Whaling

Memorial: M2776

Memorial on the Island of Fohr, Germany commemorating Julius August Ketels d. 1839

Location

Island of Fohr, Germany, Rest of the World

Transcript

'for 30 years a Greenland venturer'

Details

Description: A ship carved above the inscription.
Type: Gravestone

People

Ketels, Julius August
Age:
Date of Death: 31/7/1839
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: whaler
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: T. Sheppard 'Old Dutch Whalers','Mariners Mirror' vol. 25, pp. 50-61, (Cambridge, 1939).

JSON

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Maritime Memorials