift of Relatives, Friends and Employees'
Details
Description: Carving of the ship above the inscription. Type: Tablet Vessel: SS Broomfleet
People
Conin, A. A. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Dade, R. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Darragh, W. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Doubtfire, C. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 2nd Engineer Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Green, J. F. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Donkeyman Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Greenwood, D. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Gunnill, E. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Harlington, J. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Hiley, W. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: 2nd Officer Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Hutchinson, J. W. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole McKay, A. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Smart, H. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Fireman Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole Upcroft, C. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1933 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Steward Organisation: Ebor Steamship Co, Goole
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Notes: SS 'Broomfleet' was built in Middlesborough in 1915 and originally named ‘Avonwood’. It was registered by the London Transport Company in 1917. The Ebor Steamship Co, Coole registered the renamed ‘Bloomfleet’ in 1930. The steamer founded in gales enroute with coal, from Goole in Yorkshire to Ipswich, Suffolk. The owners were E. P. Atkinson & Sons. Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1970
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
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
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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).
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
Extra
Recorder: Jeff Cant 1997 Photographer: Colette Bassford
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.'
Details
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
