Memorial: M4533

Tablet in Truro, Cornwall commemorating Captain Samuel Wallis RN d. 1795

Location

Cathedral, Truro, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'To the glory of God, and in honoured memory of Samuel Wallis Captain R.N. and members of his crew who circumnavgated the world in H.M.S. Dolphin 26th July 1766-10th June 1768 and discovered Tahiti'

Details

Type: Tablet
Vessel: HMS Dolphin

People

Wallis, Samuel
Age: 66
Date of Death: 21/1/1795
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Born 1728.
Recorder: Mr I. Lloyd Phillips CBE 1979
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