Memorial: M4933

Memorial at Elswick Cemetery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne commemorating marine engineers d. 1871-1883

Location

Elswick Cemetery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England

Details

Vessel: SS Alice, SS Ethel, SS King Leopold, SS Lord Nelson, SS Rivoli, SS Thornaby, SS Titanis

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Memorial to engineers who lost their lives at sea in steamers 'Ethel', 'Alice of Whitby', 'Titania', 'King Leopold', 'Thornaby', 'Rivoli' and 'Lord Nelson'. SS 'Alice' 1872 Whitby, sank 11/12/1874. SS 'Ethel' 1871, sank off Lundy Island 7/2/1877. SS 'King Leopold' 1872, sank 1874. SS 'Lord Nelson' 1878, foundered in Bay of Biscay 27/10/1882. SS 'Rivoli' 1882, sank after collision with German steamship 'Palermo' 25/8/1883. SS 'Thornaby' 1872, sank 1874. SS 'Titania' 1880, foundered in Atlantic 1882.
Recorder: K. Lillico

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Maritime Memorials

Memorial: M4933

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters