Memorial: M4240

Tomb at St John’s Church, Staplegrove commemorating Robert Poole d. 1833

Location

St John's Church, Staplegrove, Somerset, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Captain Robert Poole...[who] crossed the Equator to and from the Pacific Ocean twenty two times, passed Cape Horn seventeen times, sailed once round the Globe and likewise to the 74th degree of South Latitude besides having performed many other voyages to different parts of the world...ob 5th May 1833 Aet 72'

Details

Type: Chest-tomb
Position: Churchyard

People

Poole, Robert
Age: 72
Date of Death: 5/5/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: See Joseph Poole whaling captain 'Lloyd's List', master of 'William' 1801-2. 'Rebecca' 1802, 'L'Aigle' in 1819. 'Seringapatam' 1810.
Bibliography: Andrew F.C. David, 'A 1933 query answered','Mariner's Mirror' vol. 75, p. 98 (Greenwich, 1989).

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