Memorial in Museum in Docklands, London to John Lydekker d. 1832, owner of whaling ships
Location
Museum in Docklands, London, England
Transcript
'ERECTED / BY THE GOVERNORS OF THE / SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY, / of the Port of London, / IN MEMORY OF / JOHN LYDEKKER, ESQR. / South Sea Ship Owner. / GRATEFULLY TO RECORD HIS / MUNIFICENT BEQUEST TO THAT / INSTITUTION. / HE DIED ON THE 23rd JULY 1832, / and was buried in the North Vault / OF THE CHURCH OF ST DIONIS, BACKCHURCH, / FENCHURCH STREET.'
Details
Description: An impressive pedimented memorial consisting of an inscribed tablet bordered by two figures depicting injured seamen. The tablet and figures stand on a shelf supported on two corbels each showing two fish in relief. The corbels encase a shallow relief depicting a whaling scene. The recently skilfully carved replacement apron is of stylised scallop shells. The Seaman's Hospital Society is better known today as The Hospital for Tropical Diseases. The Society was set up on 8th March 1821 for the purpose of caring for the relief of sick and helpless seamen. The 8th March has become known as 'Founders Day'- the birth of Tropical Medicine. Type: Wall monument Position: By entrance Materials: White marble Artists: J.J. Sanders, William Tite
People
Lydekker, John Age: Date of Death: 23/7/1832 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ship owner Organisation:
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Notes: The memorial originally hung on the staircase at The Royal Exchange. Lloyds vacated the building in the 1920's. It was removed from the building in the 1980's and was stored in various buildings until it was transferred to The Museum of London in 1997. It is now in pride of place at The Museum in Docklands, being recently restored and installed for the museum by Cliveden Conservation Workshop.
Column at Spring Bank Cemetery, Hull commemorating John Gravill d. 1866
Location
Spring Bank Cemetery, Hull, England
Transcript
'In memory of John Gravill of Kingston upon Hull, Master Mariner who during a period of 40 years was engaged in the Northern Whale and Seal Fishery. He died on board the steam whaler Diana in Davis Straits 26th December 1866 aged 64 years. His death resulted from exposure anxiety and shortness of provisions during a four months imprisonment in the ice surrounded by all the dreariness and perils of a cold and desolate Arctic winter the subsequent death of the crew from scurvy and starvation rendered the voyage one of the most disastrous and melancholy on record. This monument was erected by the subscription of the friends of Captain Gravill as a token of the esteem in which he was held as a skilful commander a kind and considerate master and an affectionate husband and father. His remains were brought home in the ship and are interred in the vault beneath'
Details
Type: Column Vessel: Diana
People
Gravill, John Age: 54 Date of Death: 25/12/1865 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master mariner Organisation:
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Notes: On reverse a reference to a Captain John Gravill died at Dundee 13 November 1882 aged 51 only son of John and Anne. On left side refers to daughter Emily. See also a granite drinking fountain erected on Victoria Pier, Lerwick in 1890. Recorder: David Saunders
Gravestone at Boldixum Church, Schleswig-Holstein commemorating Tucke Olves d. 1757
Location
Church, Boldixum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Details
Description: Carved with a ship in harbour. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Sandstone
People
Olves, Tucke Age: Date of Death: 26/8/1757 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
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Notes: Born 10 Aug 1695, died in Amsterdam 26 Aug 1757 after 50 years at sea, had sailed 33 times as skipper to Greenland. Bibliography: T. Sheppard 'Old Dutch Whalers', 'Mariners Mirror' vol. 25, pp. 50-61, (Cambridge, 1939).
Tomb in St Clement’s Church, Leigh-on-Sea, commemorating Captain William Goodland d. 1639
Location
St Clement's Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England
Transcript
'In hope of the Joyfull Resurrection Here lieth (Expecting ye Second coming of His Saviour) Captain William Goodland Chief Commander of the Grenland Fleet XX yeare and Master of the Trinity Howse in Anno 1634. Hee departed this life the 13th day of January 1639 in the sixty two yeare of his age'
Details
Type: Chest-tomb Position: East end
People
Goodland, William Age: 62 Date of Death: 1639 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master. Master of Trinity House Organisation:
Gravestone at Suderende, Island of Fohr, Germany commemorating Mattias Petersen d. 1706
Location
Suderende, Island of Fohr, Germany, Rest of the World
Transcript
‘MATTHIAS . PETERSEN / NAT : OLTSUMID . 24 DEC : 1632 / DENAT : D 16 SEPT : 1706 . REI / NAUTICAE . IN GRONLANDIAM / PERITISSIMUS UBI / INCREDIBILI SUCESSU / 373 BALENAS / CEPIT, UT INDE OMNIUM / SUFFRAGO NOMAN / FELICIS / ADEPTUS SIT : ET CONIU / INGE MATTHIESSEN / NAT . D . 7 OCT 1641 / DEN . D : 5 APRIL 1727’
Details
Description: Coats of arms in relief depicting a whale. A helmet above with elaborate mantling and a crest depicting a nude female figure standing on a globe (Fortune). Type: Gravestone Materials: Sandstone
People
Petersen, Matthias Age: 73 Date of Death: 16/9/1706 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: Born 24 Dec 1632. Accounted for 373 whales and was called the fortunate. Bibliography: T. Sheppard 'Old Dutch Whalers','Mariners Mirror' vol. 25, pp. 50-61, (Cambridge, 1939).
Memorial at New Bedford Seamen’s Bethel, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA commemorating Quincy A. Harlow d. 1848
Location
New Bedford Seamen's Bethel, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA, Rest of the World
Transcript
'This Tablet was erected by / the Captain, Officers & Crew, / of the Ship Braganza / of New Bedford / In memory of / QUINCY A. HARLOW / of Bridgewater Mass. / aged 19 y'rs, who fell overboard / Dec. 8, 1848 and was lost. / But why mourn his loss, or in sorrow repine, / For he's now at rest, in mansions divine; / Where the storm and the billow, shall assail him no more, / But with spirits made perfect, he'll praise ever more'
Details
Description: Above the inscription, a weeping willow and tomb, it is surrounded by a leaf border. Type: Tablet Vessel: Braganza
People
Harlow, Quincy A. Age: 19 Date of Death: 8/12/1848 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: DOSSIER. Bibliography: Martha Lawrence 'Scrimshaw: the whaler's legacy' (Atglen, 1993).
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters