Vessel Loss

Memorial: M3161

Wall tablet in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Dobbins Barker RN d. 1806 in the loss of ‘Athenienne’

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake, London, England

Transcript

'THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF / PETER BARKER ESQR / OF CHARLTON IN KENT; WHO DIED 21ST...1783 AGED 40 YEARS / CLARE BARKER/WIDOW OF THE ABOVE, LIVING A RESIDENT IN THIS PARISH, WHERE SHE DIED / UNIVERSALLY RESPECTED AND REGRETTED JANUARY 29TH 1829 AGED 73 YEARS / ALSO THEIR TWO SONS / WILLIAM BARKER ESQR / SOMETIME A CAPTAIN IN H.M. 20TH REGIMENT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS / WHO DIED AT THE HAGUE IN HOLLAND NOVEMBER 22ND 1825, AGED 43 YEARS / AND THOMAS DOBBINS BARKER ESQR / A LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY, WHO UNFORTUNATELY PERISHED / IN H.M. SHIP ATHENIENNE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ON THE / 20TH OCTOBER 1806 IN THE 24TH YEAR OF HIS AGE'

Details

Description: Sarcophagus in relief with anthemion acroteria.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave
Vessel: Athenienne

People

Barker, Thomas Dobbins
Age: 24
Date of Death: 20/10/1806
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: 'Athenienne' struck a reef in the Strait of Sicily and subsequently sank with the loss of 347 men.
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