Vessel Loss

Memorial: M4230

Memorial at  St Sampson, Guernsey commemorating the passengers and crew of the ‘Channel Queen’ wrecked 1898

Location

St Sampson's Church, St Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

[East panel] 'TO THE MEMORY OF THE / PASSENGERS AND CREW WHO / PERISHED IN THE WRECK OF THE / 'CHANNEL QUEEN' / ON THE NORTH COAST OF GUERNSEY / IST FEBRUARY 1898. / ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION' [North Panel] 'PASSSENGERS / FRANK COWELL OF PLYMOUTH / DOLLY AYRES [OF PLYMOUTH] / SEAMEN / ALFRED SCAWN, ENGINEER OF PLYMOUTH, / CHARLES THOMPSON, COOK [OF PLYMOUTH] / HENRY DAVEY A.B. [OF PLYMOUTH], / HENRY HAWKINS, GREASER [OF PLYMOUTH], / JOHN FUDGE, FIREMAN OF JERSEY, /OUT OF THE DEEP HAVE I CALLED UNTO THE LORD' [South panel] FRANCOIS BELLEC, DE ST POL DE LÉON / YVES MILIN, [DE ST POL DE LÉON] / FRANCOIS VELLY, [DE ST POL DE LÉON] / CLAUDE CORRE [ST POL DE LÉON ] / YVES LE NENN, [ST POL DE LÉON] / PAUL LE ROUX, DE ROSCOFF / HENRI CREIGNOU, [DE ROSCOFF] / FRANCOIS LE BIHAN, [DE ROSCOFF] / JEAN-MARIE LE BIHAM, [DE ROSCOFF] / ESPRIT KERBIRION, [DE ROSCOFF] / JEAN-MARIE CORRE, [DE ROSCOFF] / JOSEPH TANGUY, [DE ROSCOFF] / CHARLES CABIOCH, [DE ROSCOFF] / YVES ARGOUARCH, DE SANTEC / DE PROFUNDIS CLAMAVI AD TE DOMINE'

Details

Description: In the form of a rock with a cross at the top within granite kerbs and railings.
Type: Memorial
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Dartmoor granite
Artists: Harry Hem & Sons
Vessel: Channel Queen

People

Argouarch, Yves
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Ayres, Dolly
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Bellec, Francois
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Cabioch, Charles
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Corre, Jean-Marie
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Corre, Claude
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Cowell, Frank
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Creignou, Henri
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Davey, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation:
Fudge, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Fireman
Organisation:
Hawkins, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Greaser
Organisation:
Kerbirion, Esprit
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Le Bihan, Francois
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Le Bihan, Jean-Marie
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Le Nenn, Yves
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Le Roux, Paul
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Milin, Yves
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Scawn, Alfred
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation:
Tanguy, Joseph
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Thompson, Charles
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Cook
Organisation:
Velly, Francois
Age:
Date of Death: 1/2/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript).
Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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