Vessel Loss

Memorial: M3872

Memorial at Lake cemetery, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, commemorating John Moss, William Moss, Charles Moss, Charles Selth, Henry Kirkaldie d. 1887 in the loss of ‘Pride of the Sea’

Location

Lake cemetery, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England

Transcript

'In Memory of / John Moss aged 53 / William Moss aged 48 / Charles Moss aged 36 / Charles Selth aged 51 / Henry Kirkaldie aged 34 / owners and crew of the Walmer lugger Pride of the Sea, which with all hands as above named was lost in the gale of the night of 29th October, 1887, off Shanklin, in the Isle of Wight. "Underneath are the everlasting arms". Deut. xxxiii, 27 "Oh Christ, whose voice the waters heard / And hush'd their raging at Thy word, / Who walkedst on the foaming deep, / And calm amid the storm didst sleep; / O hear us when we cry to Thee / For those in peril on the sea" "Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of Man cometh at an hour when ye think not," St Luke xii., 40. This stone has been erected by the men of Deal, Walmer and Kingsdown and by other sorrowing friends'

Details

Description: '...a rock surmounted by a cross which has the appearance of weather-beaten oak. Beneath and fastened to the cross is an anchor with a broken strand of rope. The grave is enclosed with an iron chain supported by eight very solid stone supports shaped in keeping with the rock which bear the inscription.'
Type: Memorial
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Pride of the Sea

People

Kirkaldie, Henry
Age: 34
Date of Death: 29/10/1887
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
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Moss, John
Age: 53
Date of Death: 29/10/1887
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Moss, William
Age: 48
Date of Death: 29/10/1887
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
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Moss, Charles
Age: 36
Date of Death: 29/10/1887
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
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Selth, Charles
Age: 51
Date of Death: 29/10/1887
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
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Extra

Bibliography: E.C. Pain 'The Last of our Luggers and the men who sailed them' (Deal, 1929) pp. 98-100 (illustration).
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