Vessel Loss

Memorial: M1341

Headstone at All Saints Church, Bigby, Lincolnshire commemorating Thomas Smith Dawson d. 1845 in the wreck of the ‘Cambridge’

Location

All Saints Church, Bigby, Lincolnshire, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of Thomas Smith Dawson aged 17 years. Eldest son of Thomas and Sarah Dawson of Brigg. Perished at sea with five others in the loss of the 'Cambridge' of London in a Hurricane on 24 Oct 1845. Homeward bound from the Bay of Honduras in Lat 39 30 N Long 55 W. The survivors (13) after 4 days and nights of intense suffering were taken from the wreck by the 'Venilia' Captain Frank of Liverpool landed in that port on 19 Nov 1845'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: Cambridge

People

Dawson, James Smith
Age: 17
Date of Death: 24/10/1845
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: C. Flintham

JSON

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