Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating George Langley Sargant and Hugh David Gowan d. 1865 in the loss of the ‘Chanticleer’
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / GEORGE LANGLEY SARGANT, / COMMANDER, / THE OFFICERS AND CREW / OF THE STEAMER 'CHANTICLEER' / AND OF / HUGH DAVID GOWAN, / COMMANDER / OF THE STEAMER 'FEELOONG', / WHO WERE LOST IN THE / 'CHANTICLEER' / IN A TYPHOON / ON 30TH JUNE 1865 / WHILE ON HER PASSAGE FROM / HONK KONG TO SWATOW.' [BASE] 'THE OWNERS OF THE 'CHANTICLEER' ERECTED THIS MONUMENT'
Details
Description: Pedestal tomb.
Type: Tomb
Materials: Pink granite
Vessel: Chanticleer (SS), Feloong (SS)
Type: Tomb
Materials: Pink granite
Vessel: Chanticleer (SS), Feloong (SS)
People
Gowan, Hugh David
Age:
Date of Death: 30/6/1865
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Sargant, George Langley
Age:
Date of Death: 30/6/1865
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Age:
Date of Death: 30/6/1865
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Sargant, George Langley
Age:
Date of Death: 30/6/1865
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Iron screw ship 'Chanticleer' built 1862 in Glasgow, 380 tons, destined voyage 1865 Clyde to China. 'Fei Loong' screw steamer built 1860 at Glasgow, 383 tons.
Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com
Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com