Wall tablet at Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich commemorating officers who died following an explosion on HMS ‘Doterel’ in 1881
Location
Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE / OFFICERS AND MEN / OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND THE ROYAL MARINES / WHO WERE LOST IN H.M.S. DOTEREL / ON THE 26TH APRIL 1881 / WHEN SHE WAS SUNK WHILE AT ANCHOR / OFF SANDY POINT / IN THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN / BY AN EXPLOSION OF HER FORE-MAGAZINE. / OFFICERS LOST- WILLIAM CARMICHAEL FORREST-SENIOR LIEUTENANT, / ARTHUR R MACDONNELL CREAGH-LIEUTENANT, / SEPTIMUS EVANS- STAFF SURGEON, / WILLIAM REID-CHIEF ENGINEER, / CHARLES ORD-ENGINEER, / CHARLES MITCHELL IRVING-CLERK, / JEREMIAH DRISCOLL-GUNNER, / WILLIAM MADDICK TAYLOR- BOATSWAIN. / "AND THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD / WHICH WERE IN IT"'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Entrance
Materials: Marble
Artists: C. R. Smith
Vessel: HMS Doterel
People
Age:
Date of Death: 26/4/1881
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Driscoll, Jeremiah
Age:
Date of Death: 26/4/1881
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Gunner
Organisation: Royal Navy
Evans, Septimus
Age:
Date of Death: 26/4/1881
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Staff Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Forrest, William Carmichael
Age:
Date of Death: 26/4/1881
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Irving, Charles Mitchell
Age:
Date of Death: 26/4/1881
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Clerk
Organisation: Royal Navy
Ord, Charles
Age:
Date of Death: 26/4/1881
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Reid, William
Age:
Date of Death: 26/4/1881
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Taylor, William Maddick
Age:
Date of Death: 26/4/1881
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Boatswain
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: ©RMG E9021-05